Week 8 assignment: essay – interrelationships reflection apa format | Applied Sciences homework help
- Which continuity cuts does the editor of the film you have studied contribute most to your understanding of the film?
The ParTiciPaTive exPerience anD filM Our participation with film is often virtually involuntary. For one thing, most of us know exactly what it means to lose our sense of place and time in a movie. This loss seems to be achieved rapidly in all but the most awkwardly conceived films. Cinematic realism makes it easy for us to identify with actors who represent our values (a kind of participation). For instance, in Forrest Gump (1994), Tom hanks plays what seems to be, on the surface, a mentally defective person. But Gump is more than that—he is good at heart and positive in his thinking. he is a character in whom cunning—not just intelligence—has been removed, and in him the viewers see their lost innocence. It would be very doubtful that anyone in the audience consciously identified with Gump, but it was clear from the reception of the film that something in him res- onated with the audience and was, in the final analysis, both appealing and cheering. Gump is an unlikely hero primarily because he is trusting, innocent, and good-hearted. When the audience participates with that film, it is in part because the audience mem- bers see in Gump something of what they would like to see in themselves. jac16871_ch12_299-329.indd 303 12/11/17 11:57 AM 304 ChApTEr 12 PERCEPTION KEY Participation and the Film