Abstract
Since its introduction in 1976, the rhetoric surrounding Steadicam has emphasized the embodied nature or the technology. This study tests these claims against scholarly work on visual conventions as well as on embodiment and the related concept of Image Schemas as coined by Maarten Coëgnarts and Peter Kravanja. I link both these approaches to the underlying idea of contingent human universals and how these undergird those concepts and will turn to the field of evolutionary biology and epigenetic inheritance to add a (evolutionary) biological lens to these discussions. In doing so, I argue for an interdisciplinary approach that incorporates both cognitive and biological elements in the study of art, perception and representation.
Presenters
David Vanden BosscheDissertator/Instructor, Film Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Wisconsin, United States
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Presentation Type
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
Theme
KEYWORDS
Steadicam, Visual Conventions, Embodiment, Epigenetic Inheritance, Camera Movement
