Affective cinema : experimenting with feelings of meaning

Prokopic, P

Abstract

Affective Cinema is an AHRC-funded practice research project in film, informed by art cinema, experimental film traditions, film theory and philosophy. The outcomes of the research are films that combine aspects of cinematic style, nuances of performance and elements of chance. When all these attributes align in an unpredictable way, a feeling of meaning can be produced: a moment of cinema that is engaging and captivating without trying to tell a story or communicating something specific or intentional through the film. The research thereby aims to expand the potential of the cinematic form by producing experimental film structures in which this feeling of meaning can be identified, and by testing and developing methods that can lead to its emergence. The research also seeks to unite the practice and theory in a unique way – bringing the theory directly into the practice through a poetic voice-over. This submission to IJCMR represents a new version of Affective Cinema, one that was designed especially for the MediaWall at Bath Spa University, and which was exhibited between March 26–April 5 2019.

Citation

Prokopic, P. (2019). Affective cinema : experimenting with feelings of meaning. ˜The œinternational journal of creative media research, https://doi.org/10.33008/IJCMR.2019.17

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Sep 1, 2019
• Deposit Date: Oct 5, 2020
• Publicly Available Date: Oct 5, 2020
• Journal: International Journal of Creative Media Research
• Issue: 2
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.33008/IJCMR.2019.17
• Publisher URL: https://doi.org/10.33008/IJCMR.2019.17
• Related Public URLs: https://www.creativemediaresearch.org/
• Additional Information: Projects : Affective Cinema: Between Style, Chance and the Moving Body