endistancev.
Theatre and Cinematography.
transitive. To produce an effect of ‘alienation’ (sense 1c) in an audience; to ‘distance’ (cf. sense 1a).
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > the staging of a theatrical production > stage [verb (transitive)] > produce alienation effect
endistance1961
society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > filming > special techniques > [verb (transitive)]
matte1928
kinescope1949
sound-track1949
stretch1953
endistance1961
colourize1987
1961 Times Lit. Suppl. 30 June 400/3 Here we are ‘endistanced’ from the action with a vengeance.
Derivatives
enˈdistancement n.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > the staging of a theatrical production > [noun] > alienation effect
Verfremdung1945
alienation1949
Verfremdungseffekt1951
endistancement1961
1961 Times 23 May 15/1 The experiment in ‘endistancement’ involved in putting most of the characters in..masks.
1963 Times 20 Apr. 9/3 But the idea of screens so big that they filled the audience's wide field of vision, or as much as possible, and left no possibility of ‘endistancement’, has continued to haunt the cinema industry.
enˈdistancing n. (attributive).
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1961 Times Lit. Suppl. 30 June 400/2 There are few if any exponents of ‘the new drama’ who have not at some stage leavened realism with..the exploitation of ‘endistancing’ techniques..according to the dictates of Brecht's heroic theatre.
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