Bazarov S.A., Kolobaev S.A. Acting Technique for Life and Stage in Terms of Developing Spontaneity and Internal Freedom

The object of the research is the acting technique. The subject of the research is behavior spontaneity and internal freedom in the process of acting. The researchers touch upon the phenomenon of stereotypic reactions, standard models of action, behavior patterns as adaptive structures and possible effects of extending behavior patterns including flexible spontaneous forms of activity. The author also describes spontaneity-reservedness and internal freedom-restraint mechanisms and relations. The authors offer the best combination of acting and psychotechnic for encouraging spontaneity and internal freedom. In their research the authors have used the theoretical reconstruction methods, comparison, mental experiment, observation over drama students, expert reports of drama teachers, and control over summary and conclusion accuracy. The main conclusions of the research are the provisions relevant to the research topic, in particular, the statement is that acting and drama allow to go beyond the borders of the theatre and make a diverse influence on one's personality. The novelty of the research is caused by the fact that the author describes particular innovative aspects of acting such accumulation of motional physical experience in acting, extension of behavior patterns and domination of visual images over real images. Thus, acting becomes a behavior regulator providing one's personality with new tools to develop his or her own positions and views. 

Shemshurenko E.G. Composite Photo Images Design

The subject of the research is the nature of interaction between differently structured composite photo images combined with artwork elements for the common purpose of creating a single image of an advertising design project. The object of the research is a composite photo image as an element of an advertising design project aimed at creating an effective advertising image. The author of the article examines such features of photo images as an objective reflection of the reality and extended personal vision as well as analyzes the advertising layout in terms of different messages being conveyed. The author pays special attention to the correspondence of iconic and symbolic elements of a composite photo image. In this research the author has used such methods as the systems approach when analyzing peculiarities of interaction between photo images of different nature combined with graphic artwork elements for the purpose of creating a single image of an advertising design project as well as the comparative method to classify features of photocollage structures. The main conclusion of the research is the following: there is a certain paradox attributable to the photographic nature of images used in an advertising layout. This is an undervalued role of the iconic element of a message compared to the symbolic element thereof and at the same time a high level of documentary accuracy typical for photography which allows to use a composite photo image instead of a traditional one sacrificing some documentary accuracy but retaining the symbolic element of the iconic message. The special contribution to the topic is the author's classification of composite photo images depending on the principle of their form making. 

Chernik L.A. François Flameng's Painting 'The Call of the Girondins, or The Conciergerie' as a Reflection of the Academist Artist's Innovative Views

The subject of the research is the painting 'The Call of Girondins' by a French academist Francois Flameng. Being the first and the brightest painting in his series of paintings devoted to the French Revolution, The Call of Girondins demonstrates a scope of Flameng's artistic interests at the early stage of his creative work and proves the fact that as a result of his devotion to the aforesaid theme, Francois Flameng happened to be on the frontline of the historical genre in painting which in many ways predetermined his future success. Despite the fact that Flameng created that painting in his younger days, the painting already shows his skills and sets a direction for Flameng's future creative development as well as marks out the main artistic directions of the artist's creative life. In this reserch Chernik conducts his analysis from particulars to generals and tries to define not only the main trends of Flameng's future creative work and outline a scope of masters who influenced the development of Flameng as an artistic but also to analyze the painting from the point of view of the general cultural and historical environment of those times, thus underlying the contradictory nature of artistic processes of the second half of the XIXth century. The author of the article pays special attention to the problems of iconography of the painting and the influence of new artistic trends on Flameng's painting style. For this purpose the author has used historiographical, iconographical and comparative analysis. As a result of analyzing the painting 'The Call of Girondins', the author comes to the conclusion that despite the common opinion of modern researchers that Francois Flameng followed strict academic rules and ideals of salon painting, the artist was also open for brave iconographic solutions and new artistic trends. 

Rozin V.M. Analysis of the Art Form as a Condition of Reconstruction of Aesthetic Experience (Re-reading "Psychology of Art" by Lev Vygotsky)

In his article Rozin examines the first great work by Lev Vygotsky in which the founder of Soviet psychology stated that it is possible to reach to aesthetic (artistic) experience only indirectly, in particular, through the analysis of the art form. Rozin analyzes the methodological approaches which he used in his research (naturalistic and structuralistic) and interprets an art form as some kind of a trap that catches a reader or audience trying to overcome contradictions of building an art form. The author compares Lev Vygotsky's concept of 'art as the machine for developing psyche' with Mikhail Bakhtin's concept of 'life in art'. In his research Rozin has used the methodology of comparative analysis, raises a number of questions and offers a new reconstruction of 'Psychology of Art' as well as discusses peculiarities of psychological research and science. As a result, the author demonstrates that Vygotsky's concept of art was in many ways conditioned by Marxist and structuralistic methodologies as well as the task to develop a new human using artistic means. Being focused on the problem of human development, Vygotsky interpreted art as the machine for developing the mental world and ignored the importance of art as a life style.     

Trusevich E.S. Using 3D Technologies in Documentary Film: the Influence of the Visial Effect on the Perception of the Audience

The subject of the research is acting techniques used in visual solutions of a documentary film made by using 3D technologies. The author analyzes documentary films that have been launched by the Russian film lending service using 3D technologies and defines peculiarities of using 3D in documentary films. 3D technologies were tested in Russian documentary film lending service as a type of films with a high level of financial risk. The author of the article also defines and classifies techniques and methods used by film directors when creating a composition and image in documentary films using 3D technologies. In this research Trusevich has used the comparative method and systems approach. The author has calculated the number of documentary 3D films that have been launched by the Russian film lending service since 2009 till 2015. The scientific novelty of the research is caused by the fact that the author analyzes creative opportunities of 3D technologies, in particular, director's work on the image composition and using details. The author of the article also analyzes Sergei Eisenstein's thesis about the 'soaring effect' in the image composition and applies this term to the mise en scene of a 3D image.