Biography as a Universal Film Structure
https://doi.org/10.69975/2074-0832-2025-64-3-171-181
Abstract
This article addresses the dramatic peculiarities of biographical films and the study of their unique structural genre characteristics. The object of the study is biographical cinema as a genre. Given the subject of research is biography itself, it is considered not so much as the primary source of the film, but as a self-sufficient way of formatting the dramatic structure of a cinematic work, which can be found not only in biographical films, but also in a wide range of cinematic genres.
About the Author
D. S. Osinkin
Russian State University of Cinematography n. a. S.A. Gerasimov (VGIK)
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Dmitry S. Osinkin, Post-graduate student
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Osinkin D.S. Biography as a Universal Film Structure. Vestnik VGIK. 2025;17(3(65)):171-181. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.69975/2074-0832-2025-64-3-171-181
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