FIlm_and_Literature__What_is_Reality

FIlm and Literature: What is Reality What do you say if someone tells you something that you don’t believe' Perhaps it is the common statement; “I’ll believe it when I see it.” This expression is possibly stating that a human’s most valuable sense is that of vision. If one cannot see something then they are more likely to question the reality and validity of that object, whether it be an occurrence earlier that day on the news or in the newspaper, or a movie or novel that they may have encountered. In 1916, Hugo Munsterburg wrote, The Film: A Psychological Study, which contained an excerpt, “The Means of the Photoplay.” In this archaic but relevant to the subject article, Munsterburg compared the psychological effects used in movies (photoplays) and that of art such as plays and literature. Throughout his article, he stressed many different items within these artworks that all play on ones “stream of consciousness.” They all have their own different way of creating a reality to their spectators. Though his main focus to compare in this excerpt is the theater, it still applicable to literature. Within his summary of the aspects of the artworks, two film, literature, reality, story, through, time, different, characters, audience, very, one, character, bridge, throughout, sounds, same, order, mind, main, visual, two, shows, once, munsterburg, figures, farquhar, enrique, closer, close-up, camera, words, within, ways, walter, surroundings, spectator, situation, sir, show, shot, short, occurrence, must, literary, however, face, expression, allows, while, thoughts