Exposing the world through Emanuel Lubezki's method

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https://doi.org/10.5195/cinej.2023.447

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cinematographic frame, Lubezki, focusing, immersion, fluid camera

Abstract

This article is based on the concept of exposing the world through the lens of cinema by a cinematographer. Without a cinematographer, movies are not as visually and emotionally impactful on audiences. Cinema is trying to penetrate beyond things and create an utterly phenomenological experience. Cinematographers are responsible for creating the audience's emotions through various cinematic techniques. It is perhaps one of their most significant roles is to promote the cinematic frame as a mediator. This research claims that the cinema’s camera illuminates the world through focusing and framing components. It provides the cinematic image with a cinematic presence and makes it feasible in a phenomenological sense (return to things themselves). And eventually, this leads to viewer buoyancy and immersiveness. 

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2023-10-20

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Bagherzadeh, M., Sanati, E., & Naghipour, M. (2023). Exposing the world through Emanuel Lubezki’s method. CINEJ Cinema Journal, 11(1), 193–215. https://doi.org/10.5195/cinej.2023.447

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Vol. 11 No. 1 (2023): Fall 2023

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