Abstract
Legends of the Fabricated Wild is a feature-length body of work of landscape films. Voice-Destroy, Self-Portrait: Impermanence and the titular Legends of the Fabricated Wild are the experimental films that comprise my body of work. Keep your Distance, a single-channel installation, is a supplemental piece. Legends of the Fabricated Wild frames the complex interaction between a filmmaker and the collective unconsciousness of the natural environment, a theory outlined by Carl Jung, considering the implications and discoveries along the way. Subtle movement and precise compositions provide a transcendental perspective on the natural Florida landscape. Images of landscapes devoid of human figures are structured together in my work to meditate on the environment and the way humanity has shaped the landscape. Super 8mm and 16mm analog film frames expansive landscapes in a square image and challenges modern cinematic representations by applying the texture of celluloid. High definition digital video contrasts analog film. I foreground artificiality and the ways humanity has utilized the landscape through this medium. While searching for places to document "pure" or untouched landscapes, I discovered that modern landscapes are always influenced by the exchange between humanity and the natural environment. I wanted to foreground my own interaction with the natural Florida environment and challenge my interests and dominant ways of viewing landscapes. Through the assembly of a cinematic essay of landscape images with subtle motion, I foster an appreciation for the natural environment in an age of hyper-activity and exploitation of the landscape.
Notes
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Graduation Date
2019
Semester
Spring
Advisor
Danker, Elizabeth
Degree
Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.)
College
College of Arts and Humanities
Department
Visual Arts and Design
Degree Program
Emerging Media; Entrepreneurial Digital Cinema
Format
application/pdf
Identifier
CFE0007546
URL
http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/CFE0007546
Language
English
Release Date
5-15-2020
Length of Campus-only Access
1 year
Access Status
Masters Thesis (Open Access)
STARS Citation
Twardus, Nicholas, "Legends of the Fabricated Wild: An Experimental Representation of Natural Landscapes through the Utilization of Analog Film Techniques" (2019). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 6441.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/etd/6441