Chapter 9: Exquisite corpse assignment

Ch. 10 Digital Foundations - Amelia Earhart the astronaut

PO Looking

Practices of looking

In the article Spectatorship, Power, and Knowledge the idea that the spectator, from a psychoanalytical theorist's point of view, is in a regressive mode, which defines the spectator as existing in an infantile state. I think there's merit to this idea, because when we look at an image, we immediately subconsciously associate everything we see with certain feelings/emotions connected to whatever image in our head we relate to what we're observing. For instance, in the poster depicted above: the viewer's eye is immediately drawn towards the title. The image below is fairly spacious, directing the spectator's view to the female police officer kneeling next to a bloody corpse. Seeing the police officer alone would subconsciously emote feelings of danger, because it's an institution that closely relates to feelings of danger, paired with conjuring up the concept of conflict, specifically between authoritative powers and criminals. This is particularly interesting because both of these are themes of the movie.

Project 2 Movie Poster

10 images for family tableau

This is a typical Dutch kanal and residences built in the style of "Herenhuizen," in which some of my family lives

This is a ship of the US Navy. My grandfather served in the Navy during the Cold War.

These are clogs, traditional Dutch footwear, used mainly on farms. On my uncle and aunt's farm, you can find these in an array of different sizes.

This is a Coqui, the national animal of Puerto Rico, where my grandparents are from.

This is a painting of a naval battle between the Dutch and Spanish fleet during the 80 year war. There's a good chance my ancestors fought each other here.

This is a nice landscape with a tractor. The Netherlands never looks this beautiful but there are a bunch of tractors there.

This is a bird's eye view of Orocovis, Puerto Rico, where my grandparents are from.

This is a tabacco field. My grandfather sold tobacco to the allied forces during the second world war.

This is Castle Sandenburg in Langbroek, The Netherlands, a hop and a skip away from where my mother grew up.

This is a picture of the shore at Virginia Beach. This is minutes from where my grandparents currently live.

Family Tableau

Movie posters:



This is the poster of the movie Jaws. What I think is unique about the framing is that it so effectively conveys what danger the unsuspecting swimmer is in. The stark contrast between the blue of the water and the red of the title definitely had some thought behind it as well, as it really makes it pop.



This is a poster of the movie Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb. Visually, the bomber planes flying over form converging vectors which symbolize movement and action. Meanwhile in the foreground, the plot of the movie is pretty effectively portrayed with the world divided in two and two important (one a bit more preoccupied than the other) looking people talking on the phone.

This movie poster catches the eye because of it's great use of space. The title and lead actress are prominently featured in large type. The rest of the poster is white, except for a dead body and a police officer observing it. Because excessive use of white space symbolizes tranquility and stability, it's so funny to see that the only thing to interrupt this space is something that would evoke opposite reactions.

The movie I'd want to make a poster of would be a high school football flick. In this, my buddy Gabe is the team mascot of a high school with a big athletic program. In a strange turn of events, Gabe has to go from being the mascot to being the quarterback with 0:03 left on the clock, behind 5 points and 2 yards away from the end zone. The poster would be my buddy's face with half a mascot's helmet and half a football helmet.