The work focuses on cinematic-thinking and the way it influences human cognition and consciousness. More specifically, it proposes a structural model on the functioning of cinematic language and differentiates cinematic-thinking from verbally articulated thought formation processes. Based on this structural model, the connection between cinematic language, cognition and consciousness is illuminated with reference to the distinct cognitive process of cinematic-thinking on a meta-theoretical level. The cognitive process of cinematic-thinking is proposed as being based upon the holistic acknowledgement of the simultaneously operating and interacting microstructural and macrostructural cinematic elements. Finally, it is concluded that the cinematic channel has the potential to affect and shape the consciousness in a unique way through its singular cognitive process of generating thoughts and emotions through cinematic language.
Erol et al. (2026) studied this question.