Jacques Derrida's was a French Philosopher known for developing a form of semiotic analysis better known as deconstruction. Deconstruction is a philosophy form of philosophical and literary analysis that derived from Jacques Derrida's work of grammatology.
During his career Derrida published 40 books, he had a significant influence upon humanities and social sciences, Jacques work also influenced architecture in the form of deconstructivism.
Deconstruction denies the possibility of a pure presence and of essential or intristic and stable meaning, therefore there is no absolute truth to 'reality'. A famous quote from Derrida stated "From the moment that there is meaning there are nothing but signs. We think only in signs."
But how does deconstruction relate to films and how can it be used with my short film?
In films people suggest that there are always more than one meaning and that there are many ways that you can perceive one thing. Some people believe that the literal meaning of a particular item in a shot or how it has been editing etc has been done in that way for a reason, however Jacques Derrida says that there could be multiple reasons for why. He believes that when you destruct a film you should look for more specific meanings.
My text is open to variable readings and your intended, preferred reading is only one of a multiplicity of readings. But is this really true? I think my short film is because the part in which she is dreaming could possibly look as though she is actually living it in real life, some people may change the idea of the original and can have different readings.
There are three positions:
-objectivist: meaning entirely in text ('transmitted')
-constructivist: meaning in interplay between text and reader ('negotiated')
-subjectivist: meaning entirely in its interpretation by readers ('re-created')
The constructivist meaning is the most important and truthful.
But how does deconstruction relate to films and how can it be used with my short film?
In films people suggest that there are always more than one meaning and that there are many ways that you can perceive one thing. Some people believe that the literal meaning of a particular item in a shot or how it has been editing etc has been done in that way for a reason, however Jacques Derrida says that there could be multiple reasons for why. He believes that when you destruct a film you should look for more specific meanings.
My text is open to variable readings and your intended, preferred reading is only one of a multiplicity of readings. But is this really true? I think my short film is because the part in which she is dreaming could possibly look as though she is actually living it in real life, some people may change the idea of the original and can have different readings.
There are three positions:
-objectivist: meaning entirely in text ('transmitted')
-constructivist: meaning in interplay between text and reader ('negotiated')
-subjectivist: meaning entirely in its interpretation by readers ('re-created')
The constructivist meaning is the most important and truthful.
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