FRAME WITHIN FRAME
in cinema and photography
Concept:
Frame in frame is a short analysis about the visual role of mirrors and reflected images througout the history of both cinema and photography. Each volume investigates one of the two visual areas starting with digressions about examples of the past to explore the evolution of this technique up to modern days. Together with the composition skills required to succed in creating meaningful visual contents, both these articles explain the meaning of this method in relation with the visual storytelling. The photographic one, titled Mise an abyme, examines the beautiful works of Brassaï, Lee Friedlander, Gregory Crewdson and Alex Webb through their use of mirrored surfaces. The cinematic one, instead, focuses on the use of mirrors in films like The Truman Show, Citizen Kane and others through the meaning that this composition technique can add to their scenes. But, in particular, this part wants to investigate the amazing use of the frame within frame setting in Wong Kar Wai’s In the mood for Love and the significant role that this adds to the whole story.
Project curated by
Viola Moliterni
Politecnico di Milano | Scuola del Design
Design della Comunicazione
Storia dell'Arte Contemporanea
P. Castelli, S. Giusti
A.A. 2018/19, C2
