MULTIMODALITY IN MISE-EN-SCÈNE COMMUNICATION : Research on language and social interaction in scenographic settings

ISBN-13: 9783639182286 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 204 str.

Shin-Jung Ho

Opis

Multimodality is an important research area to help understand the plurality of communication channels existing in human interaction. This book presents a multimodal analysis of "mise-en-scène communication, which emerges as theater directors and set designers talk and build a dramatic scene in their everyday work experiences. Emphasizing mise-en- scène communication as multimodal, the author also offers fresh insights into how artists use complex assemblies of visual representations such as architectural drawings, scale models, miniature props, and 3-D virtual animations and compose them in dramaturgically sensitive way. This book presents a comprehensive description of the major theoretical perspectives that guide research on embodied interaction and communicative resources including language, gestures, bodily conduct, the material surround, and physical objects. It also sheds light into representational forms as a material, perceptual field, which shapes embodied interaction systematically performed within it. This book exemplifies a critical synthesis of language, semiotics, nonverbal communication, and enthnomethodology.

O autorze

Shin-Jung Ho is Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication Studies at Fo Guang University in Taiwan.