Delluc, L. (English notation) DellucL

Japanese: Delluc,L.(英語表記)DellucL
Delluc, L. (English notation) DellucL

...The word photogénique is a French word meaning something that looks good on camera, and is also commonly used as an adjective, but as a film term it refers to the beauty of an actor (especially an actress) who looks good on camera, and also has a historical significance as a film aesthetic in the silent era. At the time when French films, which once dominated the world market, were being overwhelmed by Hollywood films after World War I, Louis Delluc (1890-1924), one of France's most pioneering filmmakers, used the word photogénie to describe the essence of film, and even published a book titled Photogénie (1920). "Photogénie" has been said to be an indefinable "magic word," but in his book "Cinematography on Mount Etna" (1926), director and theorist Jean Epstein, who looked up to Deluc as his mentor, defined photogénie as "an element inherent in the art, what color is to painting, or volume to sculpture," while film critic and theorist Léon Moussinac (1890-1964) defined the essence of photogénie as "visual rhythm."

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Japanese:

…写真うつりがいいことを意味するフランス語で,〈フォトジェニックphotogénique(写真うつりがいい)〉という形容詞も一般的に使われるが,映画用語としてはカメラうつりがいい俳優(とくに女優)の美しさを意味するとともに,サイレント時代の映画美学としての映面史的な意味をもつ。 かつて世界の市場を支配したフランス映画が,第1次世界大戦を機にハリウッド映画に圧倒されていた当時,フランスのもっとも先駆的な映画人の1人であったルイ・デリュックLouis Delluc(1890‐1924)は,映画の本質を〈フォトジェニー〉ということばであらわし,《フォトジェニー》(1920)と題する著書も出した。〈フォトジェニー〉は定義しがたい〈魔法のことば〉といわれたが,デリュックを師と仰いだ監督・理論家のジャン・エプスタンは,《エトナ山上の映画論》(1926)のなかで,〈絵画にとっての色彩,あるいは彫刻にとってのボリューム,すなわちその芸術の固有の要素〉とフォトジェニーを定義し,また映画批評家・理論家レオン・ムーシナックLéon Moussinac(1890‐1964)は,フォトジェニーの本質を〈視覚的リズム〉と定義した。…

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