Publication
Title
Moving pictures in motion : methods of geographical analysis and visualisation in comparative research on local film exhibition using a case study of Brno and Ghent in 1952.
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Abstract
In recent years, spatial digital tools have become an important part of New Cinema History research. However, the use of spatial visualisation methods remains inconsistent and the ground norms have yet to be established, especially in a comparative approach. In this paper, we explore the possibilities of working with spatial visualisation: what are the benefits of its use and what new perspectives on a given problem can this approach reveal? Drawing on a quantitative analysis of cinema programmes, we incorporate geospatial as well as temporal aspects of film trajectories. In doing so, we explore to what extent the communication between cinemas and their strategies of programming can be explained through the geospatial perspective. By visualising the film circulation within two mid-sized cities (Ghent in Belgium and Brno in the Czech Republic) in 1952, the method reveals patterns in film trajectories and relationships between the cinemas. These findings show the potential for the incorporation of geospatial visualisation in a comparative research design.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Tijdschrift voor mediageschiedenis. - Amsterdam, 1998, currens
Publication
Amsterdam : 2020
ISSN
1387-649X [print]
2213-7653 [online]
DOI
10.18146/TMG672
Volume/pages
23 :1/2 (2020) , p. 1-39
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Subject
Art 
Affiliation
Publications with a UAntwerp address
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