Ogr Presentation - 3 Environment

8/3/2019 Ogr Presentation - 3 Environment

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Chrissie Peters

OGRCGA&A

Unit 3 ENVIRONMENT13/12/11


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The Uncanny

crea&ngdistanceandfeelingsofdisloca&onin

aplaceofacceptedfamiliarity.


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Sigmund Freud The Uncanny

Freudofferedthefirstmajorresponsetoexplainouruncannyresponsetowardslife-likehumanmodels.Thetermuncannywasfirstusedinpsychology13yearsearlierbyaliDleknownGermandoctorcalledErnstJentsch.

Freudbeginsbytryingtodefinethe

uncanny:

Thesubjectoftheuncanny..Itis

undoubtedlyrelatedtowhatisfrightening

towhatarousesdreadandhorror;

equallycertainly,too,thewordisnotalwaysusedinaclearlydefinable

sense,sothatittendstocoincidewithwhat

excitesfearingeneral.

Freud,realisingitisnotasimpledefini&on,

thendescribesasetofcircumstancesthat

reallyfittheworduncanny.

Twocoursesareopentousattheoutset.

Eitherwecanfindoutwhatmeaning has

cometobeaDachedtotheworduncanny

inthecourseofitshistory;orwe can

collectallthoseproper&esofpersons,

things,sense-impressions,experiences

andsitua&onswhicharouseinusthefeelingofuncanniness,andtheninferthe

unknownnatureoftheuncannyfrom

whatalltheseexampleshaveincommon.

Iwillsayatoncethatbothcourses

leadtothesameresult:theuncannyisthat

classofthefrighteningwhichleadsbackto

whatisknownofoldandlongfamiliar.


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UnheimlichTheworduncanny/unhomelyisa

transala&onfromtheGermanunheimlich.Heimlichmeantbelong-ingtothehouseorthe

family,notstrange,familiar,tame,in&mate,

friendly,etcandcametomeanIn&mate,

friendlycomfortable;arous-ingasenseof

agreeableresulnessandsecurityasinone

withinthefourwallsofhishouse.

Furthermeaningsaremore

interes&ng,andshowamore

disturbingaspect.

Concealed,keptfromsight,sothatothersdo

notgettoknowoforaboutit,withheldfrom

others.Todosomethingheimlich,i.e.,behind

someonesback;tostealawayheimlich;heimlich

mee&ngsandappointments;tolookonwith

heimlichpleasureatsomeonesdiscomfiture;to

sighorweepheim-lich;tobehaveheimlich,as

thoughtherewassomethingtoconceal.

Freudnotedthatbothwordsmeanthesame

thing,andalsotheopposite:Whatinterestsusmostinthislongextractistofindthat

amongitsdifferentshadesofmeaningthewordheimlich

exhibitsonewhichisiden&calwithitsopposite,unheimlich.Whatisheimlichthuscomestobe

unheimlich.Ingeneralweareremindedthattheword

heimlichisnotunambiguous,butbelongstotwosetsof

ideas,which,withoutbeingcontradictory,areyetvery

different:ontheonehanditmeanswhatisfamiliarand

agreeable,andontheotherwhatisconcealedandkept

outofsight.


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Key Artists EDGARDEGAS(1834-1917) egasisrecognisedforhispain&ngsofballetandhorsesandhisabilitytocapturemovement.Hewasinnova&veinhisuseof

croppingscenestocreateinterestinwhattheviewercouldntsee.

EWARHOPPER

Agreatexampleofmysteryand

intrigue.Shemaybeflir&ng,

sulking,bored,

sugges&ve.Hemaybecajoling,

apologe&c,confron&ng.

Thispain&ngseemstoencompass

alltheissuesofpuberty:da&ng,

sex,boredom,loveandarguments,

withoutshowinganyofthem

individually.

GREGORYCREWSON

Crewdsonhastappedintothat

sortofuneasinessthatcanbe

soeasilyappliedtoourno&onofsuburbia,wheretheveneer

ofnormalcycanbestripped

awayinlayers.

IANEARBUS

Waspar&cularlycontroversialforthe

waysheobtainedher

photographswhich

weredarkand

disturbing.


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Influences and VisualConcept

Myconceptisofatheatredressing

tablewiththemirrorreflec&ngthe

maDepain&ng,andtheligh&ng

fromthesurround.Awigwouldbe

interes&ngtotexture,andan

emptywigreflec&oncouldhaveanuncannyeffect.

Imhopingtomakethepain&ng

ambiguousbyimplyingseveral

meaningsandleavingitopento

interpreta&on.Iwanttotrigger

theviewerssensesbycrea&ng

distanceandfeelingsof

disloca&oninaplaceofaccepted

familiarity.

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Use of Motifs

WhilstIfoundtheplotinthefilm

ontLookNowwassadlylacking,I

lovedthecinematography.The

desaturatedbuildingsmadethe

occasionalsplashofredstandout

andIfoundthefilmingevoca&ve.

Iplantocolourthegeneralsetin

darkgreenhues,withbrownsfrom

thewoodandwig.

Iwilluseredasanaccentcolourin

theformofflowers,beads,lips&ckandothermakeup.

Thesewillbereflectedinthemirror

andhighlightedbythespotlights.

MelaniePullensuseof

redisalwaysdisturbing

AnnaGaskellusingredand

croppingtocreatediscomfort

JeffWallusingredtodrawaDen&on


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Key Thumbnails

22forthedoublemirrorsetup,

And19/21wigreflec&nginmirror

ThedigitalMayasetwillconsistof

thetable,mirrorsurround,wigand

makeup,andthemirrorwillreflect

thisusingmaDepain&ng.


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Essay Introduction

UNIT3ENVIRONMENTESSAY

ThisessayexaminestheuseoftheUncannyinfilm,focussingpar&cularlyonthe

VisualMo&f.

ItexplorestheuseofthecolourRedinthefilmontLookNow(1973),directedby

NicholasRoeg,andinves&gatesthewaysinwhichRoegusesthemo&ftoreinforcesuspicionandtensionwithinthenarra&ve.

Keysourcesfordefini&onincludeFilm:acri&calintroduc&onByMariaPramaggiore

andTomWallis(2005),SomeVisualMo&fsof FilmNoirJaneyPlaceLowell

Peterson(I974Jandirec&ng:filmtechniquesandaesthe&csByMichaelRabiger

(2008).Furtherresearchintothepar&cularimplica&onsofthecolourredisfromColourand

MeaningArt,ScienceandSymbolismbyJohnGage(1999),Historyfilms,women,

andFreud'suncannyBySusanElizabethLinville(date?),Phallicpanic:film,horror

andtheprimaluncannyByBarbaraCreed(2005).


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ESSAY INTRODUCTION

REFERENCESANDFURTHERBIBLOGRAPHY

Creed,B(2005)PhallicPanicFilm,HorrorandthePrimalUncannyMelbourne

UniversityPress

Gage,J(1999)ColourandMeaningArt,ScienceandSymbolismUniversityof

CaliforniaPress

Linville,S.E(2004)HistoryFilms,WomenandFreudsUncannyUniversityofTexas

Press

Place,JandPeterson,L.S.(1974) SomevisualmofsofFilmNoirinMoviesAnd

Methods:AnAnthology.Nichols,B.(ed)(1976)Berkeley:UniversityofCalifornia.

Pramaggiore,MandWallis,T(2005)Film:ACricalIntroduconLondon:Lawrence

King

Rabiger,M(2008)Direcng:FilmTechniquesandAesthecs(p205on)London:

ElsevierPublishing.


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Creative Partnership (WIP!) ChrissiePeterssaid...heyOllie,howareyoufeeling?Haven'tseenyouforages.Thisblogseemstostopatunit2-haveyougotadifferentone,or

areyoujustnotbloggingmuch?Chrissie

10ecember201112:09 OliverGadsbysaid...HelloChrisse:)I'mnottoogoodatthispoint(MainlybecauseI'm&redandcan'tsleepduetoanannoyingcold...),

lastweekwasaissuedweekoff:/JusthadtorestandtryandgetwellfromthefrequentmigrainesI'vebeenhaving:(Is&llhavetheheadachesandmigrainesbutthankfullynotasbadnow,IhavetowearglassesnowandIthinkthey'redoingtheirjobinsubsidingtheeye-strain.Oh,asananswertoyourques&on,Ihaven'tbeenbloggingmuchxCouldn'tevenstartworking&lllikethursday,overworkedmyselftheweekpriorsoIhadtopaytheprice...AnywayI'llseeyoutomorrowokay?Wellhopefullyanyway,I'llseehowmysleepinggoes.

11ecember201117:59 ChrissiePeterssaid...Heya,notsurprisedyoucan'tworkwithmigraines,IknowIcan'tgonearacomputerwhenI'vegotone.Re

&redness,don'tfeelbadifyouhavetotake&meout-yourhealthismoreimportantthananydegree.Shoutifyouneedanything(exceptmaya!)

ChrissiePeterssaid...thatsactuallyreallyeffec&ve,veryeerieeventhoughitsbright.HaveyoureadtheOGRpostyet?Howareyoudoing?

10ecember201112:12 ChrissiePeterssaid...verynice...I'myournewcrea&vepartnerbytheway:) 4ecember201106:43 ShayneyBabysaid...Arhhnice!:)pleasetomeetyoubytheway:) ShayneyBabysaid...GreatResearchChrissieonboththisuncannyandtheresearchonebelow,goodjob:)alsothankyouverymuch

forpungthisupit'salsohelpedmeintolookingmorein-depthoftheUncanny.Thanks!andkeepupthegoodwork:)

6ecember201104:17 ChrissiePeterssaid...thatsactuallyreallyeffec&ve,veryeerieeventhoughitsbright.

HaveyoureadtheOGRpostyet?Howareyoudoing?

10ecember201112:12


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Links to workLiferawing

hDp://small-brown-dog.blogspot.com/2011/12/life-drawing-wk-13.html

hDp://small-brown-dog.blogspot.com/2011/12/life-drawing-wk-12.html

FilmReviews

hDp://small-brown-dog.blogspot.com/2011/12/film-review-innocents.html

Research

hDp://small-brown-dog.blogspot.chDp://small-brown-dog.blogspot.com/2011/12/unit-3-research.htmlom/2011/12/unit-3-using-uncanny-to-grab-aDen&on.html

hDp://small-brown-dog.blogspot.com/2011/12/unit-3-research_7178.html



Photoshop

hDp://small-brown-dog.blogspot.com/2011/12/photoshop-texture-&les.html

MayahDp://small-brown-dog.blogspot.com/2011/12/maya-camera-rigs.html

hDp://small-brown-dog.blogspot.com/2011/12/maya-pirates-cove-1.html

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