TY  - JOUR
T1  - The effect of visual narrative language of color codes in Youssef Chahine’s cinema
TT  - Youssef Chahine sinemasında renk kodlarının görsel anlatım diline etkisi
AU  - Parsa, Alev
AU  - Mahrous, Mariam
AU  - As, Elçin
PY  - 2025
DA  - February
Y2  - 2025
DO  - 10.46372/arts.1538835
JF  - ARTS: Artuklu Sanat ve Beşeri Bilimler Dergisi
JO  - ARTS
PB  - Mardin Artuklu Üniversitesi
WT  - DergiPark
SN  - 2687-1890
SP  - 25
EP  - 51
IS  - 13
LA  - en
AB  - This study explore the ways in which Egyptian director Youssef Chahine employed colors within the narrative of his films, influenced by historical, religious, and cultural factors. The main purpose of the study is to shed light on the significance of colors and their symbolism in any cinematic work, due to its impact on the viewer’s emotions and perception of a film, as well as its ability to enhance the aesthetics of the cinematic imagery. In this context, two different films of Chahine, Al Nasser Salah Al-din (Saladin the Victorious, 1963) and Al-Massir (Destiny, 1997), which were shot in different periods, were selected. In study uses Roland Barthes’ semiological approach as a to analyze the denotational and connotational meanings of color in selected films. This analysis reveals the significance of color in Chahine’s films and how color symbolism is employed to convey the director’s ideas and depict their distinctive visual style.
KW  - cinema
KW  - egyptian cinema
KW  - youssef chahine
KW  - color
KW  - semiotics
KW  - visual narrative
N2  - Bu çalışma, Mısırlı yönetmen Youssef Chahine’in tarihsel, dini ve kültürel faktörlerden etkilenerek filmlerinin anlatısında renkleri nasıl kullandığını araştırmayı amaçlamaktadır. Çalışmanın temel amacı, izleyicinin duyguları ve film algısı üzerindeki etkisinin yanı sıra sinemasal görüntülerin estetiğini zenginleştirme kabiliyeti nedeniyle renklerin ve sembolizmin bir sinema eserindeki önemine ışık tutmaktır. Bu bağlamda, Chahine’in farklı dönemlerde çekilmiş iki farklı filmi, Al Nasser Salah Al-din (Muzaffer Selahaddin, 1963) ve Al-Massir (Kader, 1997) filmleri örneklem olarak seçilmiştir. Çalışmada, Roland Barthes’ın göstergebilimsel yaklaşımı, seçilen filmlerdeki rengin düzanlamsal ve yananlamsal anlamlarını analiz etmek için kullanılmıştır. Bu analiz, Chahine’nin filmlerinde rengin önemini ve renk sembolizminin yönetmenin fikirlerini aktarmak ve kendine özgü görsel tarzını tasvir etmek için nasıl kullanıldığını ortaya koymaktadır.
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