A Study Of Arnheim's View Of The "Film As Art"

The origin of Rudolph Arnheim's view of the film as art has been influenced by personal experience factors,background factors of the times and theoretical foundation factors.Arnheim's rich personal experience is undoubtedly the catalyst for the formation of his film as an artistic concept,and the background factor of the era is the background of the academic community at that time.The tendency of formalism in the Western film theorists constituted the subject of Western film theory at that time and had a certain influence on Arnheim's theory.The montage theory in Soviet film theory undoubtedly caused Arnheim's interest and became an impetus.He went to study an important factor of the film;the attitude of the German academia to the film eventually prompted Arnheim to write his own film theory,thus defending the artistic position of the film.At the same time,the exploration of Gestalt Psychology and montage theory is an important theoretical factor for thinking about the formation view of film as art.Amheim elaborated on the film as art from three aspects:he is an art based on the basic aesthetic concept and the trait of "dumb" in silent films;he uses silent films in technology.Based on the limitations,the author sums up six kinds of film methods to compare the essential differences between the film image and the reality image,and believes that artistic use of these differences to achieve artistic effects can constitute a complete film art;he uses psychology as a research approach.Visual perception and sympathetic resonance are provided to viewers through physical representation,and the use of Gestalt psychology to add their own psychological activities and the application of montage technology to objectively separate objects give the audience a sense of integration.To achieve the artistic effect you want to express.Arnheim demonstrates that cinema is an art through basic aesthetic concepts,cinematic art methods,and the characteristics of psychology,thus building the connotation of view of the film as art.Looking at his film theory independently has a strong logical and theoretical significance.Even so,Arnheim's film has its inherent limitations as an artistic concept,and there is still a need for reflection.Technology has two-sidedness for art.On the one hand,a higher level interpretation of the film has spawned a new art form.However,the abuse of technology makes the film creators ignore the aesthetic pursuit of the film,resulting in the film no longer being an art.And there is.Gestalt psychology overemphasized the role of psychology in film theory as an obvious idealistic behavior,emphasizing the perceptual form of the visual image but neglecting The analysis of film content is the limitation of its existence;film technology is a collection of all sensory comprehensive feelings,not just a montage.Arnheim's position of film in a purely artistic perspective is the most important place in today's movie market.Using Gestalt psychology to study film theory has opened up a new direction for film research;although Arnheim's theory is very Strong logic,but lack of practical evidence.In general,by reflecting on the technical development issues in Arnheim's film theory,the limitations of the characteristics of psychology,and the practical significance of Arnheim's film theory,we can better understand and improve Arnheim's Film theory.