Filmosophy - About Framptons Radically New Way of Understanding Cinema

Seminar paper from the year 2009 in the subject Film Science grade: 13 University of Potsdam course: Film + Philosophy = Filmosophy language: English abstract: Because the times in film production change a change in reception is also necessary. In Frampton's theory film is no longer a photographic reproduction of a past performance. This is not simply be-cause nowadays there are countless assumed realistic film images which were never shot as they are presented later. Frampton concedes that film uses material of the real world but finally - and hence his theory is one of reception - this material becomes its own world with its own processes and even its own thoughts. To draw a consistent picture of his theory he developed a kind of unique language to speak about film.