Open AccessEmotional Influence on the Viewer in Contemporary American Cinema
Author(s) -
Feofania Yu Vital
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
vestnik vgik
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2713-2471
pISSN - 2074-0832
DOI - 10.17816/vgik8191-104
Subject(s) - catharsis , movie theater , drama , aesthetics , art , state (computer science) , key (lock) , focus (optics) , control (management) , psychology , visual arts , literature , computer science , computer security , artificial intelligence , optics , physics , algorithm
The article studies the methods and means used in modern American film drama to control the audiences emotional state, sorting out the major techniques of such control as exemplified by specific films. The main focus is on the catharsis as the key moment of watching a film.