CINEMATIC LANDSCAPES AS METAPHORS FOR EMOTIONS. Analysis of the modes of filmic representation and spatiality in Her by Spike Jonze

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33571/revistaluciernaga.v11n21a2

Keywords:

Film representation, film, cinematic space, cinematic geography, mise-en-scène, cinematic landscape, Her, Jonze.

Abstract

Starting from identifying the elements of the mise-en-scène and the characteristic integration of the spaces portrayed in the film Her (Spike Jonze, 2013), the functions pictured by the cinematographic landscapes of the film are analyzed, as well as, it is explained its spatiality, or set of meanings expressed through the spaces in which the dramatic action takes place. It is concluded that most of the analyzed spaces behave, to a greater or lesser degree, as metaphors of the emotions experienced by the characters which they do not dare to express in certain moments. By this way, the representation of the open urban space stands out as an unsatisfactory utopia and, in contrast of some indoor spaces and or
virtual environments that work as heterotopies or counter-sites of other significant, real or fictitious sites.

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Author Biographies

Maximiliano Maza Pérez, Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey

Doctor en Estudios Humanísticos por el Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey y profesor asociado en la misma institución.

Frida Anais Godínez Garza, Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey

Doctora en Estudios Humanísticos por el Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey y profesora de cátedra de la misma institución.

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Published

2019-01-25

How to Cite

Maza Pérez, M., & Godínez Garza, F. A. (2019). CINEMATIC LANDSCAPES AS METAPHORS FOR EMOTIONS. Analysis of the modes of filmic representation and spatiality in Her by Spike Jonze. Luciérnaga Comunicación, 11(21), 40–59. https://doi.org/10.33571/revistaluciernaga.v11n21a2