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Film as Modern Illusion
- Film emerged from a cultural context fascinated by illusions and the 'coming to life' of inanimate objects.
- People believed that organizing matter in the right way, like film, could magically produce life-like appearances.
Film Creates Continuity From Discontinuity
- Film is unique because it transforms discontinuous snapshots into an apparent temporal continuity.
- Unlike theatre’s continuous live action, film stitches heterogeneous scenes shot at different times into a seamless experience.
Human Perception Creates Motion Illusion
- The continuity we perceive in film is an illusion created by human vision and cognition.
- Our brains fuse rapid sequences of still images into smooth motion, similar to perceiving a line from closely spaced dots.