Ida's Emergetic Music: Discussion Questions

The two most obvious things to me that stand out in this work are the texture, and the strong meaning behind the subject matter. Albright was known to be very meticulous in his detail. He was known to have used hundreds of different brushes for a project, some with as little as one hair on them for the finest details, such as the hair strands on Ida's comb. This is all evident in the texture of everything depicted in the painting, but particularly in the detail he paid to Ida's skin. The bulging shape of her legs and face depict far more than the effects of aging alone. They show the decay of one’s body that is prepared to accept death. Albright was so deliberate in his painting, for example he would paint for roughly five hours a day, in that time he would only cover one half of a square inch. Once satisfied he would never return to that spot and make any changes (Hubbard). While everything else in the painting seems to signify death, or doom, the choice of lighting is interesting. It seems to be coming from above from the heavens giving her image a certain aura about her which might signify the possibility of redemption or salvation. The lighting also draws Ida out towards the viewer letting the viewer know that this is the main subject (Donnell).

This prop is a long piece of white material (that has characteristics of a silk scarf) and is used to symbolise the boundaries and restraints in the lives of the slaves. Her emotions change throughout this section, she is hidden at first but then she progressively becomes angrier as she is frustrated & confined while doing things she does not want to do.

One of the first symbols introduced in the work, Mrs. Wright’s apron is deeply symbolic of her personal struggle in her home and marriage. Physically, the apron is a feminine piece of

In the story, she introduces two sisters with almost opposite personalities and different views on heritage: Maggie and Dee. She uses the contrast between the two sisters to show how one should accept and preserve one's heritage. Beyond the contrast between two sisters there exist the judge figure mom, the narrator and the Dee's irony. The irony on Dee's opinion is the key to understand the story and why the mother let Maggie keep the quilts, which symbolize the heritage.

Comparably, Aunt Ida’s quilt evokes the same feeling of unity, but for different reasons. The quilt is symbolic of an awareness of AIDS. Likewise, the quilt demonstrates the empathy Aunt Ida shares for the many families who have lost a loved one from this illness. Aunt Ida’s quilting is not for display, it is to keep a person warm (45). The warmth Aunt Ida tries to expresses is not only literal but metaphorical. The quilt is to wrap the families with the strength and warmness these families needs at this time. In the same manner, the quilt is to unify all these family for a cause. The cause is to bring awareness of AIDS and try to make a social consciousness and unification. Aunt Ida states that we may all like patches, but she is unsure about Washington (46). The mention of Washington is more a political critique towards the government for not helping and bringing the sufficient resources for AIDS. Aunt Ida through the quilt is bringing a unification not only to the families, but to the country as well.

     The camera then starts to switch from the girls point of view, to the sharks point of view. The girl is totally defenceless to the shark’s capabilities, but using this effect allows you to relate to both characters.

“Dee looked at me with hatred. “You just will not understand. The point is these quilts, these quilts!” (Walker 83) The quilts were passed down from generations and were made of dresses passed down. Dee feels very strongly because the quilts were a part of her culture. “It stands straight up like the wool on a sheep. It is black as night and around the edges are two long pigtails that rope about like small lizards disappearing behind her ears” (Walker 79). In this quote Dee’s mother is talking about her hair. Dee wanted to change everything about herself from the way she dresses to the way she styles her hair. She decided she wanted to become more in touched with her African

This is a representation of the coldness of the character that is behind the window, and is blurred within the fog. The use of mise-en-scene is also used in the background that you can see behind the window which is of a forest. This is determined by the clustered trees that are crowded behind the character at the front. This is a cliche in horror films as it is a setting that a lot of horror films use, as a forest is a place that has a creepy atmosphere when dark and is a vulnerable place to be, as it is unrecognizable to you. The use of lighting is used to silhouette the character, this makes her the main focus of attraction. It also blocks out any view of anything else behind them and therefore forcing the viewer to look at the character. This is effective in asserting the audience that this is a horror film.The last use of mise-en-scene that is used in order to make it more bright and to make it stand out is the use of costume. The use of costume isn't fully focused on this poster but it is helpful in finishing off the full image of the atmosphere that it is trying to create. The T-shirt is dirty and torn, which can represent a struggle that it took for the character to come this way.

There aren’t very many special effects involved which added a natural, country feel to the movie. When Hilly drove her car to Skeeter’s house the camera shot from above with an open angle. The scene continues with their conversation, where Hilly is filmed from above Skeeter’s head shooting down on her, whereas Skeeter is filmed from Hilly’s shoulder height looking up at her. This shows that Hilly is inferior to Skeeter. The camerawork also employs zooms, such as when Aibileen is leaving in the final scene, and Mae Mobley recites the three sentences Aibileen taught her. This increases the importance of the scene, and gives introspect into the intimacy of their relationship. The camerawork creates an optimistic viewpoint when the camera incorporates wide angles, for example, when Minny is looking at Celia’s house for the first time, or when Skeeter is talking to her job editor in New York. A low-to-high tilt shot was used when the movie was introducing Celia Lightfoot that drew attention to Celia’s physique.

One particular scene uses close up to effectively show the emotions displayed on Mani and Lola’s face. Mani portraying fear and anguish while Lola has a face of stress and her body language gives of the feel of her feeling responsible. This scene takes places as the start of the film and gives the story of the plot and an opening to the story. Close ups are used to get the audience's empathy or connection to the character. It gives a clear view of the emotions that are being depicted by both Lola and Mani.

C. Preview of Main Points: (How many main points will you have and what exactly are they?) Today I am going to inform you about….

4. What is the most significant finding(s) in the article? Summarize this clearly in several sentences.

The little girl’s dress gives the texture of lightness and seems like airy fabric that would be thin and translucent. The time in this piece is very accurate of the late 1700’s and when viewing it, the time seems classic. The emphasis of this piece is mainly the mother and the daughter, however when looking at them you are drawn into looking at their realistic eyes. The eyes seem like the focal point which draws the viewer in to the picture.

P3 Explain specific health psychology issues. Using two health psychology issues of interest to you, you should explain the specific issue in detail

(Activity A) Based on the information you have at the end of Part 1, what do you think the key