Welcome to Spring Term 2021!

Hello back on my blog in a Spring Term and new, hopefully better 2021 year. In the next few weeks I am going to work on some projects, sharing ideas and thoughts related to my progression route, which is Media and Communication.

This term I would like to start with a video that both inspired and surprised me. I have seen that  for the first time during our virtual class when our tutor sent the link to me and other students. After meeting I decided to watch it again and again to analyse it by myself, as I have never imagined that it looks so professional and complicated behind the scenes...

Please watch the video here

The Invisible Man Behind the Scenes - Stunts and Suspense (2020)

In the video I found out how the 'The Invisible Man' film was made and how crucial it is for this science fiction/ horror film to use technical codes, such as particular camera movements and angles or even stunts to suggest its genre to the audience. What surprised me the most is a fight sequence shot  with two stunt performers, the first similar to a main character and Elisabeth Moss actor herself, the second one is the invisible man. In the kitchen the main character - Cecilia Kass is thrown across the dinning table by a monster. 

The Invisible Man (2020) film poster

The Invisible Man (2020 Universal Pictures)

For this scene there were used many ropes to lift up Cecilia's stunt woman, a green suit and precise movements of a robotic motion controlled camera. The fight sequence itself looks realistic and dangerous as it were shot without special equipment. It is breathtaking and captivating scene that I believe shocks and petrify the audience.

Inspiration - the 19th century science fiction novel

First edition cover of 

The Invisible Man by H. G. Wells (London: Pearson, 1897)

The Invisible Man 2020 film was written and directed by Leigh Whannell and based on an English writer Herbert George Wells's novel with the same title published in 1897. The man to whom the title refers is Griffin, a scientist who in his life researched into optics and invented a way to transform body's refractive index to that of air, so it absorbs no reflects light. The stranger tested out an experiment on himself and rendered himself invisible, but failed in attempts to reverse the process and come back to his previous human body. In a H. G Well's novel Griffin turns out to be an iconic science fiction/ horror character and a practitioner of random and irresponsible violence, what made the writer famous for being ' The father of science fiction'.

Thank you for your attention :)

References:

FandangoNOW Extras (2020) The Invisible Man Behind the Scenes - Stunts and Suspense (2020) | FandangoNOW Extras [online video] Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcKCd9thGnk&ab_channel=FandangoNOWExtras [Accessed 11/01/21]

Universal Pictures (2020) The Invisible Man (2020 film) Available from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_Invisible_Man_(2020_film)_-_release_poster.jpg [Accessed 17/01/21]

Pearson (1897) First edition cover of The Invisible Man by H. G. Wells Available from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Invisible_Man#/media/File:Wells_-_The_Invisible_Man_-_Pearson_cover_1897.jpg

[Accessed 19/01/21]

Wikipedia (2020) The Invisible Man  (2020 film) [Online] Available from:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Invisible_Man_(2020_film) [Accessed 17/01/21]

Wikipedia (2021) The Invisible Man [Online] Available from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Invisible_Man [Accessed 19/01/21]