Saturday, June 28, 2014

Queering Abhinaya: Assignment 2.2

This is the updated version of my assignment 2.
The original was here: http://postnatyam.blogspot.com/2014/04/shyamalas-creative-response-2-queering.html

It has become a group project now with Cynthia and Meena working on the filming, Alison De La Cruz directing and Cynthia editing. Right now it is in front of a green screen background so that Adnan Hussain can add animation. 

This scene of Super Ruwaxi: Origins
is called "the Fed gets a new identity"
it takes place after Fedora boy gets turned into Fedora Girl as Super Ruwaxi discovers her gender bending power.

https://vimeo.com/99398161, password: lexie
 
Questions: 
 1. What interests you emotionally and/or physically?

2.  How would you as an audience member feel about this character (like, dislike, empathize with, scared of, be amused by etc...)?

3.  Anything else?

1 comment:

  1. I would actually love to ask some additional questions:
    (1) How do you read this video in terms of gender? How do angika abhinaya (physicality), aharya abhinaya (costume), and facial expression contribute to the portrayal of and/or experience of gender, and are there times when these contradict each other? How is the character experiencing his/her/their gender -- in terms of anatomy, identity, emotion, etc.?

    (2) Is there a rasika in this piece? If so, whom might it be?

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