Blood in the Gutter – Discussion.
The title is a theoretical term, the gutter meaning what is visually excluded from a text. In contemporary times, this has also become known as “inter-passive paradise”. I interpret this term as somewhat contradictory. Passive implies the meaning-making process is for the most part subconscious. However doesn’t this make the audience actively involved if they are to “fill in the gaps”.
When reading the comic, the philosophies of editing played out. My eyes were more drawn to the summary of shot types about 15 pages in than the series of graphs explaining statistics.
The context of where an audience receives a text is also considered. My group found it particularly interesting that the “aspect to aspect” technique is commonly used in Japanese mainstream cinema, although it is reversed in western cinema where films are “goal orientated” and less “gaps” to fill.