The Rashomon Effect
OBJECTIVES
- An introduction to shooting and editing a short film.
- Broaden your knowledge of the cinema.
- Work on acting and improvisation.
- Think about how images are seen and fake news
WHO’S IT FOR?
Free to attend (registration required)
Teenagers (12-16 years old). Maximum number of participants: 10.
Please bring a smartphone.
DESCRIPTION
The Rashomon Effect is a famous concept named after Akira Kurosawa's renowned film that received a prize at Cannes Film Festival in 1950. Just like in the movie, the effect deals with the way in which different people can interpret the same event in dissimilar and even contradictory ways.
As you can often see on the Internet, trying to correctly interpret an image often leads to confusion. Images can now be edited and modified and so they are not always a source of truth. Even if an image is not edited or modified, does that necessarily mean that it is objective?
The arrival of the smartphone has meant that anybody can film anything, anytime, anywhere. But what about the context and how does a person’s point of view affect these recordings? In considering the question, we soon realise that everything is subjective.
Cross-referencing the accounts of different witnesses and their contradictions gives a better overall approach to a past event, but where does the truth really lie?
CALENDAR
Session 1 at the Lavoir Numérique: Thursday 8 July 2021 2-5 pm.
Session 2 at the Lavoir Numérique: Friday 9 July 2021 2-5 pm.
Session 3 at the Lavoir Numérique: Monday 12 July 2021 2-5 pm.
Session 4 at the Lavoir Numérique: Tuesday 13 July 2021 2-5 pm.
Session 5 at the Lavoir Numérique: Thursday 15 July 2021 2-5 pm.
Session 6 at the Lavoir Numérique: Friday 16 July 2021 2-5 pm.
Workshop sessions are free to attend (registration required).
To reserve, please contact Loïc Blanchefleur.
