production & outcomes

Interpretation

At the top is a painting by Jean-François Millet and at the bottom is an image of van Gogh.

In Millet’s time, the early 1800, art had to have a sense of realism to it so that the viewer can relate to the picture. It was in this time where people were straying away from the neoclassicism movement that was heavily based around the art and culture of the roman’s. This style was over powered by the Romantic Movement, which encouraged artists to paint with a purpose and add emotion into their picture.

However in Van Gogh’s time (late 1800) it was the time of the impressionist where small broken brushstrokes were used to show the passing of time. Van Gogh was influenced a lot by the people, and landscapes surrounding him, favoring images of the countryside, village buildings and the people there.

In millets picture you can see that the painting is dreary and drains the audience of all their energy so you can feel how the farmers feel. However Van Gogh has taken the same picture down a different rout. He’s changed the angle of the whole paining so that the lighting gives you the sense of it’s the end of the day so it’s the end of work, but the sky is still blue telling you that the rest of the day is yours. So the characters give off a different sense to the viewing audience, because even thought their lives are hard as they are farmers, because of the colors used you can see that the lives they have a busy but yet fun and interesting. This goes to show that van goghs out look is that life is hard but that just makes it more interesting. Where as millet’s view on the farmers life is that its hard work and an occupation you should not desire, or at least there is hope for those who work hard.

 

Delivery

Adam Neate is a new artist and has found a different way of publicising himself and getting know by more of the public, through his open air gallery project.

It all started when he was a budding artist and he ran out of room to store his art work, so from there he decided to give his work away to charity shops, which in later days he found on the street. From there he decided to place a free artwork gallery in the streets of London. From word of mouth he begin to grow in popularity where he was dubbed the new English Picasso.

From doing this his artwork in the galleries dramatically grew in price from £1000 to £30 000 in less than a year. This just shows that with the right publicity you can gain a lot from it. Also his work is made from throw away material that fits his open-air gallery theme, especially for the economic climate as his gallery was put together around about the time of the economic crash. Plus by giving art away its sending out a positive message to the public which in turn will make them desire the work even more, even the ones being sold in galleries.

Character building

Appearance: 
At the start of the film you see will smith as Robert Neville; he is a normal looking wearing dark clothes. This appearance tells the audience that times are hard and that when it comes to living if an object doesn’t have a practical use or function then there is no need for them. However in the film he has the need and use for a car but he picks a fast riding car the mustang above a 4x4, but this could be for a number of reasons as is its use being a fast device to get home safely; but it may be his human characteristics coming out where he wants to impress and wants nice things.

Then later in the film you see him as an officer in the military where he’s in uniform, this piece of information gives the later outfits a different meaning. So this gives his black outfit of jacket, trousers and boots a more military or Special Forces feel. So when you look at him he looks like he’s on a mission, which he is, to save the human race. This whole look it toped off with guns and the fact he has a military dog (alsatian) as a friend pet and ally to help him in his quest. His physical appearance is clean-shaven and hair cut down to the scalp, which is the universal look for the army, and this tells you about his military background is influencing him.

However Robert Neville has two sides to his character, the military gunslinger hunting for food in a concrete jungle, and the precise scientific calculation of a scientist working on a cure for the human race.

Interaction:
For Robert Neville there isn’t much interaction between himself and other human beings, other than him trying to stay alive from the changed humans who will kill him on sight. The interaction that seems human is that from his dog Sam and the mannequins in the video store, but this isn’t a healthy relationship because it leads to the dead of his friend and companion Sam. The other place he interacts with is his lab, which is very hands on. For he captures and sedates a human to test different cures on, but this is very one-sided interaction as the human is asleep throughout the film. The brief bit of human interactivity is that with a boy and a young woman, however when they arrive he doesn’t know how to act. But this only last for a day and night as Robert sacrifices himself for them to escape. His main interaction to the film is the saviour of the human race as he finds a cure and saves the lives of 2 humans who he barely knows.

Action/function:
Roberts purpose in the film is very simple: to survive each day that comes, to stand out at the dock at noon waiting for survivors, and to find the cure for the virus that was meant to cure cancer. The reason for this is because in his military career he was in charge of the city (ground zero) and feels obligated to protect it and save it.