What is the category of images that you most interact with? How do you interact with these images –for instance, is it photographs that you see on Instagram?

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Visual Culture and Ideology Reflection

According to John Berger, visual culture forms part of a larger “way of seeing” that structures our interaction with the world around us; that is, visual culture shapes the ways we know ourselves and our position within the larger world.

What are the principle visual images that you encounter? For images here thing of things that are representations (movies, photos, paintings, computer graphics etc).

Start to notice and catalog, in your daily life, what is the main source of images that you encounter?

What is the category of images that you most interact with? How do you interact with these images –for instance, is it photographs that you see on Instagram? That you hold in your hand and have a close connection to?

Or is it film, something you sit back and “consume” at a remove? Or something else entirely? How would you describe your interaction with images?

This is pretty open-ended. Perhaps you want to generate a list of the images you encounter in the course of an afternoon, writing them all down, and then, from that, determine which type you encounter most and how you do so.

Following up on (one of ) Berger’s points: we can becomes so accustomed to images that we stop seeing them as images and just part of life. But in doing so, we risk overlooking how they impact our interaction with and understanding of the world around us. As per the earlier scope, this is a reflection, and designed to get you to start noticing how you consume images.

Aim for 1.5-2.5 pages (about 500 words). Include images.

 

Is The Gate of Flesh a progressive or regressive film? With its highly stylized aesthetics, can The Gate of Flesh be a more emotionally “honest” depiction of postwar Tokyo? Or, Drunken Angel is a more “honest” depiction?

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Immediate post-war Tokyo

As introduced in the lecture, Akira Kurosawa’s Drunken Angel (1948) and Seijun Suzuki’s The Gate of Flesh (1964) are ostensibly set in the same time and location—immediate post-war Tokyo.(150-300words) Respond to the following:

  • Discuss several cinematic techniques that were deployed in Drunken Angel and The Gate of Flesh, respectively.
  • Is The Gate of Flesh a progressive or regressive film? With its highly stylized aesthetics, can The Gate of Flesh be a more emotionally “honest” depiction of postwar Tokyo? Or, Drunken Angel is a more “honest” depiction?

When responding to your classmates, consider the following:

  • Find a post that you disagree with regarding their position on Drunken Angel and The Gate of Flesh. Respond respectfully as to why you think otherwise.(100words)

 

 

In what ways is theatre everywhere? In addition to actual theatre, what else is theatrical out in the world? How so? How is this Paramore concert clip “theatrical”?

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Theatre is Everywhere

Here are some video clips to help introduce you to the world of theatre.

We will cover the Greeks in much more detail later this semester. Here are some questions that will not be graded but are good to consider in understanding events that are theatrical.

In what ways is theatre everywhere? In addition to actual theatre (a play or musical), what else is theatrical out in the world? How so?

How is this Paramore concert clip “theatrical”? Respond below.

 

 

Watch movie: In the mood for love. Discuss the meanings, effects, and/or impacts of those aesthetic elements you have described via interpretation.

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Cinematography in IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE

Watch movie: In the mood for love. Then answer the prompt question in 2 paragraphs.

  • Search entries or author
  • Respond to the prompt below.

As with all the forum discussions, watch the film first before you post a response. Below is a still image from In the Mood for Love (Wong Kar Wai, 2000) AND a link to a video clip of the same scene.

You will write:

  • one descriptive paragraph for the cinematography of the s!ll image
  • one descriptive paragraph for the cinematography of the scene clip

In your paragraphs on cinematography, you will remember to detaillighng, camera angles and position, camera movement, shot size, staging, depth of field, framing, etc.

Next, discuss the meanings, effects, and/or impacts of those aesthetic elements you have described via interpretation.

  • In the Mood for Love Shot #1
  • In the Mood for Love Scene #1: Video Link to Scene.
  • Link
  • Requirements
  • Post should ideally be two paragraphs in length.

You have one week to complete this forum.

 

Does the presence of the Joseph Cotton (the detective) undermine Paula’s own agency here in her struggle of mental health? Does the audience need him to validate her as “not crazy” before we trust her? Or is it because he is a man?

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Mental health

Does the presence of the Joseph Cotton (the detective) undermine Paula’s own agency here in her struggle of mental health?

Does the audience need him to validate her as “not crazy” before we trust her? Or is it because he is a man?

  • Use the 1944 film “Gaslight”
  • 5 pages
  • 4 sources (the movie will count as one!)

 

Write a short response paper about The Birth of A Nation (1915) you need some sort of a argument or a central idea around which you base your essay on. how this movie came about. Who wrote it?

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A birth of a nation

Write a short response paper about The Birth of A Nation (1915) you need some sort of a argument or a central idea around which you base your essay on. how this movie came about. Who wrote it? What was it based on it? What era was it made? What makes it an influential film in the history of Motion Pictures?

Have at least three paragraphs in your essay: a beginning, a middle and a conclusion. Introduce your argument in the opening paragraph, develop it in the middle and re-state it in your conclusion. write a about a scene of the movie, Include the main idea/story of the scene or the film, the cinematography, especially editing and the acting. Consider the social, historical, and technological aspect of the film.

 

How do formal aspects of the film and the trailer compare? e.g. How is a sense of the film’s pace established? How does the editing of the trailer relate to the editing of the film? Does the trailer offer an accurate representation of the film? e.g. does the film live up to the ‘promises’ of the trailer?

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Trailer analysis

Analyse pulp fiction trailer – Pulp Fiction

In approaching this essay you should consider the relationship between the film and its trailer, paying close attention to some of the following characteristics:

– How does the trailer distil an ‘essence’ of the film?

– What is included and what is excluded from the trailer?

– What does the trailer regard to be the most valuable ‘assets’ of the film?

– How do formal aspects of the film and the trailer compare? e.g. How is a sense of the film’s pace established? How does the editing of the trailer relate to the editing of the film?

– Does the trailer offer an accurate representation of the film? e.g. does the film live up to the ‘promises’ of the trailer?

Compare and contrast the short story “To Build a Fire” with the film “The Revenant” in a 1000-1200 word essay.

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Compare and contrast the short story “To Build a Fire” with the film “The Revenant” in a 1000-1200 word essay.

Discuss the extent you agree-Urban life in Amores Perros is both pessemistic and redemptive.

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Discuss the extent you agree-Urban life in Amores Perros is both pessemistic and redemptive.

 Choose one episode of Black Mirror that we have watched thus far and relate it to one situation or occurrence in your life

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Choose one episode of Black Mirror that we have watched thus far and relate it to one situation or occurrence in your life where your interaction with technology has had both positive and negative ramifications.