Jogo de Cena or The scene of the semiotic mediation observed in a filmed stage

Authors

  • Fernando Andacht Pós-doutor em Comunicação e Informação pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) Professor da Universidade de Ottawa (Canadá)

Keywords:

life narratives, film analysis, percian semiotics, mediation, Jogo de Cena documentary movie

Abstract

How to explain the mysterious influence of symbols or words on life? The answer, to which the semiotician Peirce was devoted to, I will explore the mediation effects represented in Jogo de Cena (2007), a documentary film by Brazilian director E. Coutinho, an experimental inquiry into narrative mediation in a filmed theatrical setting. There seems to be a double mediation process: the spontaneous narratives of personal experience and the quasi-fictional, scripted performances of Brazilian actresses.

Published

2016-06-23