After discussing the relationship of title sequences to Genette's concept of the paratext, along with the definition of the film as text, this article provides an historical contextualisation of a sub-genre of the Italian industrial film characterised by musical and audio-visual experimentation, which arose in the years of the economic miracle (1958-1963), flourished throughout the 1960s and came to an end in the early 1970s. The article goes on to analyse some significant examples, exploring three main issues: the relationship of title sequences to a film's structure, their semantic and rhetorical strategies with particular attention to self-reflexivity, and finally their impact relative to the audience's experience.
Creative titles: audiovisual experimentation and self-reflexivity in Italian industrial films of the economic miracle and after
CECCHI, ALESSANDRO
2014-01-01
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After discussing the relationship of title sequences to Genette's concept of the paratext, along with the definition of the film as text, this article provides an historical contextualisation of a sub-genre of the Italian industrial film characterised by musical and audio-visual experimentation, which arose in the years of the economic miracle (1958-1963), flourished throughout the 1960s and came to an end in the early 1970s. The article goes on to analyse some significant examples, exploring three main issues: the relationship of title sequences to a film's structure, their semantic and rhetorical strategies with particular attention to self-reflexivity, and finally their impact relative to the audience's experience.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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