Pathos in Film Rhetoric. On the Example of Andrzej Fidyk’s Yodok Stories Cover Image

Patos w retoryce filmowej. Na podstawie "Yodok stories" Andrzeja Fidyka
Pathos in Film Rhetoric. On the Example of Andrzej Fidyk’s Yodok Stories

Author(s): Bogumiła Fiołek-Lubczyńska
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Communication studies, Theory of Communication
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: pathos; documentary film; rhetoric

Summary/Abstract: The article relates to the use of rhetoric in documentary film. Pathos is one of many ways of creating a persuasive documentary. According to Andrzej Fidyk, modern documentary film must be attractive to the viewer, otherwise, nobody will watch it. Hence the director decided to use persuasive elements in his film. Pathos is a tool for arousing strong feelings in the viewer. The source of those feelings is the presentation of power and concentration camps in the form of a musical extravaganza.

  • Issue Year: 31/2016
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 113-120
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Polish