Proxemic Filmic Manifestation. A Possible Interpretation of the Functions of Shot Dimension

Authors

  • Dan Curean UBB, Faculty of Theatre and Television, Cluj-Napoca, Romania Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37130/z8wp7z39

Keywords:

frame, shot, size of the shot, composition, proxemics, audiovisual language, spatial relations and boundaries, communication distances, public distance, social distance, personal distance, intimate distance

Abstract

Edward T. Hall's theory of proxemics proposes a form of understanding the relation of the individual in the existential space through the
distances (traced by communication) in which the individual chooses to place himself in relation to the people/objects around him. In reference to this theory, we will replace the real individual with the camera, and we will position him in relation to the interlocutors at these communication distances. The result of the experiment proposes a new perspective and theoretical support for the study of the frame dimension, which we will see as a transposition into audiovisual language of the communication distances described by Hall, thus taking over its functions and meanings.

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Author Biography

  • Dan Curean, UBB, Faculty of Theatre and Television, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

    Dan Curean is an Associate Professor PhD at UBB Cluj-Faculty of Theater and Film, Cinematography and Media Department. He works in mass-media since 1990 as freelancer, but alsofor the Romanian Public Television (TVR) as cinematographer, producer and documentary filmmaker. He is a member of the Faculty of Theatre and Film at UBB, since its founding in 2005, and coordinates the Documentary Filmmaking Master Programme. He specializes in Film and Television Cinematography, Documentary Filmmaking and Media Formats, has collaborations with some of the major broadcasters in Europe and his filmography includes author documentary productions (scenario, directing, photography) multi-awarded at festivals in the country and Europe.

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Published

2020-12-03

Issue

Vol. 21 No. 2 (2020): Interdisciplinary Studies / Artistic Pedagogy / Cinematography and Media

Section

Articles

How to Cite

Curean, D. (2020). Proxemic Filmic Manifestation. A Possible Interpretation of the Functions of Shot Dimension. CONCEPT, 21(2), 167-173. https://doi.org/10.37130/z8wp7z39