The Multisensory Film Experience : A Cognitive Model of Experiental Film Aesthetics (Paperback)

The light and sound of the motion picture, once perceived, is a gateway to the multisensory experience of the spectator. The Multisensory Film Experience reaches beyond the usually-discussed perceptual elements of vision and hearing to focus attention to the lesser discussed senses: thermoception (temperature), nociception (pain) and the vestibular sense (sense of balance) in order to argue that it is the experience of film that’s inherently multisensory, not the medium.
The Multisensory Film Experience analyses films by auteur film-makers Knut Erik Jensen, Gus Van Sant and Ki-Duk Kim to explore experiential aesthetics of cold, cinema of walking and aesthetics of pain. Luis Rocha Antunes offers new insights into how viewers experience films and understand their stories. Essential reading for film scholars interested in multisensory studies.