COLLECTION NAME:
Graduate Thesis Collection
Record
Title:
Visual Economy as a Tool in Cinema: "How I Lost My Appetite", A Comparison
Creator:
Mataluko, Robert B.
Subject:
Thesis (M.F.A.) -- Film and Television
Subject:
Savannah College of Art and Design -- Department of Film and Television
Rights:
Copyright is retained by the authors or artists of items in this collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Abstract:
"This thesis paper investigates a certain style of filmmaking that relies almost purely on
the visual elements of the medium of film to carry a narrative forward, in an effort to
describe the style and also propose a name for it, that name being 'Visual Economy'. The paper also demonstrates how the author’s thesis film, 'How I Lost My Appetite', is created as an experiment in this style. Visual economy stands within a certain viewpoint that regards cinema as the pure synthesis of every visual element on the screen. This
paper contains an attempt to define the technique, through an inquiry into several films
made by two particular filmmakers, Robert Bresson and Jonathan Glazer, who can both
be considered masters of the technique. A comparison is then made between their films
and 'How I Lost My Appetite', in an effort to fully explore the bounds of the technique."
the visual elements of the medium of film to carry a narrative forward, in an effort to
describe the style and also propose a name for it, that name being 'Visual Economy'. The paper also demonstrates how the author’s thesis film, 'How I Lost My Appetite', is created as an experiment in this style. Visual economy stands within a certain viewpoint that regards cinema as the pure synthesis of every visual element on the screen. This
paper contains an attempt to define the technique, through an inquiry into several films
made by two particular filmmakers, Robert Bresson and Jonathan Glazer, who can both
be considered masters of the technique. A comparison is then made between their films
and 'How I Lost My Appetite', in an effort to fully explore the bounds of the technique."
Abstract:
Includes the short film "How I Lost My Appetite" / written and directed by the author, a romantic horror story about an unknowing suitor and his attraction to a woman with "a dark secret: a thirst for blood that is often awoken by her sexual appetite"--Thesis, page 16.
Abstract:
Keywords: film, visual economy, minimalism, montage theory, Robert Bresson
Publisher:
Savannah, Georgia : Savannah College of Art and Design
Date:
2019-05
Format:
1 text file (thesis) : PDF, 20 pages + 1 film (8 min.) : WMV, sound, color