«A New Perspective on Cinematic Storytelling» 

“Organic Motion reminds us that cinema is more than story: it’s a lived experience, a body in motion, a mind awakened to perception” 

«Understanding cinema, beyond the images»

“An analytical tool for rethinking the structure of a film, complementary to the script and the storyboard” 

«A framework, a method, a shared language of perception»

ORGANIC MOTION,

for a Politics of Perception 

In English and French Versions

« There will be as many differences between today’s cinema and what cinema will be in a thousand or ten thousand years, as there are between the bulls of Lascaux and Andy Warhol’s portrait of Marilyn Monroe. »

Yannik Ruault, filmmaker.

Abstract

Organic Motion, for a Politics of Perception develops a theoretical and practice-based framework for analysing cinematic narration as an embodied organisation of perception. Rather than approaching cinema primarily through narrative structures or representational content, the book argues that films operate by shaping perceptual experience — structuring time, movement, rhythm, attention, and memory — and that this perceptual organisation constitutes a political dimension of cinematic form.

The book introduces Organic Motion as a descriptive model for cinematic writing, based on an explicit alphabet composed of 25 symbols, 10 inflections, and 14 post-production signs. This system enables the formal dynamics of a film to be articulated independently of its thematic interpretation. By rendering perceptual structures visible, Organic Motion allows cinematic language to be examined as a coherent corpus rather than as a set of implicit conventions reproduced through imitation.

Central to the book is the notion of a politics of perception understood in non-ideological terms. Politics is defined here as the organisation of the conditions of experience rather than the communication of explicit messages. Films are analysed as perceptual bodies whose formal configurations engage the spectator corporeally and temporally, producing specific modes of attention, duration, and memory.

The book also addresses the contemporary risk of perceptual automation resulting from standardised production models and inherited narrative forms. In response, Organic Motion is proposed as a tool for restoring awareness and responsibility within cinematic practice. Finally, the book explores the potential collaboration between Organic Motion and artificial intelligence, framing AI as a reflexive analytical organ capable of supporting research, pedagogy, and critical analysis without delegating creative agency.

Organic Motion: For a Politics of Perception positions cinematic form as a site of responsibility, inviting filmmakers and scholars to reclaim perception as a central concern of cinematic thought and practice.

Description
Topic: Storytelling Cinema
Keywords: New Tool, Creative Storytelling, Analytic Approach

Available in English & French
Format: A4, 70 pages
Original Edition: 2026
Price: $45 

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