A viewer and a movie: looking for the meaning

Abstract

Aim to identify the basic states of a person in the process of watching a movie and to determine the point when the meaning is constructed. Three states of the viewer are analyzed: "before", "now", "after". Their specific features in relation to the formation of meaning are revealed. The author comes to the conclusion that this construction, which is significant for the viewer, refers to the "after" state, which is associated with the grasping of the problems posed in the film in the past and reflection on them. The factors influencing this process are the ordinary experience, biographical circumstances, the distance of perception. But in the modern world, in the conditions of the growing attention of the viewers to film reviews, states are being replaced, which leads to the substitution of the meanings of the real world and the loss of the possibility of their identification with the help of cinema.