Dissertation
Proposal
By
Ayse Kaya
S11002621
Creative Media
ARD505
Research Methods
How
Stanley
Kubrick’s Vision
Influenced Cinema?
Dissertation
Proposal
“The screen is a magic medium. It has such power that it can retain
interest as it conveys emotions and moods that no other art form can hope to
tackle.”
Stanley Kubrick
Aim:
How Stanley Kubrick’s
Vision Influenced Cinema?
For
my dissertation I am going to investigate Stanley Kubrick’s vision and what
influence has it got in cinema in modern day.
I
will start with looking at his career journey starting out as a photographer to
becoming filmmaker and being a legendary and successful director.
I
will also look at his perception of filmmaking and the ways it perceives the
cinema and other filmmakers.
In addition, I will be interviewing and giving
questionnaires to people in various fields, public and my colleagues. How
people’s views varies on his visions and his work.
Objective:
To
find out what influences Stanley Kubrick by looking at his photography work and
his films.
How
does his influences reflect and inspires in his films?
What
techniques he used for visual story telling?
What
impacts does his work have on today’s cinema, filmmakers, directors and
photographers?
To
find out opinions of public, students, tutors and artists about the methods, techniques
he used for filmmaking. Also positive and negative views of the people about
the way he reflects his vision in his creations and I would like to have some
interviews in Turkey with people in TV and cinema industry. This will give me
an idea if there are any influences of Kubrick, how much he is known in
different communities.
One
of my colleagues is presenting his dissertation proposal on Alfred Hitchcock so
in the near future we will have discussion sessions, comparing his and
Kubrick’s work, asking opinions of other students and tutors.
Method:
For
my dissertation I will look at; different resources such as; books, films,
magazines, blogs, online articles etc.
I
will be filming interviews with public, students, tutors question their
opinions about Stanley Kubrick, his vision and if he influences them and if he does
then how? I will try to get in touch with different production companies,
famous filmmakers, directors; editors to find out about their opinions if
possible arrange interviews with them. If possible I will arrange more
interviews in Turkey with people in different industries. However mainly, TV
and Cinema is going to be my priority.
Also
there will be some educational videos published thru YouTube relating to him
and his work.
I
will be preparing my own questionnaires as well as interviews to find out more
thoughts about him and his creations.
I
will investigate the impacts of him and his work in other films, videos,
directors and filmmakers.
Looking
at the point of views of different communities will give me an opportunity to
compare the ideas.
Once
I have gathered interviews and questionnaires, I will be analysing and
comparing the results.
Structure:
Introduction – A brief
history of Stanley Kubrick’s childhood and how he became photographer and
filmmaker?
In my introduction I will talk about childhood of
Kubrick, from taught playing chess and having his first camera at the age of
thirteen as a birthday present from his dad, being an awful student, working as
a photographer in Taft High School Magazine where he made friends and who would
later he be working later on, selling his first photograph to Look magazine and
getting hired by Look as an apprentice photographer. Looking at his early career starting from
being photographer, working with acknowledged people in the industry of cinema and
how he progressed and developed into a filmmaker, director. Also, I will look
at how did the life conditions that he was living in effect his live, and was
reflected on his work.
Chapters – Filmography.
In this chapter I will look at the different films of
Kubrick and talk about the outstanding ones around the globe such as, The
Shining, Eyes Wide Shut, Lolita, Killer’s Kiss, Clockwork Orange exemplifying
the dark side of the Sixties, 2001: A Space Odyssey and more. I will talk about
more of his life conditions affecting his films in this chapter. There will be
several examples explaining the impacts of the position he was in such as; when
we look at the credits of “The Shining”, they are raising and this symbolizes
when the smoke was rising up in concentration camps during the 2nd World War.
Also The Shining is a pioneer film of the psychological horror genre.
Chapters – Vision of
Kubrick.
In
the second chapter, I will look at the way he makes his films, what thoughts
and sights he has behind, what makes him a legend? I will be watching his
superior creations, looking at his quotes analyse and find out his techniques.
For example; chess was an abstract representation of war, the principal subject
of Kubrick’s films; during the world war II Fear and Desire was made (1953),
Paths of Glory in world war I , Dr Strangelove in The cold war and Full metal
Jacket in The Vietnam War. As well as his films, I will be looking at the
documentary of Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures. I will be quoting from the
video that Kubrick was explored through pictures,
clips from his films and comments from his colleagues.
Chapters – How his
vision influenced others.
In the third chapter, I will be looking at the similar work of Stanley Kubrick and similar talents, what are the similarities and how they have been used. In the educational videos on YouTube I will be watching and showing during my presentation, there are various famous filmmakers and directors reviewing, explaining how they are influenced and inspired of his work. In these days, Steven Spielberg is set to bring Kubrick’s screenplay which was never filmed before on Napoleon’s life to the small screen. Also I will talk about filmmaker Jonathan Glazier. In the music video of Massive Attack – Karma coma it was influenced by The Shining’s including the eerie twins, the obsessive typing of a single phrase and the shots of long, eerie hotel corridors. Another example of influence is in the song The Universal by Blur, the single's cover art is an allusion to the opening shot of 2001: A Space Odyssey, and the music video is a tribute to the movie A Clockwork Orange, with the band dressed up in costumes similar to Alex and his droogs.
Chapters – How he has
influenced me.
In
the first year of my course, we had an assignment of writing an essay on what
are we influenced by and why. It was on “The Shining” which was directed by
Stanley Kubrick. When I watched the film after my research on it, I was extremely
impressed to see his vision in every single diminutive detail. Also I had a collective assignment to
work on with my colleagues, selecting a genre to make a short film. And that’s
when we revealed our psychological-horror genre film “Development”. Looking at
his quotes like; “Perhaps it sounds ridiculous, but
the best thing that young filmmakers should do is to get hold of a camera and
some film and make a movie of any kind at all.’ inspires me and motivates me to do work.
Chapters – Opinions of
others.
In
the last chapter, I will look at the opinions of public, tutors and my
colleagues by interviewing them. Look at the questionnaire results, compare
with the interviews and analyse them. I will find out whether they think
positive thoughts and impacts on them or negative opinions and effects. Also, I
will compare them with my concept.
Steven
Spielberg said for the scene in The Shining little boy riding his bike in the
aisle “I think sometime Stanley just did that because he did not want to be
like everybody else and he had a very specific way of telling a story. It is
not that he wanted to show off I am so different than you but why does every
story have to be told the same way.”
Conclusion - Showing my
enthusiasm for Stanley Kubrick, his excellently done films and displaying his
visions, his visionary filmmaking, gathering all the opinions from various
resources and presenting them.
In
my conclusion, I will accumulate everything together such as; the research I
will have done from various resources, interviews, and questionnaires. I will
combine the results with my opinions and some work of mine associates to
Stanley Kubrick.
I
will present the influences of him in different areas such as films, videos,
and photographs.
Bibliography
Paul Duncan, 2011.
Stanley Kubrick. Edition. Taschen.
Dk, 2011. The Film
Book. (Dk). Edition. DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley).
Bill Krohn, 2010.
Masters of Cinema: Stanley Kubrick. Edition. Phaidon Press.
Vincent LoBrutto,
1998. Stanley Kubrick. Edition. Vincent LoBrutto.
2001. Stanley Kubrick:
Interviews (Conversations With Filmmakers Series). Edition. University Press of
Mississippi.
Websites
The
Visions of Stanley Kubrick - Part 1 –
The
Visions of Stanley Kubrick - Part 2 Final –
Development finished
project –
Stanley Kubrick Quote
–
Stanley Kubrick: A
Life in Pictures –
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