The photoplay; a psychological study (1916)

Record Details:

Title:
The photoplay; a psychological study
Date:
1916
Publisher:
New York [etc.] D. Appleton and company
Volume:
The photoplay; a psychological study
Leaf #:
000139
Language:
English
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Cornell University Library
Sponsor:
MSN
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
July 19, 2022
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THE PHOTOPLAY But if now only tlie doctor and the patient remain unchanged and steady, while every- thing in the whole room begins at first to tremble and then to wave and to change its form more and more rapidly so that a feeling of dizziness comes over us and an uncanny, ghastly unnaturalness overcomes the whole surrounding of the hypnotized person, we ourselves become seized by the strange emo- tion. It is not worth while to go into further illustrations here, as this possibility of the camera work still belongs entirely to the fu- ture. It could not be otherwise as we remem- ber that the whole moving picture play arose from the slavish imitation of the drama and began only slowly to find its own artistic methods. But there is no doubt that the for- mal changes of the pictorial presentation will be legion as soon as the photoartists give their attention to this neglected aspect. The value of these formal changes for the expression of the emotions may become re- markable. The characteristic features of many an attitude and feeling which cannot be expressed without words today will then be aroused in the mind of the spectator through the subtle art of the camera.