El uso de la cámara lenta como herramienta expresiva aplicada al cortometraje La noche del escamol

Abstract

El uso de la cámara lenta como herramienta expresiva aplicada al cortometraje La Noche del Escamol is a research project that aims to understand the implications of the use of visual effects within a film production, and focuses of the sames as it goes beyond its entertainment capacity. Furthermore, this work focuses on the concept of “slow motion” as it is defined through theories elaborated by various filmmakers such as Jean Epstein (1957), and philosophers such as Gilles Deleuze(2011); and then consider them together with the notion of “expression” that critic Fredric Jameson ([1988] 2012) has developed. Out of this conceptual framework, three case of movies that have used slow motion for expressive purposes are analyzed: In the mood for love (Wong Kar-wai, 2000), El colombian dream (Felipe Aljure, 2006) and En el nombre de la hija (Tania Hermida, 2011). These three films are analyzed following the filmic analysis methodology of André Gaudreault and Francois Jost (1995) in which they propose to find a cinematographic point of view. The critical review as well as the comparison between the sequences of these slow-motion scenes used in the audiovisual pieces, are meant to give a sense of direction for the short film La noche del escamol