sonsign

Definitions

Particularly in Gilles Deleuze's cinematic philosophy, a pure sound that exists independently of any immediate action or narrative progression.

Examples

“Opsigns and sonsigns are direct⟳ presentation of time.”

“By presenting purely optical and sound⟳ situations in which no action is involved, opsigns and sonsigns place⟳ time at the centre of the cinematic image.”

“Thus, instead of what Deleuze had described as perception-images, affection-images, action-images, and mental images (all types of movement-image), there are now “opsigns” and “sonsigns” which resist⟳ movement-image differentiation.”

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