İzleyici-Karakter İlişkisi Bağlamında Empati ve Sempatinin İçkinliği: ”Arka Pencere” Örneği
The Immanence of Sympathy And Empathy in the Context of Audience-Character Relationship: The Case of “Rear Window”

Summary/Abstract: One of the most controversial topics of cinematography is undoubtedly the special relationship that forms between the audience and characters. Many studies and approaches have been undertaken to understand this special bond. Many different views were raised through the concepts of identification, assimilation, empathy and sympathy. Especially, the cognitive approaches of the 80’s argued that the concept of identification would not be enough to define this relationship and that different concepts would be better suited to find a broader understanding. However, it is quite difficult to even reach a consensus on this issue. It has been suggested that the audience identifies with the characters or approaches the characters with sympathy and sometimes establishes a relationship at the level of empathy. The aim of this study is to discuss the ambiguity of the conceptual boundaries that describe the relationships a viewer can build with the characters within a film. Because in a film, the relationship between the audience and the characters can occur in different planes, these planes may interfere with each other and even appear at the same time. This is due to the possibility that each film may have its own structure.

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