This document discusses several influential artists and films related to themes of loneliness and isolation in urban settings. It references the paintings of Edward Hopper and his comments on loneliness. It also mentions the films The Killers, Taxi Driver, and the paintings of Mark Rothko. Students are prompted to write short stories or analyze shots based on the provided works.

2. DiChirico
CONTEXT: INFLUENCES
Activity: Write a postcard from here. ( “What’s a postcard?”)

3. • Edward Hopper: "It's probably a reflection of my own, if I may
say, loneliness. I don't know. It could be the whole human
condition.”
• Hopper: “The loneliness thing is overdone"

4. George Tooker THE SUBWAY 1950
Context: intertextuality
WRITE A SIX-WORD STORY FOR THIS
IMAGE OR ROTHKO’S SUBWAY OR
DICHIRICO OR NIGHTWAWKS

5. WRITE A SIX-WORD STORY FOR
ONE OF THESE IMAGES

6. The Killers 1946

7. Film Noir
• Low key lighting
• Disconnected individuals
• Urban landscapes
• Shadows
• Femme Fatale

8. Taxi Driver 1976
"Loneliness has followed me my whole life. Everywhere. In bars, in
cars, sidewalks, stores, everywhere. There's no escape. I am God's
lonely man.”— Travis Bickle

9. “I see.” “ I wonder.”
FOCUS ON:
COLOUR, PROXEMICS, DEPTH, COSTUME, SOUND
(imagined),
MISE-EN-SCENE, POINTOF VIEW (CAMERA ANGLE)

10. Mark Rothko
CONTEXT: other work by the artist

11. SHOT DESIGNER ACTIVITY:
DRAW A BIRDS EYE VIEW OF THIS SCENE.
PLACE THE VIEWER/CAMERA IN YOUR DRAWING

12. FINAL ACTIVITY:
ASSUME THIS IS A STILL FROM A FILM.
LOOKING BACK: CREATE A FILM OF THE 45-60 SECONDS
BEFORE THIS “SHOT” OR
LOOKING FORWARD: CREATE A FILM OF THE 45-60 SECONDS
FOLLOWING THIS “SHOT”