Intros and Abstracts
This Wednesday Seminar with James Dyer was about Intros and abstracts.After a comprehensive recap of the last subject,genealogy , a recapitulation more then welcomed because I always fell like I forget some of the past information wile making space for new ones,we started to a quick task.As the last time,the task should be completed in teams of 2-5 members,however I took the time to remake it by myself as soon as I got home because sometimes I enjoy working alone and developing my own way of approaching a brief.I feel like usually we expect one of our team member to help us or to ''steal'' from her or his experience in order to cover our lack of creativity or other attributes. Although nowadays skills related to team work and socialization are critical I consider that the only way to develop yourself as an artist in by focusing on working alone and being able to be independent, I work on being an graphic designer that will make his own textures,prints,images,fonts and so on.
We had to compare our notes from last week and make a list of at least 5 keywords from the seminar,also we had to compose a definition for at least one word.Also if we don't have a keyword that is mentioned we should make a note of it and document it on our blogs.
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Abstract Writing
Abstract is a term related to an art that does not attempt to represent external reality,but rather seek to achieve its effect using shapes,colors ,texture and vague description.Abstract concept don't have a clear shape and can be interpreted different from person to person as beauty, as well as not having a strict definition the abstract expression can take any form.In literature an abstract is a short description of an intellectual resource and when writing one is important to remember its purposes ,as providing reader with useful information about a document as well as helping them evaluate and select a document that they would find attractive
The ABCs of a good abstract:
Brevity–a good abstract gets straight to the point, contains
precise language, and does not include superfluous adjectives
Clarity–a good abstract does not contain jargon or
colloquialisms and always explains any acronyms
Task
Next we had to write an abstract about 250-500 words, ideally related to something that could help us with our studio proposal.As inspiration we took a look at the the black comedy Withnail and I abstract and we had to make observation about they writing style, quality and content.
Two scruffy looking men argue over the content of a bowl, one seems agitated and the other nervous. In retaliation, the more confident of the two threatens to do the washing, it sounds disastrous in the kitchen. They fear there may be a rat amongst the growing mould and decay which clogs the sink—a cleaning task not to be taken lightly. After the more proactive of the two burns his hand on the kettle, the dazed men seem both hesitant and determined to investigate their littered kitchen. For the sake of their civility gloves are donned, and pliers are wielded for protection against rodents. Their energy subsides as they find an innocuous lump of “matter” in the sink, prompting a tired and withered looking man to declare: “I feel unusual, I think we should go outside”.
It was a queer, sultry summer, the summer they electrocuted the Rosenbergs, and I didn't know what I was doing in New York. —Sylvia Plath,The Bell Jar (1963)
The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel. —William Gibson, Neuromancer (1984)
Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. —Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita (1955)
We watching short pieces of movies for references,like Casablanca (1942)-to explicate clipped writing and its effect on the viewer ,as well as following were does the dialogue take us and what does it reveal.Moreover in order to create intrigue the dialogue should not be too fast,but full of content and should be used as a tool of developing a character and his relationships .
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