The Image of a Musician in a Film: Typological Analysis
https://doi.org/10.69975/2074-0832-2025-64-2-102-119
Abstract
The article addresses one of the main problems of films about musicians, namely, the dramatic and directorial approach to the presenting an artistically authentic, lively image of a musician. A general overview of feature and documentary films about musicians reveals diverse ways of representing individuality and the inner world of a character, as well as identifying a certain personality type. Surveying the images of musicians in a fairly representative number of films, the author proposes a typology based on the protagonist's relationship with music and, through music, with society: creative and innovative (“creators”); performing (“reciters-translators”, “readers-dialogists”, “psychosomatics”, “dictators”, “divas”); intuitive-spiritual (“mediums”).
About the Author
Ju. V. Mikheeva
S.A. Gerasimov Russian Federation State University of Cinematography (VGIK)
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Julia V. Mikheeva - Dr. Sci. (in Art History), Professor, Sound Design Department (VGIK).
3 Wilhelm Pieck Str., Moscow, 129226
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Mikheeva J.V. The Image of a Musician in a Film: Typological Analysis. Vestnik VGIK. 2025;17(2(64)):102-119. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.69975/2074-0832-2025-64-2-102-119
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