Fig 1. 2001: A Space Odyssey Poster (1968) 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) is one of the many classics brought to life by Stanley Kubrick. The film stands out in the world of cinema nowadays for the way it was produced but at the time of its release it didn’t receive that many good reviews from the critics, however, it inspired future film makers such as Steven Spielberg and Ridley Scott. Like with most of his films Kubrick frames or centres most of the shots using the rule of thirds a technique that he learned from his days as a photojournalist for Look magazine. As shown in Fig 2 the rule of thirds involves placing a 3x3 grid over the image and lining up the key subjects within it so that everything is not cluttered on one side, in Kubrick’s case he places key subjects in the middle of the grid with other subjects on both sides of it so that the audience’s eye is drawn to what is being shown in the middle. As show in the example Dave Bowman and Frank Poole are on ever
Hi Rhia, your research looks really good so far in terms of content and quality. It would be a good idea to make further use of academic journals, as these are usfeul for linking theory to practice. I've linked to a few example searches to show what's available:
ReplyDeleteOrwell, 1984, Foucalt: http://ucreative.summon.serialssolutions.com/search?s.q=orwell+1984+foucault&ln=en_UK#!/search?ho=t&fvf=ContentType,Journal%20Article,f&l=en&q=orwell%201984%20foucault
Orwell 1984 dystopia: http://ucreative.summon.serialssolutions.com/search?s.q=orwell+1984+foucault&ln=en_UK#!/search?ho=t&fvf=ContentType,Journal%20Article,f&l=en&q=orwell%201984%20dystopia
Orwell 1984 postmodern*: http://ucreative.summon.serialssolutions.com/search?s.q=orwell+1984+foucault&ln=en_UK#!/search?ho=t&fvf=ContentType,Journal%20Article,f&l=en&q=orwell%201984%20postmodern*
There is also an e-book available via the Library called On Nineteen Eighty-Four : Orwell and Our Future which you may find helpful. You can access it via https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/ucreative-ebooks/reader.action?docID=617523&query=.
It might also be relevant to take a look at the political and historical context in which George Orwell wrote 1984. This article is a good starting point: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-21337504
Andrew
Chapter 1 - Focus on Utopias only with a plan to conclude that a) Utopias are different for everyone but b) they share the same characteristic (i.e. they represent a fixed point). This sets up the issue of structuralism vs poststructuralism - i.e. Derrida critiques structuralism (fixed points) because he argues that those 'fixed points' are actually representations of cultural bias/invisible prejudice/covert ideology. Put more simply, we distrust Utopias because they represent 'fixed points' and thus represent cultural bias/invisible prejudice/covert ideology.
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