Examination of environmental psychology concepts through cinematographic places

Place can be defined as any place where one lives. People spend their lives in places. The effort to create place is a phenomenon arising from the human need for shelter. With the developing world, the concept of creating place has separated from the concept of only the need for shelter and left its place to architectural designs. Cinema is one of the most important branches of art that interacts with architecture, which produces works of art in place designs and uses them together. Although the cinema has developed over the years, it has never lost its architectural necessity. Cinema and architecture create the place like a work of art and present these works of art to human perception. These places, which are presented to human perception by the cinema, are sometimes fictional places and can enable the audience to look at a different world, or they can cause the audience to question themselves thanks to the reality-oriented places created. Although the places displayed on the big screen often seem like elements that the audience does not pay attention to, the impact of these places on the audience is undeniable. In a science fiction movie, thanks to the places created, the viewer can be given the impression that the work is not utopian, the viewer can see himself/herself in the place and feel herself as a part of this surreal world. In this way, the audience internalizes the theme of the film and the subject it wants to tell, and thanks to the places and the perception of place, they can more easily understand the subject that the film wants to tell. The elements that are effective in people's perception of places are examined under the concept of place perception. Environmental psychology studies the effects of places on people. Places are a part of human perception, and place affects people and people affect place. Human psychology has many effects on the perception of place. In this study, environmental psychology has studied according to concepts and definitions. This psychological effect has been examined in cinema places as well as architectural places. While investigating this effect, a few of the movies were discussed. Thanks to the concepts of environmental psychology, it has been reached that cinema venues benefit from human psychology. It has been observed that places are affected by human psychology as much as people are affected by places. Keywords: Places, Place Perception, Cinema, Cinema and Places, Environment Psychology, Film