Proxemics 1
- 1. Proxemics Cinematography and Social Psychology
- 2. • A popular psychologist, Edward T Hall, has written a couple of books, “The Hidden Dimension’ and ‘The Silent Language’ on what he calls a theory of proxemic’s. • It purports to be a study of how peoples behaviour are affected by the physical distances between them.
- 3. • Hall suggests that these can be divided into four categories: Intimate Distance, Personal Distance, Social Distance and Impersonal/Remote Distance.
- 4. • The camera always takes what could be construed as a psychological attitude to what it is filming, an attitude that directly affects the story being told.
- 5. • By using different shot sizes and placement of camera, a director is able to make a clear statement about his thoughts and feelings concerning the story’s characters and the situations they find themselves in, thoughts and feelings concerning
- 7. Remote Distance • The individual person is not identified as a particular person. Figure is recognised only by costume of because of the situation or context.
- 9. Public Distance • This distance will be maintained by people who have to establish a ‘public status’, who are ‘unapproachable’ as individuals
- 10. Social Distance
- 11. • At fifteen feet to ten feet, deportment and dress are on display. In a social environment manners are likely to be self-conscious
- 12. Social Distance
- 13. Social Distance • Speech and gesture are apt to be fairly deliberate, formal and still a little ‘projected’ if in the presence of a group of people.
- 15. Personal Distance • Reserved for close acquaintances or friends. A stranger who invades this ‘ Private Space” may be regarded as an intruder.
- 17. Personal Distance • Closer still implies that the relationship is ‘one-on-one’. The presence of others is ignored. Speech will be impromptu and the communication more ‘non-verbal’.
- 19. Intimate Distance • Physical involvement. Acceptable in public if participants are ‘family’. It does imply exclusion of others, normally demands some degree of privacy.