Cinema Landscapes investigates how Earth's diverse environments become integral characters in film and television, influencing narrative and audience perception.
It highlights the symbiotic relationship between film and geography, where landscapes shape creative processes and films interpret these locations.
The book uniquely connects film studies with earth sciences and geography, revealing how cinematic portrayals impact specific locations, socially, economically, and environmentally.
The book initiates with a theoretical framework for analyzing cinema landscapes, introducing concepts like place and representation.
It then explores these ideas through case studies that analyze how landscapes create atmosphere and shape character identities.
Examining the environmental and social impacts of film production, the study emphasizes the ethical responsibilities filmmakers hold toward the portrayed environments and communities.
