Preliminary exercise: Recreation task

1. Experimental recreation 

Raw (2016)
Equipment used:
Cameras, Photoshop

Raw is about Stringent vegetarian Justine (Garance Marillier) who encounters a decadent, merciless and dangerously seductive world during her first week at veterinary school. Desperate to fit in, she strays from her principles and eats raw meat for the first time. The young woman soon experiences terrible and unexpected consequences as her true self begins to emerge. Everyone in Justine’s family is not only a veterinarian but also a strict vegetarian, a lifestyle choice she finds difficult to adhere to when confronted with a series of raucous and sadistic freshman hazing rituals. In one of them, the older students force her and her classmates each to eat a small piece of raw rabbit kidney. She’s initially resistant and repulsed, as anyone would be. But soon enough, she finds that the tiny nibble of animal flesh stirs something primal in her. In no time, Justine is sitting in front of the refrigerator in her dorm room in the middle of the night, tearing into a raw chicken breast. The look in her eyes lets us know that this won’t be nearly enough to satisfy her.

The posters

Recreation of the main poster

Raw Primary Film Poster; main character study on left replicating shots in the film.

2. Exact recreation

If... (1968)
Equipment used:
Camera, Photoshop.
Models:
Mr Oag 

Lindsay Anderson's 'If….' is a startlingly good film starring Malcolm McDowell who is, as expected, exceptional. He offers a performance that most likely is what led to his future infamous character: Alex Delarge. The vibrancy and chemistry between himself and his friends is wonderful to watch and very quickly gets the viewer on their side against the oppressive elders, who are made to appear thoroughly abominable from the onset and throughout. Our three protagonists are quite likeable and offer many genuinely comic moments within the film. They possess a human element which simply isn't present in their peers. This obvious distinction between the blithe, recalcitrant students and their more orderly peers is even more accentuated, and this is only built upon as the story progresses and the boys rebel further against the authoritarian regime. The film not only looks at the rebellious and fun-loving nature of youth but also the inhuman and callous existence of those in power. Ultimately, this is an exceptional film that works not only on an allegorical level but also as a stand-alone one, too. 

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