According to Munsterberg's film theory, film is an original medium in that it aesthetically stimulates the viewer's senses. Although stills and theatrical games may eventually leave images on the viewer's retina or brain, every element of the film, including camera angle and work, lighting, editing, music and the story itself, appeals to more than the retina or the brain. — the cinematographic element truly acts on the mind of the spectator. Speaking of Darren Aronofsky's Black Swan, the film tells the story of the life of a physically and mentally repressed ballerina. With the film's effective filming and editing techniques, the film succeeds in increasing the excitement as well as the suspense of the story. Since Black Swan captures not only the real world in which the ballerina lives, but also the other side of the world that she has in mind, its viewer would experience a fantasy world in which a ballerina lives in two different worlds at the same time . Even though the still image and the play also give the viewer a visual or sound image, cinema is that which stimulates the senses of the viewer with its story, its colors, its sound, its acting, its filming and its editing. Based on the film by Munsterberg According to the theory, what makes cinema so distinct from other mediums is that it involves several characteristic processes of attention, memory, imagination, emotion and unity. In the book The Major Film Theories it is said that “Munsterburg had a hierarchical notion of the mind; that is, he felt that it was composed of several levels… Each level evolves a chaos of indistinct stimuli by a real act, virtually creating the world of objects, events and emotions in which each of us lives”...... middle of paper...the real world where never retreats. In the final analysis, the film is the one that penetrates deeper into the viewer's mind. Other mediums such as the still image and the play also provide visual and aural elements to the viewer, but they seem inferior to cinema in that they lack reality, affinity and creativity in terms of use. time and space. . Emotion levels such as attention, memory, imagination, emotion and unity, introduced by Munsterberg, indicate how the viewer perceives and achieves elements of the film. Works Cited Andrew, J. Dudley. The main cinematographic theories. New York: Oxford University Press, 1976. 11-26.Print. “Hugo Munsterberg. Excerpt from the film: a psychological study. The means of the photo game. » Course reader. Hoffman-Han, Alison. 2010. 411-417. Print.