Moving Image Theory: Ecological Considerations

by Joseph D. Anderson (Editor), Barbara Fisher Anderson (Editor), David Bordwell (Foreword)

Blending unconventional film theory with nontraditional psychology to provide a radically different set of critical methods and propositions about cinema, Moving Image Theory: Ecological Considerations looks at film through its communication properties rather than its social or political implications. Drawing on the tenets of James J. Gibson’s ecological theory of visual perception, the fifteen essays and forty-one illustrations gathered here by editors Joseph D. Anderson and Barbara Fisher Anderson offer a new understanding of how moving images are seen and understood.


 
Focusing on a more straightforward perception of the world and cinema in an attempt to move film theory closer to reality, Moving Image Theory proposes that we should first understand how cinema communicates information about the representation of the three-dimensional world through properties of image and sound.

272 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 2005

Reviews

[Sherri · Rating 5 out of 5]

I actually helped edit this book for a class with Dr. Joe Anderson at Georgia State University. It's a challenging read and not for those who get nervous around scientific data. But for everyone else, it's intriguing and sparks many more thoughts about the future of cinema.