Barthes, Leaving the movie theatre. Especially considering Man with a Movie Camera, (MWAMC) Barthes discussion points to a kind of dual watching and ‘situation’ that occurs with cinema. The practices and embodied experience around the viewing of a film and the making of a film are nodded to and part of the narrative of MWAMC as the act of looking and being looked at are layered in the film. We indeed experience the ‘narcissistic body’ when being fully immersed in the unfolding images, and the ‘perverse body’ that is more aware of the third space between yourself and the screen

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Roland Barthes’s “The Rustle of Language” stirred up my curiosity and interest after I read it. The most reflective part I found is the difference between watching movies in the cinema and watching movie at home. From my personal experience, these two are really unique experience. Although they both have their good and bad, I think they are both essential for a movie lover. In the reading, Barthes further explained the characteristics and difference of these two kinds of movie-watching experience. There is a point mentioned in the reading by Barthes that I can not agree. It is about the

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Nowadays, watching a movie become more and more convienient as we could watch it anytime, anywhere through online platforms, for instance Netflix, Youtube, etc. However, I believe that there is an element created by a movie theather that could not be replaced: Experience. Undoubtly, we, as audience, are influenced by the surroundings while watching a movie. From the reading, Barnes mentioned about the sharp contrast of the darkness of the theater and the only light from a movie creates an immersive experience for the audience。 Moreover, Barthes also mentioned about the “lure” that a theater can create, and the “lure”

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The technological reproduction seem have many advantages to this world which having a rapid pace. Most of us chase a high speed and perfect life. This type of reproduction could  provide a high quality of product in a short time. But it is not suitable for artwork. In my opinions, the “aura” of the artwork means uniqueness. Because every art piece is different so they are special. The topics, colours, characters and anything in the artwork include the creativity of us. Now there are some AI program which can draw artwork. After you put down the topic, the program just

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