los angeles film grant application
androgyny is beauty is a narrative film that looks to evaluate the construction of beauty and glamour by hollywood. in this way, the idea behind why garbo was so influential to both silent and early cinema, as well as, her involvement with the polarization of beauty will be examined. garbo typified the idea of glamour, but when she first came to hollywood critics made remarks about her ordinary appearance. after fifteen years, however, she came to be regarded as the instigator of glamour. by looking at her publicity stills and the progression of her works of film, the formula crafted by studio executives to create a woman that typified beauty was born. this film will look at that construction and how it influenced the definition of beauty (now glamour had to be added), hollywood (other movie stars began to emulate her “lighting” or “style”) and the consumer culture on a whole. in this way, the documentary creates not only a feeling of nostalgia but also a focus on how glamour is not an organically occuring phenomena.
the entire film will be created using editing techniques that draw from publicity stills from prominent photographers clarence sinclair bull, ruth harriet louise, edward steichen, etc., as well as, footage from her movies. the focus will be on creating a documentary of how she was portrayed in photographs and films to show the transformation that happened that ended with her being called “the most beautiful woman that ever lived”. this will start with luffarpetter from 1922, before she came to hollywood, and end with two-faced woman from 1941. in this way, the most complicated piece of the film is going to be the editing as well as getting the material needed in order to fully explore this theme.
hopefully, this film will be submitted to independent film festivals for exhibition purposes. because of the subject matter, distribution in los angeles would be of the utmost importance. the film is trying to capture the essence of early hollywood and all that it entails. in this way, part of the film is very site specific and could even be exhibited as part of an installation piece.
the underlying social context that i would like to address is that of distortion. it seems that while we live in a very visual culture, many have misconceptions about the nature of film, beauty, glamour, public space and performance. with this project i hope to expose the audience to the pervading sense of beauty/glamour that has been distorted over time. by reconstructing a narrative is surrounded by the concept of beauty and glamour, the film brings to it both a feeling of nostalgia as well as a slight documentary feel.
beauty? at the heart is a narrative film that looks to evaluate the construction of beauty, specifically greta garbo, by hollywood. in this way, the idea behind why garbo was so influential to both silent and early cinema, as well as, her involvement with the polarization of beauty will be examined. garbo typified the idea of glamour, but when she first came to hollywood critics made remarks about her ordinary appearance. after fifteen years, however, she came to be regarded as the instigator of glamour. by looking at her publicity stills and the progression of her works of film, the formula crafted by studio executives to create a woman that typified beauty was born. this film will look at that construction and how it influenced the definition of beauty (now glamour had to be added), hollywood (other movie stars began to emulate her “lighting” or “style”) and the consumer culture on a whole.
the entire film will be created using editing techniques that draw from publicity stills from prominent photographers clarence sinclair bull, ruth harriet louise, edward steichen, etc., as well as, footage from her movies. the focus will be on providing a history of how she was portrayed in photographs and films to show the transformation that happened that ended with her being called “the most beautiful woman that ever lived”. this will start with peter the tramp from 1922, before she came to hollywood, and end with two-faced woman from 1941. in this way, the most complicated piece of the film is going to be the editing as well as getting the material needed in order to fully explore this theme.
hopefully, this film will be submitted to independent film festivals for exhibition purposes. because of the subject matter, distribution in los angeles would be of the utmost importance. the film is trying to capture the essence of early hollywood and all that it entails. in this way, part of the film is very site specific and could even be exhibited as part of an installation piece.
the underlying social context that this project will address is that of exposure. it seems that while we live in a very visual culture, many have misconceptions about the nature of film, beauty and glamour. with this project the hope is to expose the audience to the inherent nature of beauty in silent films. their emotive qualities, as well as, the cinematography and depth of range on many of the actresses often leaves people with an understanding of what it is to see beauty and experience glamour. by reconstructing a narrative is surrounded by the concept of beauty and glamour, the film brings to it both a feeling of nostalgia as well as a slight documentary feel.
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