Carravagio

Caravaggio also has a great impact on my work, his dull and mellow colours and conflicting images. 

This picture portraits a widowed woman named Judith who was a Jew of high rank in Bethulia,a town besieged by the army of the Assyrian general Holofernes.(taken from http://www.artemisia-gentileschi.com/judith1.html[Accessed on 9 January 2013]. She disguised herself as a messenger on a special mission. He ordered a feast with flowing beverages, after he had a bit too much to drink he passed out. Judith and the maid sought the opportunity to strike and so she decapitated his his head and smuggled it back to Bethulia. By doing this she put the enemy to flight. Judith represents virtue overcoming evil. Her beauty stands out against the ferocity of the scene. 

this is one of my favorite paintings because of the defined detail and it also shows the power and strength of women. In the picture both women seem fearless and stern, almost as though they've done it before.  

The way the cloth is laid out is very peculiar in such a way that the general's sheet is red unlike Judith's which is a deep yellow. the red sheet shows the victim. the sward is very symbolic and i am surely going to use it in my final piece. 

  Caravaggio, 1598-1599, Gntileschi Judith Beheading Holofernes, Available at:
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6234/6319909461_de31b537e5.jpg

       [Accessed 9 january 2013].

Silent Hill

The black soot in the beginning and the fog inflicts fear,
the colours used are very dull and morbid and the music is very old based and puts the viewers on edge.
The sirens which were initially used in war to warn people that a raid was coming,was used in this film to wan the people that the monsters are coming.Also the use of old footage makes viewers uneasy and gives them a sense of foreboding and foreshadowing.The graphics are extraordinary in this move and the whole film is very well done. It is a very evil an dark film which shows a lot of conflict.

In brief, the whole story is about how Rose Da Silva (Radha Mitchel) goes into Silent Hill to find her daughter Sharon(Jodelle Ferland). But little did she know, Sharon literally had a split personality who was called Alessa. Later on in the story we find out that Alessa was tortured by Christabella (Alice Krige)who was one of the founders of the church in that town. Rose does everything in her power to get Sharon back and in the end she finally does. but unfortunately  they never leave Silent Hill and are trapped in another world.

Also the costume used for Alessa is very old looking and vintage, it fits well for her part. It is also very interesting how the Pyramid Heads costume is like a butcher apron. I shall definitely keep them in mind for my final piece.


Pyramidhead86, 2006. Silent Hill.[video online] Available at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5mT5LhbRJw>[Accessed October 2 2012]

Alessa(Jodelle Ferland), Silent Hill, Google Images

Dead/Alive monster janitor, Silent Hill, Google Images

Rose Di Sliva(Radha Mitchel)(mother), Sharon(Jodelle Ferland), Silent Hill, Google Images

Pyramid Head, Silent Hill, Google Images

Difference between Alessa and Sharon, submitted by: narlyvamp1234, 2012, Google Images