From: "Jens Eder" <jens.eder-AT-gmx.de> Subject: Re: Movement in Movies Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 08:23:58 +0200 Lieber Stefan Grundmann, (ich schreibe auf Deutsch, damit klar ist, dass jetzt nur eine vage Idee kommen kann...) von einer niedergeschriebenen Rechts-Links-Regel für Regisseure weiß ich nichts, die Leute, die ich kenne, gehen hier eher intuitiv vor. Wenn es die Regel geben sollte, müsste sie sich in den Regie-Standardwerken z.B. von Daniel Arijon oder Peter Ward finden lassen. In der Bildtheorie und Bildsemiotik (z.B. Kress/van Leeuwen) versucht man das Phänomen u.a. mit der Leserichtung zu erklären: Man beginnt die Zeile links. So heißt angeblich auch "von links = hin" und "von rechts = zurück". (Die Protagonisten "gehen ja oft wohin.") Ob das in anderen Kulturen anders ist? Grüße, Jens Eder. -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: "Stefan Grundmann" <stefangrundmann-AT-web.de> An: <film-theory-AT-lists.village.Virginia.EDU> Gesendet: Donnerstag, 16. Oktober 2003 12:40 Betreff: Movement in Movies > Dear list, > > I have a question about visual language in movies that nobody can respond in > germany ;) > > But first I'm going to introduce myself shortly: I'm a freelancing > journalist, working in Hamburg/germany. The main topic of my work concerns > cognitive sciences. About movies I haven't written articles yet. > > My Question: Someone told me that in hollywood movies the good ones/heroes > at their first appearance moving from the left side of the screen to the > right. At the other hand the bad one/evil primarily appear at the right side > moving leftwards. > > In a lot of movies I've watched I found a confirmation of this theory, but I > don't know, if it is something like a rule for directors or if they let move > the actors to the left or right by accident. > > The guy who told me about this "theory" is a movie jurnalist, who knows > everything about James Bond Movies. He said, that 007 in every movie is seen > first at the left side of the screen moving rightwards (more or less he's > right). > > Do you know something about left-right or right-left movements of the good > and bad characters in movies? > > If you know something about that, please make me happy and send me an email. > Thank you a lot in advance! > > Best regards > > Stefan Grundmann > > ps: I'm not a person you may call a narrative english speaker - so, sorry > about my english :) > > ---------------------------------------- > Stefan Grundmann > - freier Journalist - > Gertigstr. 33 > 22303 Hamburg > > Telefon 040 - 22 72 71 53 > Telefon 040 - 27 88 47 81 (privat) > Fax 040 - 22 72 71 10 > Mobil 0171 - 36 10 275 > eMail stefangrundmann-AT-web.de > > > --- from list film-theory-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu --- --- from list film-theory-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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