This reproduction piece of photograph is based on a still image from the film, The Third Man, 1949. As evident, the image is of black and white and therefore the reproduction should also be a black and white image. As of the production context of the original image is during the WWII in Vienna , the reproduction is portrayed to be a modern-day or contemporary Melbourne context instead of being exactly a replica. Though, the framing, position and setting are all an imitation of the original still.

 

Based on Gilles Deleuze’s idea that ‘The out-of-field refers to what is neither seen nor understood, but is nevertheless perfectly present’ (p.16), I’ve made another reproduction that demonstrates the idea. The stop-motion piece shows a frame that replicates the original given frame from The Third Man, while followed by other different frames, which shows the out-of-field of the original still. In this case, what we as viewers would understand is that the subject (man) is waiting for a girl outside her window and when she shows up unexpectedly, he gets shocked. We would understand at least that he is waiting for something even before the frame of the girl is shown. Therefore, our perception and comprehension of the world outside and also inside the film means that we are able to interpret the film based on how our world (in the out-of-field) works.