Monday, 14 December 2009

Initial idea


I sketched this up in an attempt to try and portray what my initial idea is. I want to create a football stadium, that is empty, and is lit by only one of the floodlights, the rest of them will be shattered (this is not represented in my image), it will be from a fan's point of view in the stands and there will be either a pair of shoes in the centre of the pitch, or a pair hanging from the score board (both of which are represented in the image), I was initially thinking of using a stadium mower in the scene but this does not in any way help it to feel uncanny, I feel including shoes in the scene will allow the audience to create a story about how the shoes got there.

Repulsion (1965) video analysis by Bharathi and Shafi

This is the second in our series: 'Two Indians and a film', loool I'm jkn, that's not the name of our series. I found analysing Repulsion great fun, and pleasantly surprising being able to find 'amusing' scenes from this psychological thriller. These video analysis' take ages to edit, and I may have to give it a break until I catch up with the rest of the unit, I really do hope everyone enjoys them as much as we do making them, because I do want to continue doing so. NOTE: the first 10 seconds or so will only play through the left ear, sorry about this, won't happen in further uploads.

Saturday, 12 December 2009

Gregory Crewdson video

This video really helped me understand how Gregory Crewdson thinks, and the process that he undergoes when creating his photographs. I really like how his work focuses on the relationship between the 'expected' and 'unexpected' which in-turn displays the ambiguity the 'uncanny' and 'tableau vivant'. Lighting plays a major part in Crewdson's work, his use of Lighting in his work serves various purposes such as isolating a subject or creating an off-camera attraction.

I'M CONFUSED!!!!!!!! help me

I'm really confused here, after looking over the brief again, it seems that our scene must be in the style of 'tableau vivant'. Our backdrop will be in this scene, so this must accompany the 'tabluea vivant' theme. OK. Now our essay will investigating 'the uncanny', so as far as I know, the only relationship between 'the uncanny' and our unit, comes in the form of the written assignment. So, why is it that when I see everyone's scene ideas, they all seem to be based around 'the uncanny'. I should have asked this a long time ago, I don't get it, I'd find it difficult to create both an 'uncanny' and 'tabluea vivant' scene as 'the uncanny' represents the absence of movement and life whereas 'tableau vivant' represents the presence of movement and life. HELP MEEEEEE!!!!!!!