Week 2

— CIM211 —

Class notes

When we say something is an "aesthetic", we mean something that fits a certain style, tone or taste. For example, late 90s 3D graphics that feature shiny reflections and themes of futurism fit in with the Y2K aesthetic.
Armored Core contains an overall Industrial Sci-Fi aesthetic.
There are two types of aesthetics: visual aesthetics and audio aesthetics. Simply put, visual aesthetics are seen, audio aesthetics are heard.

CIM211 23T1 - Week 2 - During class slides - style and taste

Emo Subculture

Common Aesthetic Qualities

Clothing/fashion: band shirts (mainly from emo bands), skinny jeans (also commonly distressed/ripped), hoodies, dark makeup such as black eyeliner and dark eyeshadows, piercings (especially facial) and accessories such as chokers and edgy wristbands.
Colours: primarily dark colours, with black being the prevailing colour but also including colours like navy blue and dark red.
Music: primarily emotional music with a prevalent subject of emotional hardship, with subgenres including emocore (emotional hardcore), emo pop and screamo. Popular emo bands include My Chemical Romance, Fallout Boy and blink-182.

Cultural Context

History: emerged from hardcore punk in the mid 1980s, specifically from the Washington D.C. hardcore scene.
Influence: influenced from the hardcore punk/post-hardcore scene but separates from the prevailing theme of violence in the hardcore scene by combining the musical style with more emotional themes/lyrics and melodic instruments.
Subculture context: people who associate with the emo subculture often express their deep emotions (commonly sadness and anger) through things like emotional music and clothing/fashion (e.g. black clothing, straightened hair), and are often quiet and creative.

Form Analysis: Se7en (1995) Title Sequence

Visual: Grungy, grimey and dirty, hand made.
- Sketched messy erratic text, objects were close up highlighting every imperfection or grit, almost overwhelming quick editing, harsh lighting.Gross imagery.
Audio: Harsh, mysterious, tense.
Feeling: Overwhelming, dark, tense, The close up feeling almost puts the audience into the eyes of the character doing the tasks. The quick editing and vibe of the music creates a feeling of intrigue, like there is a mystery that needs to be solved, and the scene we see might be clues.
Meaning: Psychological movie trying to piece together the mind of a serial killer, that this will be a dive into the mind of a killer

Group: Mitchel Smith, Andrew Tussler, George Shiaw Rong Ling & Alisha Quinn.

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