Treatment in the film of the geographic space and landscape

Abstract

The work presented here is divided into three related parts. In the introduction the author outlines the need to develop more studies about the link between movies - geographical space because of the importance of cinema as an instrument of mediation between the viewer and a space that in many cases is unknown by his own experience. But the relationship between citizens and the cinema is not new, it is a long process that begins in the nineteenth century when photography and the first films, extended in a meaningful way the imaginary space of European and American citizen.

After considering this background, the second part addresses the treatment of space in film theory. Special attention is given to construction of filmic space through the editing and its characteristics are shown with several examples.

However, theories and considerations of space in the cinema are not sufficient to have a body that allows conceptual discover how the landscape is shown in fiction films. The third part of this work is progressing on this topic with the help of theories developed from different disciplines and through the inductive analysis of the factors involved in an appreciation of the landscape for the viewer.