2. TIME OUT OF JOINT
Time Out of Joint is a classic tale of paranoia, set
in suburban fifties America.
Small scale – not a big cast, small town
Protaganist questions world around him
Actually in a virtual world to protect him from the
war with lunar colonists
First of PKD's novels to successfully pose the 'What is
Reality?'
4. MR. ROBOT
• This is how framing can change everything about
your story.
• There are lots of different ways to convey emotions
on screen, from explicitly verbalizing it with dialog
to tapping into the psychological effects of color.
But framing shots in specific ways can also be
extremely effective at communicating a character's
mental and emotional state. Video essayist James
Hayes of Film in the Making talks a bit about how
the creators of the Emmy award-winning TV
series Mr. Robot used framing, namely quadrant
framing, to communicate the social anxiety and
distrust experienced by its protagonist, a vigilante
hacker named Elliot.
5. POSTMODERNISM
• tributes to classic pop culture
• Postmodern realities blur the lines between good and evil, black and white, for both
characters and viewers – similar to neoir
• Bizarre, eclectic searches for the unknown involving spirituality, philosophy and
technology
• Self awareness – intertextuality, hyperreality
• Non linear narrative
6. MUSIC
• Philip Oakey & Giorgio Moroder - Together in Electric Dreams
• Radio head – Fake Plastic Trees
• Cat Power – Sea of Love
• Eels – Flower
• Modest Mouse - The World At Large
• Titus Andronicus - Ecce Homo
• Pink Floyd - Time
Introduce book that I will adapt, outline main plotpoints why it is suitable for my themes
Talk about the way it handles ‘paranoia’
Memento – Christopher Nolan
Shutter Island – Martin Scorse
The thing – 1982
It comes at Night
Discuss the films use of paranoia, how they are filmed, the focus on characters, show clip of memento
Mr robot and the way it uses quadrant framing to create paranoia, it mimics the social anxiety that the character is feeling.
Abandons the rule of thirds
Mr robot is also very post modern, similar style to how I want my own film to feel
Outline main tropes of a postmodern film/tv
Discuss how I would like to nod to scifi material and pop culture with barely noticeable references in my own film
One way postmodern shows highlight their self-awareness is through their music.
Discuss some of the music I would like to utilise in my own film
The music encompasses important themes surrounding existentialism
Together in electric dreams used in the sci-fi film ‘her’
Thinking about music has made me think about my musical score.
Some inspirations, include Hans Zimmer (Dunkirk) , Junkie XL (Made Max: Fury Road) and Johan Johansson (Sicario)
Enjoy the way they mix sound to create tension
Not over-complicated melodies
Show example of Sicario theme
Discuss what my next steps are
Experimenting with music and writing a screenplay over christmas followed by casting,
