Abstract:
Alienation is one of the key concepts used by philosophy, sociology and psychology. It is known that this term turns into the effect of alienation (Verfremdung) in order to control the participation of the subject to the piece of art. The artists desire to create the opposite of the effect that aesthetical participation creates defined as ‘identification’ and they want to apply force to the aesthetical subject related a phenomenon. It is observed in cinema that the narrations, story and discourses which are told so that the watcher is alienated to a phenomenon. It is possible to mention about numerous strategies related to the effect of the work on alienation in the design phase. Except for the known strategies, however, the cinema directors have the potential of producing new strategies in order to develop the effect of alienation. This study analyzes the example of ‘Night Crawler’ which aims to alienate to aesthetical subject against the effects of alienation, which are regarded as negative. The aim of the study is to reveal whether new alienation strategies can be created in connection with the content especially beyond the basic formal elements about the theory of alienation besides the aesthetic identification which is frequently encountered in cinema. For this reason, the film ‘Night Crawler’ has been examined in the context of character creation, actions and events in its ontological context. As a result of this study, it is revealed that the film produces an alienating effect as a spiritual being outside the formal elements. In this context, the study examines the film called ‘Night Crawler’ by ontological analysis method.
