Encounters between the Muses and Narciso
Cross-sectional audiovisual study applied to a musical short film created by Floria Sigismondi
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https://doi.org/10.48162/rev.45.007Keywords:
short film, Floria Sigismondi, hypertextuality, soundAbstract
This paper analyzes Narciso's encounter with two muses, as well as the image and music, in the short film “Knowing through nothing” (2014) directed by Floria Sigismondi. The analyzes focuses on the poetic relationship between the muses and the artistic creation through the concept of mystery and distortion of reality. The film features Jamie Bochert in a perfectly articulated dreamlike context structured through sounds, effects, music, synchrony, and lyrics. Intense psychophysiological effects are produced with the use of sound elements that will enhance the atmosphere of the production, rich in hypertextual signs from different artistic disciplines such as surrealism with notable metaphysical influence. These conceptual elements underlie the commercial message of the short film closely related to the aesthetic idea of the production company NewbarK. In conclusion, this is an exploration of the logic of dreams, identity, superstition, coincidence, and mysticism where light, fire, reflection, objects and the body play an important role. This enchantment conveyed through fragments that together with the acoustic create a transcendental discourse of contemporary artistic value
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