2. • A popular psychologist, Edward T Hall, has
written a couple of books, “The Hidden
Dimension’ and ‘The Silent Language’ on what
he calls a theory of proxemic’s.
• It purports to be a study of how peoples
behaviour are affected by the physical
distances between them.
3. • Hall suggests that these can be divided into
four categories: Intimate Distance, Personal
Distance, Social Distance and
Impersonal/Remote Distance.
4. • The camera always takes what could be
construed as a psychological attitude to what
it is filming, an attitude that directly affects
the story being told.
5. • By using different shot sizes and placement of
camera, a director is able to make a clear
statement about his thoughts and feelings
concerning the story’s characters and the
situations they find themselves in, thoughts
and feelings concerning
7. Remote Distance
• The individual person is not identified as a
particular person. Figure is recognised only by
costume of because of the situation or
context.
13. Social Distance
• Speech and gesture are apt to be fairly
deliberate, formal and still a little ‘projected’ if
in the presence of a group of people.
17. Personal Distance
• Closer still implies that the relationship is
‘one-on-one’. The presence of others is
ignored. Speech will be impromptu and the
communication more ‘non-verbal’.
19. Intimate Distance
• Physical involvement. Acceptable in public if
participants are ‘family’. It does imply
exclusion of others, normally demands some
degree of privacy.
