Narration and the production of meaning in neo-modernism Cover Image

Narracja i produkcja znaczeń w flmowym neomodernizmie
Narration and the production of meaning in neo-modernism

Author(s): Rafał Syska
Subject(s): Media studies, Theory of Communication, Methodology and research technology, Film / Cinema / Cinematography
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: Contemporary cinema; author cinema; neo-modernism; slow-cinema; narration; off-screen space; making meaning; kino współczesne; kino autorskie; neomodernizm; przestrzeń pozakadrowa;

Summary/Abstract: This essay analyzes the narration strategies and methods of making meanings in neo-modernism movement. Filmmakers, who are its representatives, prefer the opposite model of cinematic communication which is commonly used in mainstream movies. The article begins with the definition of neo-modernism and description of key components that provide specific forms of narration and reception. Moreover, there were presented main terms related to the modernism and so-called slow cinema. In main fragments of the essay the author focused on some neo-modernist crime stories, which have been created through different, than in traditional cinema, methods of making meaning. Then, there were analyzed such elements of cinematic style as: use of off-screen space and non-conventional concepts of narrative ellipsis.

  • Issue Year: 13/2013
  • Issue No: 22
  • Page Range: 91-104
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Polish
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