The Emergence Machine

Cinema

physical · general · Level 12 · E9

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Each concept here is mapped to its prerequisites — the ideas you'd need first to understand it — all the way down to four foundations: Space, Time, Energy, Pattern. Click any prerequisite to drill down, or scroll for the chain graph.

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Emergence definition

cinema emerges from film + motion + light. It requires pattern.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “cinema” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Source: Wiktionary — “cinema”. Content available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Historical origin

Origin word
kinema
Origin language
grc

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL12L11L10L9L6L2L1L0CinemaFilmImageArtExperienceLightMemorySound… intermediate l…FormLifeStructureMotionActionChangeMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

used byprerequisitesAdrL13Ambient SoundL13Art HouseL13Aspect RatioL13Back LightL13CinemaL12MotionL1LightL6FilmL11E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Motion L1 (required)
    Cinema fundamentally requires motion (moving images)
  • Light L6 (required)
    Cinema requires light for image capture and projection
  • Film L11 (required)
    Cinema requires the concept of film as its foundation

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