The Devil You Know Analysis
Concept
The concept of “The Devil You Know” started off with the theme ugly, then went on to delve deeper in synonyms for the word ugly ,coming across many but deciding on the word evil. Thoughts quickly shifted to the struggle between good and evil .The inner struggle of good and evil that many tragic heroes in history and film have been faced with but usually overcome was used as a platform to go from, but in our version evil overcomes good to convey the message of ugly more clearly. The psychological struggle we all have between wrong and right that usually arises from opposing demands or impulses for example drug usage, lies and ultimately guilt.
Man vs. man
Our story follows a girl that starts off as a happy seemingly normal …show more content…
The girl represents a person, a youth, also self confidence in women are generally lower and because a low self-esteem may make you more susceptible to try and look for ways to make oneself feel better and try to fit in so that one could possibly gain acceptance from the social environment and group.
Her clothing and make-up sets the tone of the shot (accompanied by the props) to give the audience a better understanding of what is happening in her mind. She starts off neatly in a white shirt (representing purity and well-being) hair tied up in a bun, no make-up.
As the shots progress she starts taking off the shirt to expose a black tank top underneath, with each shots progression the white disappears and her make up becomes darker(representing innocence lost) in shots where her lipstick is smudged we believe that she has been promiscuous or sexually abused, the deeper she falls into the “evil” representation of herself her lipstick and eye shadow becomes darker and darker, her hair messier and messier as it is obvious she is starting and has lost respect for
The concept of “The Devil You Know” started off with the theme ugly, then went on to delve deeper in synonyms for the word ugly ,coming across many but deciding on the word evil. Thoughts quickly shifted to the struggle between good and evil .The inner struggle of good and evil that many tragic heroes in history and film have been faced with but usually overcome was used as a platform to go from, but in our version evil overcomes good to convey the message of ugly more clearly. The psychological struggle we all have between wrong and right that usually arises from opposing demands or impulses for example drug usage, lies and ultimately guilt.
Man vs. man
Our story follows a girl that starts off as a happy seemingly normal …show more content…
The girl represents a person, a youth, also self confidence in women are generally lower and because a low self-esteem may make you more susceptible to try and look for ways to make oneself feel better and try to fit in so that one could possibly gain acceptance from the social environment and group.
Her clothing and make-up sets the tone of the shot (accompanied by the props) to give the audience a better understanding of what is happening in her mind. She starts off neatly in a white shirt (representing purity and well-being) hair tied up in a bun, no make-up.
As the shots progress she starts taking off the shirt to expose a black tank top underneath, with each shots progression the white disappears and her make up becomes darker(representing innocence lost) in shots where her lipstick is smudged we believe that she has been promiscuous or sexually abused, the deeper she falls into the “evil” representation of herself her lipstick and eye shadow becomes darker and darker, her hair messier and messier as it is obvious she is starting and has lost respect for