Mike Leigh´s method to build up a filmic narrative and cinema style: reflection of an ethic and aesthethic conception of the world

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Published 27-05-2016
Laura Cortés-Selva María Mercedes Carmona-Martínez

Abstract

British Mike Leigh´s ethic and aesthetic conception of the world influences his films in a way that they become different from those included in northamerican mainstream cinema, specially in his method and style. The main objective of this research is focused upon analyzing Leigh´s mentioned conception through his method and some of the most important elements conforming his cinema style. To that end, a qualitative and a quantitative methodology that mixes the analysis of the main bibliographical sources about Mike Leigh and a quantitative anaysis of the most important elements conforming his cinema style of his more international acclaimed films, has been conducted.

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Cortés-Selva, L., & Carmona-Martínez, M. M. (2016). Mike Leigh´s method to build up a filmic narrative and cinema style: reflection of an ethic and aesthethic conception of the world. ZER - Journal of Communication Studies, 21(40). https://doi.org/10.1387/zer.16414
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