Metaphor and Film - Planes of discourse in cinema
-All images are literal representations
-Metaphors involve shifts in levels of meaning and rely on defined linguistic rules for performing these shifts
-A fallacy at the root of objections to cinematic metaphors,. They ignore the logical distinctions between signifier and signified
-Ferdinand de Saussure posited thaat all signs consist of an object or event that bears the meaning (the signifier) and the meaninf itself (the signified) it 2 figures are copresent doest mean they're signified
-Two signifieeds may be on different planes of discourse i.e...literal or figurative
-The importance of film image is the product of many factors, juxtaposition with other images,its role in the thematic or narrative development of film, its place in social beliefs and customs,
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