Embodied Metaphors in Film, Television, and Video Games Cognitive Approaches [Hardcover]

In cognitive research, metaphors have been shown to help us imagine complex, abstract, or invisible ideas, concepts, or emotions. Contributors to this book argue that metaphors occur not only in language, but in audio visual media well. This is all the more evident in entertainment media, which strategically sell their products by addressing their viewers immediate, reflexive understanding through pictures, sounds, and language. This volume applies cognitive metaphor theory (CMT) to film, television, and video games in order to analyze the embodied aesthetics and meanings of those moving images.

Introduction: Embodied Metaphors in Moving Images Kathrin Fahlenbrach  Part I: Metaphors and Narrative Meanings in Moving Images  1. Visual and Multimodal Metaphor in Film: Charting the Field Charles Forceville  2. Audiovisual Metaphors as Embodied Narratives in Moving Images Kathrin Fahlenbrach  3. Metaphor in Cinematic Simulation, or Why Wim Wenders Angels Live in a Colorless World Patrick Colm Hogan  4. Stormy Weather: An Intercultural Approach to the Water Metaphor in Cinema Eduardo Urios-Aparisi  5. Coincidence and Causality: Image-Schematic Plotting Principles in Serial Television Drama Sebastian Armbrust  Part II: Metaphors of Perception and the Senses in Moving Images  6. Film, Metaphor, and Qualia Salience Torben Grodal  7. Problems of Metaphor, Film, and Perception Birger Langkj?r  8. The Eyes for Mind in Cinema: A Metaphorical Study of the Viewer's Experience Maarten Co?gnarts and Peter Kravanja  9. Metaphors and Embodied Meaning in Film Music: The Case of Leitmotifs Henning Albrecht and Clemens W?llner  10. Metaphor without an Answer: Cross-Modal Experience and Embodied Meaning in l³*