Ποιέω ( poieo , which also poiesis, "poetry") making, manufacturing, building, work , fashion, dealing with art, compose, write, represent, present, poetically paint.
Symbol (by σύμβολον , "a sign of recognition" and συμβάλλω , "put together, unite, compare, interpret"): element Specifically, object, animal or person who is credited with possibility of a recall or mean value further, wider and more abstract than it normally is - DISC, Italian Dictionary Sabatini Coletti.
any artistic speak, that has always been a symbol of the "techniques" used the most. Through the creation of a symbol you can get to talk about something without tripping over too broad descriptions, in rounds of abstruse words or "because" that takes away the pleasure of artistic enjoyment.
The symbol can be a double edged sword: int eressante and intelligent if not obvious, is poised on the invalidity of the message. It can easily lapse into something already v isto, can become a symbol of hard, empty form. We are used to assign a default symbol to a certain object, and when equality between the object and its meaning all too simplistically and free returns on books, movies and comic books, you risk losing all the potential of a similar device.
hours I will not elaborate in describing the aspects and implications of the symbol in art history, religion, philosophy and communication volumes and volumes would not suffice to exhaust the subject (also My limited knowledge does not allow me to venture into such a journey). What interests me is how, in the limited field of writing (and film), the technique that you choose to use is never an end in itself, but always a necessary means of reaching the sens o: the work is done and it works (the that set apart the etymology of "poetry"), it works just like a sword or a cloth is woven.
The symbol is not only a single object, a definite shape, a definite form. Sometimes the symbol is constructed in a rather broad: it can be a framework, a sequence, a sentence, a character, even a whole movie. For example, the zombie has often been used to symbolize the human condition subject society, devoid of thought and action and their dependents.
The task of the symbol (and other poetic techniques policies), in fact, conceal the mystery behind an accurate representation of which shape the aesthetic and complex work of art. If you do not act so, in fact, if the "mystery" and was not told or described poetically constructed, there would and more art, but a scientific treatise.
comes to my mind an image of Old Boy.
enigmatic, complex and emotionally charged at the same time, this shot is very explanatory and for the character, both for the entire film. Symbol of narcissism, unconditional love for themselves, want to be seen and be sentenced to not do so. Park Chan-wook sums up the whole movie in a few seconds of a short and intense sequence. It does not explain the complex tangle of history and does not describe, but narrates and constructs. This is what makes a work of art.
Exactly its important role, the symbol is used at every level of production, often to expedite the situation and with very little to say important things. Propose now a video from a television series, whose symbol sequence covers a period of four minutes. In this scene, discusses complex feelings and situations and impossible to tell with the words, a paraplegic boy wants to walk again and wants to do this as crowds there. He decides to go to Mexico and spend all the money in a transaction that has not allowed the United States, which provides for the planting of stem cells in the shark's spine. The guy knows how to run great risks, but his only goal is to walk again and be as before. However, his friends - in the grip of bigoted fury mystic and friend outspoken - they know that will not be so and that the operation will have disastrous consequences. The sequence (a real watershed for this story line) to address some important issues, such as the Renaissance, the skin change, accept it as it is, look at the world with new eyes.
How can we say this in a short time? Do not forget that the television series have a standard of about forty minutes per episode, and that in each episode are often followed the stories of many characters.
In the proposed sequence, the water is symbolic, the symbolic dive to Jason, his return to the surface hard and earn the shore - a new shore. The moment "different" is underlined by the change of music. You go from a music cruise (it is the "cruise drunk" to which the three friends are participating), a sudden silence during the serious talk that the three are at the entrance to the underground To Build A Home of Cinematic Orchestra. The second piece of music by a rhythm completely different to the scene and also has the task to come out next from reality and enter the space of reflection, opinion and emotion. The music of the Cinematic Orchestra is on the rise. And every action is perfectly highlighted by the Jason Music: music and character share the same rhythm. So, when Jason tries to rise, the purchasing power of music and the meaning of the scene, which closes gently with the blend of sound, leading to a very specific meaning and silently understood.
With the sheer force of arms, the boy is dragged on the sand and starts to laugh, it is here that concludes the most "symbolic" the whole sequence: immediately after you come back to reality next, the music will change again and Jason announce his decision to friends.
The sequence has a very classical system: in addition to directing dirty, which builds large fields in the space alternating close-up with a shaky camera, the dialogues and the composition modeled on the micro-writing the rules of classical American cinema. Including one thing: the classic movie in the first sequence offer all the main elements of the story, more or less explicit references to what will happen later. Even in the sequence proposed here, without the public being aware of the first vision, it is expressly anticipated that an element will be realized after a few episodes. Jason, provocatively and without any conviction, screams could do three things: to become immersed in the water head by some fanatic, to be healed by a shaman, or go with the first woman he meets on the street.
is one of three things will happen. This is a further confirmation of the strong symbolic value in this sequence: after the water and the re-emergence, the life of Jason actually going to change, not only for his will, but also for how the case will give new possibilities.
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