Surrealist Film and Writing

Starter 16: Look at another student's piece of surrealist art from yesterday.  What techniques/style aspects do you notice?  What's the mood?  How does the artist create it?

Surrealist Video

1. Watch the video above, and take notes
2. What do you notice about how this film is made (think about camera angles, lighting, style, music, storytelling, color scheme, etc.)?
3. What are some recurring themes in this film?
4. What is the mood of this piece?

Surrealist Writing

Write a poem using a surrealist writing technique (cut up poems, callegrams, echo poems, or automatic writing).  Hold on to these- we will come back to them tomorrow!

Dali Seminar Preparation

Geopoliticus Child Watching the Birth of A New Man  (Salvador Dali, 1940)

1. Trace the major elements of the painting
2. Annotation your traced drawing.  You need at least 4 annotations (questions, reactions, connections, comments, etc.)
3. Seminar Prewrite (1 paragraph): What do you think the message of this painting is?  How do the symbols and techniques connect to that meaning?
4. Write 3 questions you have about this painting

HWK: Finish seminar prewrite and questions.  Can be typed or handwritten.  Due Wednesday, 2/22, start of class.