The concept of affection was first proposed by Baruch de Spinoza in the 17th century,who distinguished between the"extensive modality"and the"intellectual modality"of the human cognitive processes,namely,emotions that are not con-sciously perceived and ideas that are consciously perceived.Gilles Deleuze applied this concept to film,introduced the concept of affection-image and confined it to the expression of"face"in film shots.Besides,the face is divided into the face of tension and the face of reflection,corresponding to Spinoza's two different"modality".From the perspective of film,Deleuze divides affection-image into three different levels:genre films attach the close-up of"things";general plot films correspond to human faces;highly artistic and experimental works become fragments of"any space".The two ends of the three levels are the di-chotomy of face.Today,the application of affection theory in films is mainly in the analysis of genre films,while some have inte-grated Deleuze's"Body without Organs"and"Becoming"theories as an analytical tool for general drama films.
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