Element 2
Element 2 derives from the repeated
geometries that are present in the many scenes of The Fountain. Using
Photoshop, I created a collage of these images by overlapping. Each of the
images used has a centrally located vanishing point and projects radially
outward from that point. A grid was created with this knowledge to map out
spatial interactions created by the layering of similar geometries. Though
there were many angles that derived from this central vanishing point an
orthogonal method of construction was used to define where these angles exist.
Element 3
The main
concept behind this construct is the idea of conceal. The scenes selected to
create the Photoshop image all incorporate the act of concealing the character
in a very specific manner. The first, a scene where Tommy shown by peering into
the frosted glass of the hospital room where his wife lays, another, the Mayan
queen awaits the conquistador at her throne concealed by a patterned steel
gate, and the third scene the contour of a demonic presence awaits the
conquistador in his final battle upon the holy mountain.
All of these individual scenes are
parallel edited together to arrive at the climax of the movie (Izzy’s death).
By layering images from these scenes in Photoshop I was able to find points of
intersection derived from the depth of tone of each image possesses. The
highlighted points of intersection were then transposed into physical nodes on
the drawdel. These nodes allow for an intertwining of yarn to weave about layer
to layer. The yarn is used as a method to define connections within layers that
exist at parallel points along the same axis.
Element 4
In
researching The Fountain it was made clear that the director used many
microorganisms to graphically portray images of outer space. With a
juxtaposition of tectonic linear elements and planar paper elements this
drawdel was constructed with the intent to map out the contrast between two key
themes within the movie: space and microorganisms. Deriving from the drawing in
Element 1, Element 4’s orientation arrives from the same mapping. The angles
that extend from the central vanishing point are emphasized with this drawing
as opposed to implied. Linear elements are constructed orthogonally with the
angles points of intersections as mapped by the drawing. In juxtaposition to
this paper elements are folded and connected to the linear elements to show the
relationship connecting and also separating the two.
One storyline portrays Tommy as a
doctor who works at the molecular level to cure disease. While in the other
storyline, Tommy is depicted as a resident of outer space. If we further
investigate the connection between space and microorganism and the method for
which the director filmed these two very different scenes can we suggest the
connection between the two? Is it safe to imply that since films images of
space derive from actual microorganisms, can we suggest that rather than Tommy
ascending to a greater outer reality he is alternatively ascending into the
higher being within? This is the investigation behind Element 4.
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