DiChiricoCONTEXT: INFLUENCES

Activity: Write a postcard from here. ( “What’s a postcard?”)

• Edward Hopper: "It's probably a reflection of my own, if I may say, loneliness. I don't know. It could be the whole human condition.”

• Hopper: “The loneliness thing is overdone"

George Tooker THE SUBWAY 1950

Context: intertextualityWRITE A SIX-WORD STORY FOR THIS IMAGE OR ROTHKO’S SUBWAY OR DICHIRICO OR NIGHTWAWKS

WRITE A SIX-WORD STORY FOR ONE OF THESE IMAGES

The Killers 1946

Film Noir

• Low key lighting• Disconnected individuals • Urban landscapes• Shadows• Femme Fatale

Taxi Driver 1976

"Loneliness has followed me my whole life. Everywhere. In bars, in cars, sidewalks, stores, everywhere. There's no escape. I am God's lonely man.”— Travis Bickle

“I see.” “ I wonder.”

FOCUS ON:COLOUR, PROXEMICS, DEPTH, COSTUME, SOUND (imagined), MISE-EN-SCENE, POINTOF VIEW (CAMERA ANGLE) BLOCKING

Mark Rothko

CONTEXT: other work by the artist

SHOT DESIGNER ACTIVITY:

DRAW A BIRDS EYE VIEW OF THIS SCENE. PLACE THE VIEWER/CAMERA IN YOUR DRAWING

FINAL ACTIVITY: ASSUME THIS IS A STILL FROM A FILM. LOOKING BACK: CREATE A FILM OF THE 45-60 SECONDS BEFORE THIS “SHOT” ORLOOKING FORWARD: CREATE A FILM OF THE 45-60 SECONDS FOLLOWING THIS “SHOT”