Perception and Location

Thompson’s article, for me, was a little difficult to get through, but there were some points that really stood out and intrigued me. I found it really interesting how on page 8 she discusses how perception in the everyday world differs from the art world. When you are in the everyday world, you perceive things according to what is practical in the moment. I really liked her example of standing on the street corner, for it is something I haven’t really thought about before and did a really good job illustrating this selective perception. Since we need this time for making decisions in the real world, we cannot focus on every sight or smell around us. In the art world, however, we must focus on the details. Since we get to live in a kind of “fantasy world” through film, we can take the time to focus on all of the small things around the characters. I found this part of the article really easy to understand, and it definitely brought new concepts to my attention. While a lot of the neoformalist theory discussed still is murky to me, I look forward to reading the other blog posts in hopes of clearing up other parts of the article.