Quantitative meta-analysis of visual motifs throughout film history

Garin, M. and Elduque, A. (2016) Quantitative meta-analysis of visual motifs throughout film history. El profesional de la información, 25 (6). pp. 883-892. ISSN 1699-2407

Abstract/Summary

This paper assesses the importance of visual motifs as new research tools for film and media studies, by running a quantitative meta-study of two expert review databases: the British Film Institute best-movies 2012 poll and the Encyclopedia of visual motifs in cinema (a joint venture of up to sixty researchers and film critics). The former is used as an indicator of canonic values in film historiography, while the latter represents a new approach to cinema from a less hierarchical and nonauteur- oriented methodology. Three main variables are quantified and compared (decades, genres, directors), pointing to a low accordance between the top films of both databases, as well as to noteworthy differences in terms of historical scope, high / low culture values, and authorship.

Item Type	Article
URI	https://reading-clone.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/75031
Refereed	Yes
Divisions	Arts, Humanities and Social Science > School of Arts and Communication Design > Film, Theatre & Television
Publisher	EPI
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