Abstract:

Cinema is an invention that modern Western Civilization has offered us since the Enlightenment. The recording and presenting of motion were caused by several scientific findings in Europe and The U.S.A. Cultural dimension of modernity except from the technical one supports cinema as cinematic narration. Although cinema does not have a long history in other forms of fine arts like literature and painting, it develops its own narration form quickly after its invention. It has been a witness of its period as much as its usage of intellectuality and technical developments. This article examines the technical and social relationship between cinema and modernity and it tries to display the details based on form and content of modern cinema. In today‟s world where we discuss post-modern cinema, the definition of modern cinema is made with its own artistic opportunities and the historical evolution of its. The method of this study stems from the analytic research of previous studies and their pioneering.

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