23/01/15 Gaze

Males dominate the gazes, when there is a womans gaze they are naturally punished.- Linda Williams

Spectators are identified by the gaze, most often the film has been created from a male perspective and therefore difficult for other people to relate.

Film works on an unconcious level, to regress the audience to the mirror stage.

Oedipal theory- male

Mulvey, Metz, Belour- Male gaze

Williams- Woman is punished

Kaplan- Submissive

Gazes

23/01/15

Para 1- responses

Para 2- intellectual

Para 3-Freud

Para 4-lacan 

Para 5- conclusion

Emotional Response

Gender- the old man kissing, females will understand this more due to sexism 

Audience factors- extra textual 

disturbing body horror-

-glass, stabbed the belly, womb pains, penetration

-nail 

-transformation- becoming the black swan.

Spectacle-

Visual effects 

Intellectual-

Subconscious 

Suppression of amimalistic desires 

Violence 

Sex 

Manipulated- 

Mother- Freud, cake scene, painting her, lack of a father figure, sexual drive not formed properly arrested development 

Mila kunis- suppressed desires, competition, fucks and kills, 

Thomas- father figure, sexual drive being created, rapey(gender view)

Punishment- becoming a woman, period pains, religious, death of innocence, 

Darren aaronofsky- director

ID- no longer suppressed, kills mila kunis

Lacan- 

Childhood development 

Mirror stage- reflective, self identity 

Multiple versions- schizophrenia 

Bleeds when she sees her reflection 

Broken/distorted mirrors

Audience- distorted illusion of power 

God like perspective-breaking continuity, jump cuts, omnipresent(go everywhere), omniscient(know everything)

Experience desires you're not allowed to in society 

Alignment- liberating, always the exploration of her subconscious

Mum- narcissist, abusive parent 

 

 

9th January 2015

Mirror stage- apply, analyse black swan(infer meaning), synthesising explain and justify different interpretations, preferred reading from the director 

E GRADE- lacan, mirror stage 

Building on Freud (psychoanalysis, subconscious) 

Identity and self image 

Childhood development 6-18months 

The child recognises themselves/ identifies with that image they see- representation of you

D/C GRADE- 

Voyeuristic act

Reflections of reality/fantasy 

Suppressed desires- fantasies 

Camera shots see everything and go everywhere to give the spectator power as they are seeing the action from the point of view shot which is the most powerful shot 

God like perspective- all watching all powerful 

See what you want to see- illusion of power 

Immersive-continuity editing

B GRADE-

First person camera 

Her self image is fragmented, by seeing hallucinations- her reality is becoming fantasy 

Subconscious 

Challenging people's godlike power in film- breaking continuity, Jump cut 

Direct address 

BLACK SWAN

Doesn't address the camera 

Mirrors 

Mother crying 

Dad issues- want for an older man 

The only person who shows her good attention- lesbian crush 

Jump cut in the bath, cut herself split personality 

Mum living her dreams through nina 

 

How is the spectator effected by "Clockwork Orange"?

From the beginning of the film, we are introduced to Alex as the main character and narrator. We follow him throughout the film forming an allegiance as the audience see the events from his perspective and therefore relate to how he is feeling. As Alex commits various crimes, which the majority of the audience would most likely not have experienced, it makes it difficult for the spectator to align with him. One crime he commits at the beginning, is when he beats a homeless man, for no apparent reason. When this happens, the man is shown at a low angle and Alex's gang at a high angle suggesting their power, their power is what makes the audience form an allegiance against them to begin with, as they sympathise with the weakest character. Another example of this is when Alex and his 'gang', rape an innocent woman. While this is happening he sings "Singin' in the rain". As the song is taken from a happy film, it contrasts with what is occurring, giving the song a new meaning and shows that the film is very controversial.  Also showing the film is controversial, is the amount of phalic and yonic symbols used to exaggerate the deranged mind of the gang. In Alex's room we are shown his pet snake, another phalic symbol as well as this there are four statues of Jesus, which symbolise how Alex views himself and his gang.

Many of the camera shots used in Clockwork Orange are fast paced, coinciding with the diagetic sound. As the film is from Alex's perspective, we assume as the audience that this is how he sees the world and what music he hears. Because of this it implies that he is not stable, which may question their allegiance to Alex as it makes it hard to figure out what he is thinking and therefore relate.

When Alex enters prison he is identified as a number, suggesting the dehumanisation of people in prison. This is the scene where the spectator may begin to feel sympathy for him. While in prison, Alex behaves well which is also what effects the allegiance between the spectators and him, as a result of his good behaviour he gets experimented on. The audience are shown the experiments from a close up of Alex's face, creating more feeling towards him as it clearer to see how he is feeling.  Following the experiments, he is kicked out of home, beaten and drowned by his old friends. As the spectator, we watch him almost become a better person causing us to feel sympathy for him when this is happening, he is also unable to defend himself due to the experiments questioning whether these are morally right. This is why the film is also intellectually demanding, because it questions societies mistakes and the government.

 When Alex tries committing suicide, we feel guilt and may align with him because we have seen his journey. However this is again challenged at the end of the film, where we see him revert to his original sexually orientated mind set.  As the majority of people are then made to question what his motives are and as a result can no longer relate to him.