Week 8 class summary

Date: 16 March 2010
Title: Juxtaposition Part 2
Objective: To understand juxtaposition in action
Lecture: Sharifah Nur Anthasha

In the previous lesson, juxtaposition is the compare and contrast of two elements. The act of positioning close together (or side by side).

There are two type of analogies:
1. Logical
- It is more to rational and base on physical appearance.
- example: wire = worm, duck = ferryboat, bird = airplane,
2. Affective
- Discript emotional elements using known objects, which has similar characteristic.
- example: hardworking = ant, lazy = pig, fast = leopard, slow = snail

Ways of expressing:
1. Metaphor: "He is as hardworking as an ant"
2. Simile: "He works like an ant"
3. Oxymoron: "He works like a lazy ant."

Week 7 Exercise

Our assignment was to choose a film to review and note it's juxtaposition. So, I chose Tim Burton's - Corpse Bride.

Juxtaposition for movies:

Orderliness / Chaos
In the world of the living, there is orderliness. Everything must go according to plan. Like the arranged marriage between Victor and Victoria must happen at all cost. Victor is introduced to the underworld where anything can happen, from being married to a corpse to a band of singing skeletons.

Living / dead
The world of the living is seen as boring & strictly organized whereas the world of the dead is filled with freedom and youthful vitality, where the dead celebrate and sing songs of merriment.

Colourful/ Bland
Just like in the poster on the left, the land of the dead is colourful and filled with vibrant hues. The land of the living is filled with bland colours of gray,blue, peach and beige. The colours reflect the rigid, drab and lifelessness of the living. In contrast, the vibrant colours of the underworlds are invigorating and dead people are swirling in a dance of vitality. The liveliness of the inhabitants is mixed together with a palette of richly textured shades.

Week 7 Class

Date: 2 March 2010
Title: Juxtaposition
Objective: To understand juxtaposition
Lecture: Sharifah Nur Anthasha

For this week, Miss Tasha introduced us to the term Juxtaposition. Juxtaposition is the act of positioning close together (or side by side). It means comparing and contrasting two variables based on their similarities and differences. For example: the rich and poor people in a movie scene. The purpose is to make the development of story more interesting. The technique used to generate creative thinking is Random juxtaposition and it means looking 2 objects in a same manner as if they are the same.

During the class, she gave an example of juxtaposition based on the TV drama 'Lost'. The example was interesting because it has actually changed the way I watch film now.