Friday, 23 January 2015

Black Swan


Paragraph 1 (justify)
First reading response:
-emotional response -> disturbed
-Body transformation -> monstrous
-VFX -> enjoyment = entertainment = realistic
-Intellectual response -> sub-concious suppressed - her desires and fantasies are coming out - her animalistic desires emerge sexual or violent)

The white swan symbolises her childlike state - innocence and virginity -MES -> childish room
Pre-pubescent body transformation 

Alignment 

Ending could be liberating: wings grow out 

We see nina's mental state therefore we must be aligned with her to see this. 
Mother = abusive 
Narassacist 

Old man blowing kisses = father figure 
Vincent = sexual control and manipulation = male fantasy and control = insulting men ? Stereotypical/ sexual deviance 
Difficult to align with Nina due to her mental state = victimised. An exaggerated example of control over women's lives 

Manipulated by mother, mila and vince 
Cake scene with her mother -Freud no father figure = arrested sexual development - seeks sexual and father figure with her boss /director 

Conclusion:
Meaning:
Metaphor coming of age : death of innocence (white swan) 
Punishment = religion / Adam and Eve 

Darren aaranofsky 

ID : desires and fantasies if the ID takes over you go insane - Nina kisses boss and dies at end, ID is released 

Mila kunis is her revival through animalistic wats she is fucked and killed

Penetration : broken mirror - Lacan 
Childhood development - mirror stage 
The mirror stage is about the expression of the subconscious 
Godlike powerful perspective on film : 3rd person and continuity edition
An illusion of who you think you might be 
Your suppressed ideas and fantasies empowering you 
When you watch a film you see the overall situation = a god like perspective. Persuing the fantasy. Losing yourself in the reality 
Continuity edits, jump cuts and direct address ; jolts you out of the god like perspective you recieve In The film. 
Omni-present : nothing restricts the camera. God like perspective 
Omni- scient : know everything 
= hallucinations proves this 

Multiple versions of herself 
Whenever she sees herself she bleeds. Is her other personalities hurting herself ? This is physically representing her mental damage 
Broken or distorted mirrors 

Alignment 

Ending could be liberating: wings grow out 

We see nina's mental state therefore we must be aligned with her to see this. 
Mother = abusive 
Narassacist 

Old man blowing kisses = father figure 
Vincent = sexual control and manipulation = male fantasy and control = insulting men ? Stereotypical/ sexual deviance 
Difficult to align with Nina due to her mental state = victimised. An exaggerated example of control over women's lives 

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