Translating Spacetime Intensities of Movie Barcodes.

This article proposes a methodology to identify rhetorical energies that form within the diegetic timeline of movies and to translate these to creative sculpting of spacetime designs. In turn, the narrative manipulation of rhetorical spacetime correlates with that of the audience's emotional states....

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Published in:Critical Arts: A South-North Journal of Cultural & Media Studies Vol. 39; no. 1/2; pp. 185 - 203
Main Author: Tomaselli, Damien
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Published: Taylor & Francis Ltd Feb-Apr2025
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          Visual Identity and Design (VIAD), The University of Johannesburg, South Africa
          The University of Nottingham, Ningbo, China
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        Spacetime
        Dramatic structure
        Rhythm
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        chronotope
        dramaturgy
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        movie barcodes
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      ab: This article proposes a methodology to identify rhetorical energies that form within the diegetic timeline of movies and to translate these to creative sculpting of spacetime designs. In turn, the narrative manipulation of rhetorical spacetime correlates with that of the audience's emotional states. I achieved this by indexing fictional spacetime with movie barcodes to create a visual compression of sequential film frames into one solid image. I also discuss how patterns of spatial and temporal arrangement within the selected film trailer occurs. I utilise the short form movie trailer The Monster (2020) as my case study as it is a work that I co-directed. Essentially, I propose a method to show how temporal designs of a fictional dimension may be sculpted and intensified. For comparative purposes, I discuss a related study on Alejandro G. Iñárritu's The Revenant (2015). I conclude that the spacetime relationships of the timeline exhibit a propensity to result in dramaturgic tension patterns.
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