Re-reading Movie through “Mobility”
Movie is connected, even in its etymological origins, to the idea of movement, movere. This lecture traces movie through the single thread of mobility: from the transformation of still images into moving images to the reasons characters take to the road, the changing relationship between theatres and audiences, and the future of movie being rewritten by AI.
1. The Birth of Movement: From Still Images to Moving Images
How did pictures come alive and begin to move?
Optical illusions, persistence of vision, and the magic of 24 frames per second
2. Movie on the Road: From the Sedentary Movie to the Road Movie
Why do characters take to the road?
Physical and emotional journeys, and the grammar of the road movie
3. The Theatre and the Audience: From the Lean-back Theatre to Lean-forward OTT
From the stage to the multiplex and the screen in the palm of the hand
How have theatres and audiences moved together?
4. Movie and AI
Images created without cameras and the mobility of creation
A new movement that arrived after the book was written
Where Will We Move Next?
Movie is an art form created by the human desire for mobility.
Although technology continues to change, the desire to tell stories through movement remains unchanged.
Even in the era of AI, the question we should ultimately ask is: What should we set in motion, and why?
