{"product_id":"film-structure-and-the-emotion-system-paperback-9780521037358","title":"Film Structure and the Emotion System (Paperback \/ softback) 9780521037358","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eFilm Structure and the Emotion System\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSynthesizes research on emotion in cognitive psychology and neurology to provide an understanding of how film evokes emotion.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eGreg M. Smith (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521037358, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 24 May 2007\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e232 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.3 x 1.6 cm, 0.358 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"...this book provides a comprehensive study of the theories of emotion and successfully defines its 'emotion system' in relation to film structure. It also includes a thorough review of prior studies on the subject...\"   Journal of Film and Video\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eFilms evoke broad moods and cue particular emotions that can be broadly shared as well as individually experienced. Although the experience of emotion is central to the viewing of movies, film studies have neglected to focus attention on the emotions, relying instead on vague psychoanalytic concepts of desire. Film Structure and the Emotion System synthesizes research on emotion in cognitive psychology and neurology in an effort to provide a more nuanced understanding of how film evokes emotion. Analysing a variety and range of films, including Casablanca and Stranger than Paradise, this book offers a grounded approach to the mechanisms through which films appeal to the human emotions, demonstrating the role of style and narration in this process.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePart I. Developing the Approach: 1. An invitation to feel\u003cbr\u003e 2. The emotion system and nonprototypical emotions\u003cbr\u003e 3. The mood-cue approach to filmic emotion\u003cbr\u003e 4. Other cognitivisms\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Analyzing Emotional Appeals in Film: 5. 'Couldn't you read between those pitiful lines?': feeling for Stella Dallas\u003cbr\u003e 6. Strike-ing out: the partial success of early Eisenstein's emotional appeal\u003cbr\u003e 7. Lyricism and unevenness: emotional transitions in Renoir's A Day in the Country and The Lower Depths\u003cbr\u003e 8. Emotion work: The Joy Luck Club and the limits of the emotion system\u003cbr\u003e 9. 'I was misinformed': nostalgia and uncertainty in Casablanca\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Afterword: 10. An invitation to interpret\u003cbr\u003e Appendix: the neurological basis of psychoanalytic film theory: Metz's emotional debt to Freud the biologist\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Films, cinema [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Films, cinema\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Films,%20cinema%20%5BAPF%5D%22\"\u003eAPF\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46001460445464,"sku":"9780521037358","price":20.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521037358i_f350eff3-b3dd-48fb-a142-06b78a0760e6.jpg?v=1694968421","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/film-structure-and-the-emotion-system-paperback-9780521037358","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}