Make Me Over: Practical Effects as Bodily Writing
Make Me Over: Practical Effects as Bodily Writing
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Presented by Sarah Woodstock
For horror critics and fans, conventional wisdom suggests that practical special effects are superior to their digital counterparts because of their clear material connection to the human performer. They have weight and take up space, in opposition to the ephemeral computer-generated images unconvincingly inserted into a film during post-production. However, this conventional wisdom relies upon a hierarchical understanding of technology as inferior to and separate from the human body. Instead of conceptualizing prosthetic effects as tools that merely augment or obscure a performer’s ‘true’ self, this talk explores the potential of these technologies to rework and transform the human form.
While digital effects are more frequently associated with the ability to morph and alter a performer’s appearance, horror scholar Sarah Woodstock talk argues for the capacity of practical effects to serve as the medium for the material realization of a new body. Her lecture draws on the work of philosopher Jacques Derrida to conceptualize practical special effects as a mode of writing, with a capacity for creation and (re-)inscription that is unbound from any single referent or origin. The argument will focus primarily on two films that center bodily transformation: While Sam Raimi’s Darkman (1990) implies the inferiority of practical effects in relation to the infinitely malleable digital, the Soska Sisters’ American Mary (2012) positions elective surgery as a tool for rewriting bodies. By considering latex and plaster alongside bone, sinew, and flesh as potential materials for writing and meaning-making, this talk advocates for an understanding of the body as an entity continually open to change, untethered to any singular, preset form.
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