Monday 17 March 2014

4.4 Spectatorship Analysis: Critical Approaches 'Ludovigo Technique' Clockwork Orange

Discuss the film - reactions, thoughts, meaning, memorable moments

New Info: How does it compare to the Case Study of Clockwork Orange?



Create Meaning: Opening Scene analysis - Comparative analysis of scenes video annotations


 
Apply to demonstrate: Ludovico Technique (editing them together as a Spectator) and add comments

Session 2: Clockwork Orange and the Male Gaze

New Info:

Split up Scenes: 







Apply to demonstrate: Video Essay: Recreate the Spectator scene

Session 2:








 


 






Create Meaning: Discuss how these approaches can be applied to film

Wadjda (Women in Saudi Arabia)
Transformers (Sexist & Racist?)

Apply: Create a short film that explores this approach to spectatorship

Plenary:  Clockwork Orange - Mirror Stage?

Homework: 

1. Write up your notes using the Video Essays posted today, fill in the sheet below:

2. Start your own Case Study using a contemporary film (last 10 years) as an contrasting example to answer the following question: 

"How far does a spectator’s gender affect their viewing experience in contemporary cinema?"

Remember: Psychoanalysis pre-supposes that the viewer is Male and Heterosexual and that Meaning is fixed, they will read it based on these assumptions!!!!

Present your film & 4 selected scenes next week and explain why you have selected it to answer the question, thinking about how it addresses the points below:

  • The importance of the Male Gaze - what other Gazes are there (Queer, Black, Female?)
  • Kubrick's films are highly provocative - especially to women 
  • These films manipulate who you are Aligned with to get across a Preferred Reading
  • These films have an intellectual meaning behind them rather than Spectacle/Fun
  • These films are UK Independent productions made in the 1970s before 'The Rise of the Blockbuster'


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