Thursday, 26 November 2015

Fears of the dark - Peur(s) du noir

Richard Mcguire - mapped a particular place over a period of time. Intersected other images into a main image which is in 1964, and added other smaller images that link with the main image looking at other time periods such as 1932, 1993 and 2014. 

 




The animation started with a figure walking through the snow as a silhouette, and knocking on the windowed door of a house aggressively. The screen goes dark and something smashes, then a light match is lit in order for the audience to see only areas of the screen at one time. This creates a good visual that links well with 'fear in the dark'
as silhouette images, with deep shadows creates an creepy effect. 

Loud and sudden noises are used in order to create a jumpy effect, and the man in the animation seems distressed in some parts of the animation. An example of this is when bats suddenly fly out of the darkness and scare the man. Silent moments are used to create suspense and anticipation before the sudden louder noises. 

The man looks through a photo album listening to a song on the record player which creates an eery feel. Some of the heads in the photos have been cut out which is not explained in the animation.

Their is a scene that is being repeated throughout the of the man pulling a spiders leg out of his hand, with it getting longer each time. 

A women is introduced which appears to be the figment of the mans imagination, as when she cuts him with a knife he is not hurt. It could be speculated that the women is out of the photo album that he had been looking at prior to the scene. 

The man is attacked by something in the dark with a flurry of fast paced images which created a scene that cannot be explained. He is hitting at nothing with a metal weapon.

The animation plays with silhouettes in the dark. An example of this is where flowers are made to look like a face coming out of the shadows before he moves closer and the extra light shows their true identity. 

The man is very cared and distressed at this point and is stuck in a room kicking at the door with a box falling down on him with a mannequins head falling out and distressing him more. He manages to hit his way through the outer wall so he can see the outside through a small crack, however the women appears with the knife behind her back. There is a sound of children playing outside the house, however the mans screams for help are taken wrongly and the children run away.