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The film Daisies depicts the life of two women through a series of clips. One important aspect that immediately struck the anachronistic nature of the film where the clips don’t necessary go in order, but rather common themes, backgrounds, or themes connect the narrative. In the film, two two women engage in a variety of activities that perhaps stray from the mainstream and continue to act peculiarly in many scenarios. Furthermore, in doing so, the film demonstrates a clear argument or message against previous conventions and strikes almost a satirical note against perceptions of what if customary or what one’s view of customary are.

The reading further develops on the film and analyzes its many elements. One section that particularly stuck out to me is the analysis of the characters portrayed as dolls. Specifically, if one were to imagine dolls, it would largely be a one-sided depiction possibly associated with adjectives such as fragile or docile. However, as the author notes, the depiction of dolls is two-sided. On one hand it does reference this conventional view of the association of women to doll. However, it also strikes a satirical note in which it mocks this view as it the metaphor is exaggerated and overly done often at time to absurdity. Thus, as the author notes, the metaphor is almost seen similar to some feminist writers as well.

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In the film, Le Jetee, the plot is set during war time in which the main character is a test subject for time travel. Through the film, one interesting aspect is exposed through the use of still images to compose parts of it, upon further research about the film. Though the plot and thematic elements associated with time travel and war involve a heavy degree of motion and action, this is directly contrasted with the use of photography to produce the film.

As explained in “The Film Stilled,” the only moment which breaks this pattern or effect is the moment when the women half-opening her eyes which is denoted as “the single real movement.” The reading further discusses the techniques and effects utiized in Le Jetee. For example, he then considers the purpose of shifting from “the movement-image to the time-image” that can be answered by it serving as its own way to enhance or depict motion. Finally, in “An Interview with Chris Marker,” it also analyzes Le Jetee. For this the author considers the history of film and its different examples and mediums that both led up Le Jetee as well as continued its influence to later works.

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Blogpost #8

The film Daisies depicts the life of two women through a series of clips. One important aspect that immediately struck the anachronistic nature of the film where the clips don’t necessary go in order, but rather common themes, backgrounds, or themes connect the narrative. In the film, two two women engage in a variety of activities that perhaps stray from the mainstream and continue to act peculiarly in many scenarios. Furthermore, in doing so, the film demonstrates a clear argument or message against previous conventions and strikes almost a satirical note against perceptions of what if customary or what one’s view of customary are.

The reading further develops on the film and analyzes its many elements. One section that particularly stuck out to me is the analysis of the characters portrayed as dolls. Specifically, if one were to imagine dolls, it would largely be a one-sided depiction possibly associated with adjectives such as fragile or docile. However, as the author notes, the depiction of dolls is two-sided. On one hand it does reference this conventional view of the association of women to doll. However, it also strikes a satirical note in which it mocks this view as it the metaphor is exaggerated and overly done often at time to absurdity. Thus, as the author notes, the metaphor is almost seen similar to some feminist writers as well.

#Feminist_Cinema #RyanYang

Blogpost #1

The readings provided two analysis of different topics: one focused on attempting to define and describe photography, and the other highlighting the interpretations between power and violence.

In the reading about Civil Contract, a large, overarching was the abstractness about the term photography. For example, in the introduction, the author quickly conveys the complexity of photography by noting the different entities and stakeholders involved with taking a single photograph and the use of that photograph in the future. From there, the author continues to relay different interpretations of the term photography. One interesting point is the idea of ownership. It perhaps doesn’t seem especially controversial that the whole subject of photography cannot be credited to one person. However, the author further describes how even a photograph cannot be fully attributed to one person or one person cannot claim ownership over a photograph. Though the logic from a high level makes sense given the abstractness of what a photograph can represent, it does beg the question of how such an idea can or should be introduced with modern ownership practices or laws.

In the other reading, the author details the differences and similarities between power and violence. One particularly interesting note was how though the two often go hand-in-hand, especially in the modern world, it is not always true that violence means more power. Rather, as the author describes, violence is an implementation whereas power can exist one its own. There are then multiple definitions of power with some heavily tied to violence but others more about number and domination.

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