#15 – 15/5/2016 / RESEARCH ASSIGNMENT

Upon my random trawling of the internet, I stumbled upon an interview with director Claire Denis, famously responsible for Chocolat (1988) which went on to win the coveted Palme d’Or prize at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival.

(Link to the interview here: http://sensesofcinema.com/2009/conversations-on-film/claire-denis-interview/)

The part of the interview that really intrigued me was when Claire Denis explained “I thought if the camera were shaky, it would make their life shaky” in reference to one of her scenes. This is interesting to me as it shows that her coverage directly correlates with the emotional impact that she intends to convey within her scene. In relation to the performance scenes that I have assembled as part of my inspiration, this is exactly what I hope to achieve in my own work. Whilst the short little clip is a brief idea of what I hope to achieve aesthetically in my upcoming works, I want to find a way to connote an emotional representation or even just express a certain emotion through a specific type of aspect of performance.

This scene taken from David Lynch’s Mulholland Drive (2001) has always inspired me in terms of its sheer simplicity and beauty. So much emotion is expressed through the singing performance, combined with the long shots and the acting. A deep melancholic ache really rings from this scene. David Lynch is a true master and capturing these dark feelings within his creations. I really want to express a sense of me in this project. Just need to find out how…