Selection of Key Texts
My project discusses the visual representation of the borderland between reality and illusion. In the choice of key texts1 I decided to cover a wide area and selected inherently different types of resources. First I look into academic fields. Films In and Out of Transport (Ferri, 2007) discusses the willing suspension of disbelief, a psychological effect that appears when an audience temporarily suspends judgement in the plausibility of a fictional world. Touché and Automaton (Lacan, 1994) is a psycho-analytical enquiry in the state between sleep and awakening. Rashomon (Kurosawa, 1950) functions as a good example for a feature length live action film and considers the relativity of truth and multiple valid perspectives of a single event. Atama Yama (Yamamura, 2002) demonstrates notable strengths of an independent animated short film that is thematically close to my area of research. The Interview Charlie Kaufman on his latest film & why “movies are dead” (Writers Guild of America, 2008) looks into pragmatic areas of filmmaking. It describes challenges that can arise from reciprocal effects of directing and screenwriting and functions as valuable information for my intended project role as a writer and director. With Signal to Noise (Gaiman & McKean, 2007) I leave the film arena and look into the media form of the graphic novel. I discuss narrative techniques and highlight opportunities and challenges for their adaptability in film. While it is not possible to cover the full scope of the study with six texts I believe the current choice of resources functions as a wide and relevant inspection into my area of research.
Footnotes
1 Completed annotated bibliographies to date that are not included in this selection are: Stardust Memories (Allen, 1980), The Hero with a Thousand Faces (Campbell, 1973), The Uses of Fiction(Dutton, 2009), Poppoya: Railroad Man (Furuhata, 1999), Frames of Mind (Hockley, 2007), Adaptation (Jonze, 2002), Low Budget Features Overview (New Zealand Film Comission, 2010).
References
Allen, W. (1980). Stardust Memories. Buena Vista, FL: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Campbell, J. (1973).The hero with a thousand faces (Second.). Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
Dutton, D. (2009). The uses of fiction. In The art instinct. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
Ferri, A. J. (2007). Willing suspension of disbelief: Poetic faith in film. Plymouth, United Kingdom: Lexington Books.
Furuhata, Y. (1999). Poppoya: Railroad man. Tokyo, Japan: Toei Company.
Gaiman, N., & McKean, D. (2007). Signal to noise. London, United Kingdom: Bloomsbury Publishing.
Hockley, L. (2007). Frames of mind. Bristol, UK & Chicago, IL: Intellect Books.
Jonze, S. (2002).Adaptation. Culver City, CA: Columbia Tristar Home Video.
Kurosawa, A. (1950). Rashomon. Tokyo, Japan: Daiei Motion Picture Company.
Lacan, J. (1994). Touché and Automaton. In J. Miller (Ed.), A. Sheridan (Tran.), The four fundamental concepts of psycho-analysis (pp. 53-64). London, United Kingdom: Penguin.
New Zealand Film Comission. (2010). Low budget features overview. Retrieved March 25, 2010, from http://www.nzfilm.co.nz/DevelopmentAndFinancing/Low_Budget_Features/Low_Budget_Features_Overview.aspx
Writers Guild of America. (2008, October 23). Charlie Kaufman on his latest film & why “movies are dead”. YouTube. Retrieved April 28, 2010, from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxps3oouNiQ
Yamamura, K. (2002). Atama Yama. Tokyo, Japan: Shochiku Films.
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