Architectural Design Proposal of Reading Space

Architectural Design Proposal of Reading Space3.1 Historical Purpose context of useIf we surmise that unorthodox computer architecture is, essentially, something that is non permanent, then in one form or another as stated it has existed since antiquity, with examples traced from prehistoric wooden huts and shelters, by medieval percentage point sets, circuses and world fairs, to the mobile home and post-war pre-fabs, and wartime and disaster relief. Interestingly, as early as 58 B.C.E in ancient Rome, such architecture functioned as a form of revolution ancient Romans circumventing g everyplacenmental opposition to permanent amphitheatres by building temporary versions with the Metropolitan Museum of Art noting that despite their impermanent nature, this architecture was a rich celebration and an expression of anti-establishment ideals.Together with other classical forms, a revival of temporary architecture was to a fault particularly preva add during the rebirth civic g roups would welcome King Henry II of France to their cities with festivals showcasing the best and roughly elaborate in temporary design of the time, such as the specifically commission Fountain de Innocents (1550) a collaboration between architect Pierre Lescot and sculptor Jean Goujan. As the University of Torontos Professor of Art History, Christy Anderson, notes for designers and architects of the Renaissancethe ephemeral nature of the installations lent themselves to design innovations believed to be too unconventional or extravagant for lasting architecture and afforded the opportunity for experimentation. Such events were used as tantalising opportunities for the realisation of a new apparent motionment, made real peradventure for a single day the transient enjoyably consumed, creating a taste for the permanent.In contemporary architecture, we entertain drop dead more(prenominal) familiar with the temporary as explicit at exhibitions and pavilions Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeannerets LEspirit Nouveau Pavilion (1925), Mies van der Rohes Barcelona Pavilion (1929), and Alison and Peter Smithsons House of the Future for the daily Mail Ideal Home Exhibition in London (1956) each showcasing their designers stimulating philosophies and ideas on the prox of architecture, and advertising these compelling forms via memorable, provocative images. Moreover, these challenges to established or conventional approaches to design were yet further inflamed by Archigram, with mobile, inflatable or temporary experiences albeit resigned to paper and remaining unbuilt during the 1960s and 70s.3.2 Academic Discourse urban ChangeHow incessantly, it was the aftermath of the great recession in 2008, which crippled economies with the construction, architecture and engineering sectors arguably hit the hardest and the inevitable temporary suspension of many large-scale controls that ensued which elevated small-scale, bottom-up spatial interventions from niche to mainstream practice, and subsequently exposed them to more intense levels of critical review. Though this opened up possibilities to test scenarios and subvert preconceptions of what our cities should be like, giving architects and designers, often young, the opportunity to push the boundaries of architecture and take the city back into their own hands, as Cate St. Hill writes in her RIBA published book This is Temporary, very soon, and perhaps unavoidably, established companies found they could make use of these strategies too, evaporating away any freshness, writes Douglas Murphy in his article for the Architectural Review The Pop-Up Problem.As a consequence, it has now become abruptly commonplace for food drink, fashion or design retailers, for example, to make their inaugural entrance into any given city via a succession of trendy pop-ups ahead the proper shop opens. Though this could be considered fairly commonplace cool-chasing, it stems from the constant procedure of reduc ing risk a temporary shop doesnt require pay for a full lease, and it also has an aura of edgy cool. These types of structure therefore offer us a corporate regurgitation of anti-corporate commerce.Importantly, and perhaps more pressingly, in academic and mainstream media discourse, more original spatial intervention invents, which featured smiling topical anaesthetics and were so often portrayed as joyous and likeable, have also since been contentedness to a considerable amount of criticism primarily contemplating if the actual impact of these projects is overestimated. Though proponents of the pop-up refer to the wider impact an intervention undersurface have galvanising local anesthetic communities to change the way their semipublic spaces and buildings atomic number 18 used to the benefit of everyone in practice the actual effect remains limited to the most local scale, involving or reaching out to barely a handful of locals. This is due, in part, to the perceived lac k of scalability, as Ella Harris highlights in her article for The Guardian the opening move of scaling up such projects, beyond their immediate surroundings, is often minimal due to the specific local develops.Therefore, when do bying if temporary architecture can act as a gas for urban change in the context of this thesis, a catalyst for urban change relates to the ability of the project or intervention to have an impact on an area wider than its immediate surroundings, stimulating local inhabitants to actively seek to utilise public spaces for betterment of society, or to at least raise the question.4.0Formulating a military capability4.1 Understanding Current TrendsDespite such criticism into the perceived overestimated effect or corporate commercialisation of temporary architecture projects, there are a plethora of younger architects and designers that are emerging as a new generation of a subversive, socially-minded practices, each combatting these concerns by inspiring n ew definitions of architecture not just in terms of the somatic structure, but in the process of creating them. These practices all share a concern for engaging quite a bitty and enriching local communities, and their projects are well-considered and endowing ways to create animated, deeply-rooted places in the neglected, disused and sometimes inaccessible parts of a city. Therefore, before attempting to formulate my position within the field of temporary architecture, it was essential to speak to a few of these firms in order to develop a more succinct, albeit limited, understanding of the temporary situation in this moment in time. sort out up by Kevin Hayley and David Chambers in 2009, abnormal Architecture is a London-based multidisciplinary studio and think-tank who create temporary structures backed up by rigorous explore into the history of a place and the construction of whimsical narratives, inspired by the way contemporary lives are evolving, Kevin explains. Featuri ng projects from a tiny mobile theatre towed by a campervan, to an interactive instillation built in collaboration with local community groups, their work is playful, provocative and interactive.Interestingly, both Kevin and David agree on the both most prominent driving forces between each of their projects specifically setting and reusability. First is the idea of historic heritage, or setting we always approach a project with attention to the history-we look to acquire people, perhaps through participation events, in a way that connects them to a story or history, Kevin stresses, as it is this side of the projects which the public are increasingly embracing, and really enjoy.Also, and equally as importantly, is their desire for temporary projects to have a lasting effect if something is there for three geezerhood or 30 days, does it matter? Surely its virtually measuring the effect it has on a community. However, though they both agreed that the actual physical thing is te mporary but the activity or use should be very permanent, they also stressed that world able to reuse the structure was important if something stays in one place for a long time, weve found it can lose its appeal really quickly. With mobile structures, as soon as you move it to a different context it becomes new again.Contrastingly, Assemble a multidisciplinary collective founded in 2010 and comprised of 16 members each under the age of 30 champion a self-initiated style of building that engage communities in the making process, and rely on collaborative teamwork, as Amica Dall joyfully explained. Fascinatingly, Amica and Jane Hall revealed that this preference of such projects stems from a desire to pick out the community in a more holistic way, as habitually, they only participate in a small part of the process of creation, usually via consultation groups and link often only starts after most of the more critical decisions have been made.Self-built projects such as the Gran by Workshop in Liverpool, built in collaboration with local artists and craftspeople afford the chance for everyone involved to be part of the whole life of a project. By collectively working out how to make it possible in the first instance, having to fabricate them ourselves, and then living and working with the outcome whilst running the projects, this method allows them to understand the consequence of our design decisions. This approach to temporary architecture allows the physical structure to underscore some doubts in some areas and give confidence in others, affording a continuously evolving understanding of what a community needs. Ultimately, both Jane and Amica agreed that working with people and for people brings extraordinary opportunity to learn from them, to grow sensitive to new things, and most importantly, to find things you werent al guidey looking for.4.2 Addressing Systemic societal IssuesUndoubtedly then, pop-up architecture can offer something rare design that is undiluted. Permanent, traditional architecture often needs to serve multiple purposes and changing surroundings the Shard, for example, is at once an office building, transit hub, hotel and retail space. Contrastingly, temporary architecture, as exemplified by Aberrant and Assemble, can advance a singular purpose and concentrate its impact.However, in completing further research, what also became evident, and highly operative, was that the singular purposes very rarely address some of the real-world systemic challenges we face in society, e special(prenominal)ly in major cities, with just a handful of examples responding to challenges like social inequality, youth unemployment or public health and wellbeing, for example. Moreover, in the few instances where projects do address such write outs, operate are regularly provided by unpaid, well-meaning volunteers instead of professionals, often filling the gaps left negligent (local) governments. With pop-up interventions provid ing services for free, local governments might well be delight to see that they can get away with formerly expensive services. Further still, as Ella Harris writes for The Guardian, in celebrating these projects, are we simply distrperforming from the lack of structural public cookery in these areas and worse still, normalising, even glorifying, its absence?4.3 Formulating my positionTherefore, as discussed, in conducting interviews with specialised practices, there were several reoccurring key themes which became immediately apparent, and naturally proved fateful in narrowing my research scope chiefly, involving the public in an aspect of building or completing the structure, and using a specific element(s) of a sites historical heritage as a way of engaging the public in a larger story.However, following further research, the noticeable lack of projects, events or constructs attempting to address some of the systemic societal issues we face in modern society and the possibil ity that even the minority that do may simply be book binding the absence of distinguish structural public provisions in those areas was highlighted, again adding to a more refined research scope which could look at the possibility of using architecture to address one such challenge directly.As a consequence, formulating my position came as a direct result of twinning these two key themes, and attempting to address them simultaneously. Firstly, building forms expressive of context styles that embrace the environment they inhabit have always stimulated my interest, so in meeting Aberrant and Assemble and understanding that the uniqueness of a design can be found in the particular embedded in the lives, the people, and in the history of a city the first theme lay in a specific chemical science of Architecture using the combination of characteristic physical, societal and/or cultural contexts to produce innovative, site-responsive design. The second, in identifying a lack of contemporary projects addressing real-world societal challenges, lay in endeavouring to understand if temporary architecture could be used to do just that, or to at least promote such issues into the public domain. The more defined scope for this thesis therefore became an investigation into if/how Temporary Architecture can act as a catalyst for urban change by specifically addressing real-world difficultys through a contextual approach to design.5.0 Project narrative alchemy5.1 urban center + Site Specific InvestigationsEmbracing Aberrants view that temporary architecture projects can lose their appeal if they remain in one place for an wide period of time, and our joint view that such projects can, and should, be representative of, or embrace their local historical heritage, the decision was subsequently made for the project to move around a selection of sites in Canterbury with each site find in appropriate open public spaces, or pockets of disused, inactive, space to test the structures intercourse success in various locations (as outlined on the site locations map, left). Therefore, in order to conceive a design taking a combination of Canterburys distinctive historical, physical, societal and/or cultural contexts as its inspiration, studies were conducted into each of the prospective sites so that it could appropriate itself in each site, whilst also being representative of Canterburys heritage as a whole to produce a holistic theme for the project.Following these investigations, one overriding theme became immediately apparent Canterburys vast, enduring, and continuing affinity with literature. end-to-end recent centuries, Canterbury has proved home to several authors, poets and playwrights, and the city has been an inspiration to the writers of English literature. Playwright Christopher Marlowe, after whom the Marlowe Theatre is named, was innate(p) in a house in St Georges Street, Canterbury in 1564, and despite being a contemporary of Shakes peare, was the most popular playwright of his day, and is often ac intimacyd as the Father of English drama.Furthermore, Charles Dickens also regularly visited Canterbury, and the protagonist of one of Dickens most loved novels, David Copperfield, has strong connections with the city. Canterbury is also incredibly famous for Geoffrey Chaucers Canterbury Tales collection, which have stood the test of time for more than 600 years and are known throughout the world. Additionally, the instantly recognisable Rupert Bear (which features in the Canterbury Heritage Museum), and Ian Flemmings James Bond book You Only Live Twice, were both conceived in Canterbury, whilst Flemmings Chitty Chitty Bang Bang was based on Canterburys colourful, local character, Count Zborowski. Moreover, Canterburys Buttermarket situated directly opposite the Cathedral entrance in the heart of Canterburys historical township for more than 800 years features in the wartime classic film A Canterbury Tale.In addit ion to trustworthy and historical contextual ties, it was also important to consider tie in which may have been lost especially those concerned with the built environment a collection of which are remembered in Paul Cramptons Canterburys Lost Heritage. In Canterbury, legion(predicate) buildings disappeared in the twentieth century a century, of course, of vast changes and technological progress. However, though the famous Blitz of Canterbury is one of the main tributaries of this, it has now been widely accepted that the City Councils ruthless post-bombing clearance policy accounted for many more properties than the Luftwaffe, as the city fathers were seduced by the ideas of Corbusier and the contemporary styles exhibited at the Festival of Britain.Interestingly, though there was no special reason why they should disappear one of the most lost building typologies was Schools (and School Buildings). Demolished, with the site sold for other uses such as the Simon Langton Boys School which occupy the current Whitefriars site in 1959 or in more recent years, closed and amalgamated with adjacent schools the majority of Canterburys principal Schools are now fit(p) on the outskirts of the city. This prompted teachers like Frances Bingham to initiate her own one-room schoolhouse, which has since been converted into a family home. Teaching children from the ages of 4-10, Frances taught 32 students over a period of 6 years in Canterbury, achieving the analogous results as students who were educated in separate classrooms, with some of her students going on to become lawyers, engineers, teachers and nurses.Therefore, given the citys, and each respective sites, respective affinity with literature expressed in all forms and education, via the loss of School building and the resulting captivating story of Frances, the contextual narrative of the project was to mickle on Canterburys historical literature and informative ties as a way to draw activity to a sp ace.5.2 Identification of Associated Real-World ProblemUpon identifying a contextual narrative, sequentially, the next step was to identify a real-world problem associated with both literature and education, and, naturally, the logical bridge between these two themes is training. Interestingly, though version material is a pleasurable pastime for many, following further research into current discourse around reading in schools, in recent years the UK has seen a serious decline in the number of parents reading with their children, as the headlines in Figure XX demonstrate, to the point where several studies have found the situation to be one of the fastest growing systematic societal challenges faced in the current climate.In a survey conducted by the Oxford University Press, it was found that more than half of primary school teachers have seen a least two children jump formal education with no experience of being told stories at home, whilst another count managed by YouGov foun d that only 51% of children said they love or like reading books for fun, compared to 58% in 2012, and 60% in 2010. Moreover, according to the report, only 54% of children up to the age of five are read to at home at least five days a week, with this declining to 34% of six to eight-year-olds, and drastically, just 17% of nine to 11-year-olds.The studies also discovered that the main causes of this issue stem from the home-life, with parents often finding a lack of available space at home, being too busy with other commitments, unable to afford appropriate literature, or simply feeling embarrassed at their own inability to read to their children. However, Pie Corbett, an educational advisor to the government, stated that This isnt just an economic thing its not just people who come from poor backgrounds, its across the whole of society. You get a pass out of children coming from very privileged backgrounds whove spent a lot of time in front of the TV and not enough time snuggled u p with a good book. The TV does the imagining for you and it doesnt care whether youre listening or not. This is despite research clearly demonstrating that children who are read to on a regular basis before, and after, they start school are most likely to keep abreast its a key predictor in terms of educational success, Corbett continued, as children who are told stories are the ones who first form abstract concepts across the curriculum- and though parents may have lost faith with this idea, education is the way out of poverty.Furthermore, these studies have shown that regular access to books has a direct impact on pupils results, irrespective of parents own education, blood line and social class, as keeping just 20 books in the home can boost childrens chances of doing well at school, it was claimed. Finally, YouGovs study of over 17,000 young people also revealed a strong correlation between childrens literacy and what goes on outside school specifically that being raised i n a household with a large amount of literature would result in a child remaining in education for an average of three years longer than those with little or no access, which could be the difference between leaving school at 18 and going to university, which can be worth up to 200,000 more in lifetime earnings.5.3 Project Narrative ConstructionTherefore, given the systemic societal issue currently faced in the UK with the number of children reading with their parents being in sharp decline, and that several studies have repeatedly, and explicitly, identified that reading at home and access to books has a proven, positive impact on a childs future life, the project would aim to address this issue specifically either by attempting to solve the issue directly, or simply raising awareness of it via a contextual approach to design which would use Canterburys historical, and continuing, affinity with literature and education as its main source of inspiration.6.0 Design response and real isation6.1 Design Responsetaboo of this defined project narrative and a subsequent series of design iterations and developments (for which Kevin from Aberrant kindly provided assistance and advice, and are shown in the Appendix), and scale and structural models was born the Fun-Size Story Box of Canterbury, as shown.The final design was a 2.5 meter cube, constructed entirely of softwood and corrugated cardboard (as they are low-value, easy to source and condition materials), featuring both recessed and projecting volumes inspired by stacked books, and the nature of Canterbury High Streets various building facades. The structure was also to open up to the public, more like a book opening along the spine, to reveal the interior performance and open reading spaces. Via a series of these fun and colourful reading corners, story creation + performance spaces, and open seating areas, the design aimed to provide parents and children with a safe and fun architectural intervention in whi ch to read together. The intercommunicate volumes were also to be transparent, so as to make the bookshelves visible from the exterior, creating a sense of intrigue, and the selection of books available would be free for children to take home, donated from local retailers and philanthropy shops, such as the Demelza Childrens Hospice, and HMV.The recessed reading corners and story creation + performance spaces come as a direct result of twinning classroom reading techniques with brain development in children research data, outlining where, why and how children like to read. According to the Centre on the Developing Child at Harvard University, traditional reading corners active in schools do not conform to childrens actual reading habits, with most spaces tailored instead to improving scores in assessments. Alternatively, children actually prefer smaller, more interesting and inviting reading spaces a small space, often hidden away, where children can enjoy a book therefore, the Story Box features recessed areas where children can do just that with their parents.Furthermore, in early years, children learn best through active, engaged, meaningful experiences, and research suggests that learning is easier when experiences are interconnected rather than compartmentalised into narrow effect areas. This is echoed by ground-breaking kindergarten architect, Takaharu Tezuka, who states in The Guardian that designing for children involves recognising their right to play as well as learn, as from these experiences, they construct their own knowledge and apply their taught knowledge by interacting with their environments. Therefore, rather than having all reading material collected in one space, the Story Box has books arranged throughout the structure, with the provision for interconnected interior and exterior story creation + performance spaces, where children can imagine their own story with their parents, and then act it out, engaging them in a playful experien ce.6.2 Council + legislative InfluenceIn addition to research data, council guidance and legislation were hugely influential on the design. Prior to any formal discussions with representatives of the council, a Planning digest was conducted to identify any legislative and/or planning requirements which the project may or may not have to adhere to forming a paper trail. This study found that as this projects Temporary Structure would be classed within the Building Regulations Exemption as a Class 4 Temporary Building, it would subsequently be exempt from several, if not all, regulations, providing it did not (amongst other possible objections) remain where erected for more than 28 days, and the floor area did not exceed 30m.The project was subsequently knowing following these requirements, however, the design continuously evolved following feedback from council representatives David Kemp (CCC Property Asset Manager), and Andy Jeffery (CCC Emergency Planning Events Officer) all of which is collated in the appendix Council Correspondence. This correspondence tackled many issues, such as ensuring children didnt get their fingers caught in hinges, impeding pedestrians or emergency services vehicles, proximity to any highways, gaining relevant liability insurance, and proving the projects structural integrity. Once these issues were satisfied, and all required authentication was completed and accepted (Event Application Form, Events Policy Terms + Conditions, Event Management Plan, Events Risk Assessment and Public Liability Insurance Certificate) permission was granted to stage the event in the Buttermarket and Marlowe Theatre Forecourt on the weekend of the 11th-12th February 2017.7.0 Implementation and feedback7.1 PlacementDespite a fully designed and rationalised scheme, like many temporary architecture structures, the project was affected by time and financial constraints, and as a result, only one of the two sides to the Story Box project was fully get and constructed as outlined in the appendix Construction + Realisation. Yet, despite the unfortunate inclement weather conditions, the project was implemented on site (in the Buttermarket, between 11th-12th February 2017), acting as a prototype to test the validity or relative success of each part of the design, and project.Furthermore, though the event only lasted for two days (running from 10am to 5pm both days), and adverse weather ultimately hampered opening times and the possibility to set-up in more than 2 of the prospective sites, there was sufficient opportunity to engage with members of the community, and to receive valuable feedback.7.2 Representative Data MovementFirstly, due to the stated limitations, it is important to note that the data collected doesnt represent a statistically significant number, therefore cannot be wholly accurate (this data was recorded by myself, and the 2 other staff members present throughout the day). However, one of the main ambitions of th e project was to attempt to attract people to (or activate) pockets of often neglected or disused space, to highlight that these spaces can be re-invented and used for something more and in this sense the project was successful. Due to the weather conditions on the first day, the project was set up under the arcade of arches on Burgate Road, and though this was not envisaged, it meant that the project was truly located in dead space as, on average, only 20 people pass this location every 10 minutes (throughout the day), and of that number less than 10% (2 out of 20) stop in the immediate area for more than 30 seconds. However, whilst the event was held, though the people traffic remained fairly constant, the amount of people filet for more than 30 seconds trebled to 30% as people halt to inspect, or engage with, the structure. On average, parents and children who stopped spent 17 minutes with the structure a significant increase.On the second day, when set up in the more exposed Buttermarket Square (in considerably better weather), on average, the amount of people cursory through the site was much higher, at around 120 every 10 minutes, whilst people stopped for around 13 minutes. Again, though traffic remained constant, persons who stopped at the structure spent an average of 37 minutes there almost a 300% increase in time spent in the site.7.3 Community Engagement + FeedbackAside from statistical data, the design featured tell us what you think message boards and Post-it notes, whilst several interviews were video recorded (stills of which can be found in the appendices) affording parents and children opportunities to express their opinions, either written or verbally. As shown in Figure XX, the written feedback was overwhelmingly positive, with parents agreeing that in attempting to raise awareness of declining reading levels the structure was a good idea-and interesting for architecture. One user wrote that she though the project was a really ori ginative idea, imaginative and engaging- with fairy tales brought to life before your eyes, before, interestingly, adding that it captures your dreams with your child which may be lost on a busy shopping day, and stating that nothing is more important than a parent seeing their childs sight grow. Similarly, a mother, Jane, who took the time to read with her 6-year-old daughter, Emma, stated that the structure was a really great use of space showing that you can create engaging and creative spaces for public engagement without costing loadsThis sentiment was also echoed in the video interviews, with one mother stating that its nice to have somewhere to sit and read because they her children get fed up around the shops, giving a little bit of time for them before adding that its such a simple idea, but no-one else has ever thought of it before. In another interview, Adam, a father of two girls added Its very homely and cosy. We took the girls to visit the Cathedral, but they got a bi t bored, and kept talking about coming back to the Story Box the whole way round. As you can see, theyre having a whale of a time drawing all over the walls. I think the durability of it, and the fact you can just scribble all over it is great because they cant do that at home Fascinatingly, though blank create your own story pages were placed on the interior walls as a place for children to draw and write, most children drew directly onto the cardboard walls, an unintended feature that another parent appreciated Great portable pop-up space ideal to give kids somewhere to be free and creative to draw on the walls (like they cant do at home)Moreover, during the event, I had the opportunity to observe if the project was actually attracting parents who werent necessarily reading wi

Post Feminist Television Film Studies Essay

Post Feminist Television Film Studies EssayThe media creates powerful re paradeations and therefore has a loaded impact on what people believe in. Gender has al commissions been present in media and it is the media that creates stereotypes and assumptions of it. The representation of wo men in media has changed through come to the fore the stratums. In the 1950s women were always at home, taking c argon of their children and making sure that the house was clean and dinner served on time. In other quarrel they were born to become mothers and wives and it was a mans habit to work and provide for the family. In recent years on the other hand women in television argon presented as successful businesswomen with extremely sincere sense of fashion and most of the time they are single.Lotz explains that the term postfeminism is used in media to explain contemporary gender politics (2001106).Women are more present in media than invariably, they play leading procedures they can be mot hers, wives, and successful businesswomen with issue losing their femininity. The process was possible by connecting postconvergence of television with postfeminist culture. Bonnie J. Dow (1996) notices that The bloody shame Tyler Moore Show (1970-1977) was atomic number 53 of the offset printing examples of the shift from the domestic family situation shows into a single woman, career-oriented program. It is seen as the result of how powerful and influential feminism was at that time, creating rising womanish auditory senses and allowing social changes in the way that women could fulfill themselves as successful and independent businesswomen without the need having a family. Dow (199626) argues thatThe bloody shame Tyler Moore Show created important parameters for future television discourse representing feminism, parameters that include a focus on working women (and a concomitant avoidance of a critique of the handed-down patriarchal family), the deception of womens lives wi thout male amative partners, the enactment of a feminist lifestyle by young, attractive, white, heterosexual, female characters, and a reliance on the tenets of second-wave liberal or equity feminism.The show helped in creating new audiences and encouraged women to let out new ways of fulfilling themselves outside their shallow, filled with housework and feeling after their children lives. At the corresponding time it was addressed to women experiencing changes in their economic and familial place with stories infused with consciousness-raising perspectives and lifestyle politics (Lotz, 2001107).Year 1986 brought significant changes to the way women were represented in media (Dow, 1996nr). A third-wave of feminists movements found coverage in television and press, women were more interested in educating themselves and building their careers around their family lives. Professions occupied previously and by men were now available for women, even though their pay was significantl y lower.Bonnie J. Dow (1996105-108) recognises terce modes of postfeminist US drama serial professional serial drama, with the example of L.A. Law (1986-1994) where women characters struggle to find a balance mingled with professional life and a family life, postfeminist family television (e.g. thirty nearlything (1987-1991)) which illustrates an idealised version of a woman who can be a successful businesswoman and a sinless mother at the same time, and in the long run a postfeminist nirvana (e.g. Designing Women (1986-1993)) showing successful women who are also single mothers and divorcees.It was the end of 1990s when a new kind of television programs emerged with women as protagonists, these include Xena Warrior Princess (1995-2001), Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997-2003), Ally McBeal (1997-2002), sexuality in the city (1998-2004) or Family Law (1999-2002). This was the time when a new, new woman was introduced to television shows, oft more complex than Mary Richards in The Mary Tyler Moore Show, and bringing a new wave of feminism, also identified as postfeminism. As Elyce Rae Helford says the late 90s offered some of the most developed and compelling (if contradictory and sometimes even reactionary) televisual representations of gender politics and debates over (and within) feminism (2000a6).One of the most significant feminine role models in prime-time US television series was Ally McBeal (played by Calista Flockhart). She is an attractive, young, single and successful lawyer and a problematic character at the same time, struggle to find a man who would meet her expectations. Moseley and Read (2001222) suggest that it was a combination of feminine discourses and feminist discourses that made Allys character a subject of men gaze and a role model for feminists. The show challenges feminists conventions regarding natural differences between men and women, underlying the accompaniment that these differences can be eliminated or ignored entirely. turn on and the city series is another example of how influential feminism is. Main characters are a group of friends, single independent women who gave up on look for their perfective tense life partners, but unlike Ally they decide to live life to the full and act like men, without any commitments, feelings or sentiments. E actually expound of their lives has its meaning Carrie Bradshaw (played by Sarah Jessica Parker) rents a house, lives from paycheck to paycheck, but spends fortune on top of the range designer clothes and accessories which indicates on her lack of stability and light relationships with opposite sex Samantha Jones (played by Kim Cattrall) treats men like objects, repulses relationships, monogamy, institution of marriage and children Miranda Hobbes (played by Cynthia Nixon) is a wealthy, cynical feminist who criticises men for taking advantage of women and cannot fancy why no men are attracted to her and finally Charlotte York (played by Kristin Davis) is an outcast of the series, who dreams about her ideal wedding and children, which shows her dedication to one person and traditionalism. There are no taboo subjects in this circle of friends, they share their sexual fantasies with each other, insult men and cherish their singledom.There is a connection point between Ally McBeal and Sex and the City both shows seek to change female nature into male behavious, but in both cases characters end up choosing traditional routes.Unlike single women in Sex and the City, protagonists in despairing Housewives (2004-) are far from being perfect feminine heroines Mary Alice Young (played by Brenda Strong) kills herself in the counterbalance 5 minutes from the start of the series because she cannot live with the guilt of the crime she committed, Bree Van De Kamp (played by Marcia Cross) who is a widowed recovering alcoholic, obsessed with safekeeping a perfectly clean household to hide dirty secrets of her life, Lynette Scavo (played by Felicity H uffman) who used to be a successful businesswoman, but had to leave her furrow after giving birth to six children Susan Meyer (played by Teri Hatcher) who is an emotionally unstable divorcee living with her teenage daughter and finally Gabrielle Solis (played by Eva Longoria)- a causation super-model who is an unemployed trophy wife to her wealthy husband and cheats on him on e actually occasion. The series suggest a completely different ways of finding fulfillment in lives of these domestic goddesses as they do not seem to find satisfaction in their family lives, struggle with their ungrateful and overpowering children.There are certain but slight different aspects of postfeminism visible in Gossip Girl (2007-). This new teen drama portrays young women as successful, independent, socially restless and free to choose their destiny (McRobbie, 2007270). The freedom that young women represent in the series is highlighted through material and sexual consumption. Just like in Sex and the City, protagonists in Gossip Girl are attractive, thin and well off. Anita Harris (2004128) argues that a young in-control woman in twenty first century needs to actively participate in the flow of information technology, which shapes her sense of identity and gives her a technological capital, which can be acquired through knowing the a la mode(p) technological trends, having the latest camera phone and Facebook or Twitter account. Gossip Girl is based on the book series of the same title written by Cecily von Ziegesar and tells the history about a group of teenagers living in Manhattan. Two chief(prenominal) girl characters, Serena van der Woodsen (played by Blake Lively) and Blair Waldorf (played by Leighton Meester), are almost e real girls wannabies extremely beautiful, wealthy and privileged, and at the same time really unrealistic. It is almost impossible to identify with them, but the viewers can take pleasure from fantasising about the valet de chambre they live in or identify themselves with Jenny Humphrey (played by Taylor Momsen), who attends the same school and Blair and Serena, but comes from a normal middle class family and can neer be one of these girls (Pattee, 2006167).The aspect of post-feminism in Gossip Girl series is portrayed through the lifestyle and the consumption of culture of Blair and Serena. They are both socially active, but it is Blair who has the most dominating feature articles. She named herself the Queen Bee, positioned herself at the top of the hierarchy at school, which means that eery decision made by any of her friction match needs to be authorized by her. She victimises girls that do not match her taste, makes fun of them and blocks their way to all social evens. On the other hand Blair is very insecure about herself, hates losing or being alone. She needs constant appreciation and acceptance, especially when Serena tries to steal her crown. In episode 4 of the first series she says to Serena () you could not deal with the spotlight shining on me for once, could you? Because you steal everything from me Nate, my mom and girls at school (2007).Throughout the years women revolutionalised prime-time television. From Ally McBeal from Ally McBeal, Carrie Bradshaws from Sex and the City, Bree Van De encampment from Desperate Housewives and Serena van der Woodsen and Blair Waldorf from Gossip girl, every woman finds her ideal character features she wants to implement into her life.FEMALE NARRATORS- VOICE-OVER NARRATION IN POSTFEMINIST DRAMA SERIESThe female utterance has enormous conceptual and discursive range once it is freed from its claustral confinement within the female body. It is capable of public lecture about terrorism, anger, melancholia, homosexual as well as heterosexual desire, ancient Mexican divinities, soap operas, Emma Goldman, the circulation of money and even cinema itself (Silverman, 1988186).Kathleen A McHaugh (20013) notices that voice-over narration has a long hi story in American cinema, began in 1930s and was mostly presented by men. Silverman (1988ix) argues that female voice-over narration is rare and only occurs in experimental feminist productions. McHaugh (20013) says that women storytellers is only a recent development, but very rarely occurs in noir films.Susan Snaider Lancer has described female bank clerks voices as a site of crisis, contradiction, or challenge (19927). Women narrators help in defining textual effects and persona as a link between language and the feminine body.Voice-over narration is typical in most television programs and as Kozloff (1987) notices, the voice-over narration helps to introduce the story, reveals thoughts and emotions. The itemise of prime-time television shows with voice-over narration has risen in recent years, these include Felicity (1998-2002), Aliens in America (2007-2008), How I Met Your Mother (2005-), Heroes (2006-2010), Everybody Hates Chris (2005-2009), Scrubs (2001-2010), Greys Anato my (2005-), Pushing Daisies (2007-2009), My let on Is Earl (2005-2009), Dexter (2006-) and analysed in this work Gossip Girl, Desperate Housewives (which popularised omniscient narration with its premiere in 2004) and Sex and the City.Although female voice-over narration is most often associated with television series, there are examples of it on the big screen. These include films like Fried Green Tomatoes (Avnet, 1991), Orlando (Potter, 1993), Clueless (Heckerling, 1995), Bound (Wachowski Bros, 1996), Daughters of the Dust (Dash, 1996) or Mansfield Park (Rozema, 1999). The common characteristic for all these films is that they are either experimental cinemas or independent productions, which leads to the conclusion that female voice-over narration very rarely occurs is box office productions.The voice-over narration is repeatedly chosen in films where the characters deal with trauma (McHaugh, 20015) to mark the seriousness of its circumstances (war films, in these cases however, the narrator is male) or in films where protagonists tell their coming of age stories, with the examples of big (Cameron, 1997) and Notebook (Cassavetes, 2004).THE IMPORTANCE OF VOICE-OVER NARRATION OMNISCIENCE IN THE AGE OF GOSIPDOMSarah Kozloff (19885) says that voice-over narration can be formally defined as oral statements, conveying any piece of ground of a recital, spoken by an unseen speaker situated in a space and time other than that simultaneously being presented by the images on the screen.Kozloff (19883) claims that in voice-over narration all three words are fully operative. Voice controls the medium, over is a connection between the narrator and the image on the screen (the narrator in not visible at that time) and narration is the message being sent from the narrator to the viewer (Kozloff, 19883).The aim of this section is to look forms and functions of female voice-over narration in the television series Sex and the City, Desperate Housewives and Gossip Girl wit h the main focus on Desperate Housewives series. To fully rede the agenda of each one of them, it is important to fully analyse who the narrators are and what they represent. The research for this article is based on analysis of the first three series of each television program with the main focus on their voice-over narration.It is worth noticing that all three television shows belong to different genre. Although Sex and the City and Desperate Housewives both focus on private lives of their four main characters, they differ in length of the episodes approximately 25 minutes of Sex and the City, which classifies it as a sitcom and approximately 45 minutes of Desperate Housewives, which classes it to a drama series category (similarly to Gossip Girl, which is a teen drama with episodes approximately 45 minutes long).Although in Desperate Housewives and Sex and the City we know who the narrator is, we rarely see them speaking. It is what Allrath et al. calls a non-visible narrators v oice (year15). The narrator shows the viewers around, introduces the scenes that they look at without showing his or her face to help them understand the main focus of the episode.One of the reasons why the narrator is present in television series is that he or she gets to choose what the viewer should focus on by defining what scenes are shown Voice-over narration changes the quality of the visual, adding a subjective note by implying that what the audience is watching has been chosen by the narrator (Hoth, 201082).In Sex and the City the voice-over is provided by one of the protagonists- Carrie Bradshaw. She is a newspaper columnist writing about female sexuality and her voice-over represents her thoughts about hers and her three friends sexual exploits.The Sex and the City series start with the narrators statement, the naked truth about the times we live in agreeable to the age of un-innocence. No one has breakfast at Tiffanys and no one has affairs to remember. Instead, we have breakfast at 7 a.m. and affairs we try to block up as quickly as possible. Self-protection and closing the deal are paramount. Cupid has flown the co-op (S01E01, 1998).The message that comes with the above statement is cruel but simple romantic love does not exist any more, but it becomes untrue later on in the series as we learn that all of the characters are looking for true love, romantic dinners and honest feelings.The theme of each episode is a series of questions of different sexual subject that she ponders about with her closest friends, and answers to these questions she puts in a form of an article to her sex column I explore those sorts of issues in my column and I have terrific sources- my friends (Carrie Bradshaw S01E01, 1998).Each episode starts with the view of Carrie sitting in front of her laptop. She ponders on the sexual dilemmas by sacramental manduction her internal thoughts, which is a rare characteristic for television series featuring single women.Singledom is the subject that Carrie very often comes back to. As an un matrimonial woman herself, she tries to find the resolution to the nurturing stereotype that it is easier to be killed by a terrorist that it is for a woman to get married after 30 (Carrie Bradshaw S01E01, 1998). She often brings up the statistics about the number of singles in Manhattan, trying to convince herself about the endless possibilities of finding a perfect life partner.The filming technique being used in the series help the viewer to identify with the narrator. The camera movements makes the viewers feel that they perform the same activities as Carrie the camera moves as she looks through the window, walks around her flat or zooms in on her computer screen the same moment when Carrie looks at it.Carries voice-over is technology mediated, whatever she thinks she types on her laptop. Her thoughts at the same time are available to public audience, making her private life dilemmas a public read. Sex and the City u ses female narration to intervene in feminine discourses regarding female sexuality and lifestyle choices. For example in episode in episode 2 of the first series Carrie says the truth was I thought I had come to terms with my looks the year I turned 30, when I realised that I no longer had the energy to be superficial (1998). She is very honest about her sexuality.When at the outgrowth of the third series Carrie starts dating a twenty six year old, bisexual man named Sean (played by Eddie Cahill), she soon realises how uncomfortable she feels being with someone who is not only attracted to her, but still has feelings for his ex boyfriend. alone this is not what she was expecting. At the beginning of episode 4 of the third series she states its been said that New Yorkers are the most jaded people in the world. The fact is weve pretty untold done and seen it all. It takes quite a bit to shock us(S03E04, 2000). It was only after she met Seans ex boyfriend, who also happened to be married to a guy and had a daughter with his ex girlfriend who was also married to another woman, when Carrie realised how strong she feels about her sexuality.Carrie provides the voice-over narration to each episode. Her voice-over also frames each episode. Her prologue introduces the topic of the episode, e.g.Lets be honest. Sometimes there is nothing harder in life than being happy for somebody else, like lottery winners or extremely successful people who are twenty something. And then there is the hell on earth that only your closest friends can inflict on- the baby shower (S01E10, 1998).The statements that she gives us at the beginning make the viewers aware of her insecurity and subjectivity. Usually the entire episode is based on Carries thoughts and dilemmas that she shares with her friends, analyses them and provides possible answers and resolutions at the end of the episode.Carrie uses a very innovative and unusual technique to share her thoughts with the viewers. Especia lly in the first and the second series she gives background information by directly addressing it to the audience. It seems like she pauses the world dirty dog her, e.g. during a telephone conversation, she stops talking, looks in the camera and starts talking to the viewers.Similarly, when Carrie does the research for her column article, she asks random passers-by for their opinion and usually they look straight in the camera while giving their answers.Both mentioned above techniques cause confusion to the viewer, it is hard to say if she talks to the viewer or becomes one.Mary Alice YoungThe first series of Desperate Housewives opens with scenes of a model housewife, Mary Alice Young (played by Brenda Strong), preparing a family breakfast, painting a chair, polishing and dusting- and then killing herself exactly after she has finished these tasks. Her voiceover interrupts the suicide to sayin truth I spent the day as I spend every other day, quietly polishing the chip of my lif e until it gleamed with perfection. Thats why it was so astonishing when I decided to go to my hallway closet and retrieve a revolver that has never been used (S01E01, 2004).She says these words with a very calm tone of voice, almost as she was telling a story that ends with a happy end, or even as she was talking about somebody else. Does she think of her suicide as of a happy moment? What about her family? What about all these people she left behind? why did she even do that? Why did no one predict it? Apparently suicidal thoughts are an involuntary thoughts and people who want to take their lives away just want to stop hurting. This proves the point that Mary Alice did stop hurting and it seems that committing suicide dehumanised her and took away all her feelings.This moment of suicide enables her to become the omniscient god-like narrator of the series, whose voiceover tells the story from Heaven. Marys suicide thus makes her central to the main plot line of the first season of the show, since her fatal pulling of the trigger is precisely what triggers the dynamics of investigation and the shows gradual revelations about her past.Listening to Mary Alice the viewer gets the delineation of listening to a good old friend, which gives the feeling of authenticity of the series. She can be classified ad as a heterodiegetic, third person narrator, because she talks about her past, has no active position in the series and her voice starts and ends each episode.This kind of narrative sets up an enigma, which incites the series and gives the viewer something to look forward to every week.Sarah Kozloff (1988) has called the narrator who begins and ends the story a frame narrator. She claims that frame narrators possess a greater gunpoint of believability, also called authentication authority- the ability to establish and verify the facts of the fictional world. At the end of each episode she sumarises it and helps to understand its message that people believe is t rue, sharing her worldly wisdom with the viewerswe honour heroes for different reasons. Sometimes for their daring. Sometimes fort heir bravery. Sometimes for their goodness. But mostly we honour heroes because at one point or another we all dream of being rescued. Of course if the right hero doesnt come along, sometimes we just have to rescue ourselves (S01E17, 2004).A perfect housewife leaves her family behind to lead us through the mysterious lives of the people of Wisteria lane, but what her best friends, and at the same time the main protagonists of the story, want to know is why did she do it? Suspicions arise when four of Mary Alices best friends Susan (played by Teri Hatcher), Bree (played by Marcia Cross), Lynette (played by Felicity Huffman) and Gabrielle (played by Eva Longoria) find a note in her belongings I know what you did, it makes me sick, Im going away to tell (S01E01, 2004).This opening to the series provided an effective entry into the unfolding narrative, sett ing up new enigmas week by week and encourages watching following episodes. The secret is revealed at the end of season one and after that the stories that she tells are not related with her family or herself. This is also the time when her son and husband move out from Wisteria Lane. All she does from this moment is commenting on her friends problems, lies and affairs.Surprisingly to all the living, she says something that no one would ever think about, which intensifies this enigmaan odd thing happens when we die, our senses vanish taste, touch, smell and sound become a distant memory, but our sight oh our sight expands and we can all of a sudden see the world weve left behind so clearly. Of course, most of whats visible to the dead, could also be seen by the living, if theyd only taken time to look (S01E02, 2004).This provides the characters way of explaining where her omniscience comes from. By saying this she also explains herself that all she has got left are memories, but wh at she gained is the limitless access to peoples lives and thoughts.Thanks to Mary Alice the dirty secrets, affairs, illnesses and financial problems of Wisteria Lane are made public. At the beginning of each episode the voice-over prologue introduces more and more complications to the narrative and new information about the characters in the series. For example in episode 2 of the first series Mary Alice reveals Gabrielles secret() like my friend Gabrielle. I should have seen how unhappy she was, but I didnt. I only saw her clothes from Paris and her platinum jewellery, and her brand new diamond watch. If I looked closer, I would have seen Gabrielle was a drowning woman, desperately in search of a life raft. Luckily for her, she found one. Of course Gabrielle only saw her young gardener as a way to infuse her life with little excitement. But now she was about to discover just how exciting her life could get (2004).Following this statement Mary Alice proceeds to showing Gabrielles h usband getting out of his car while she is having a bath with her lover. Narrators prologue functions as the time to reveal her friends dirty secrets and also to show who they really are behind the closed doors. other example could be episode 15 of the first series where Mary Alice shows Bree finding a condom in the laundry basketBree Van De Kamp believed in old-fashioned values, such as respect for God, the importance of family and love of country. In fact Bree believed so strongly in her values, it was always a shock whenever she was confronted with those who didnt (2004).Mary Alice knew her friend so well that she instantly knew what Brees reaction would be- to find out if her husband is cheating or if one of her children has pre-marital sex. She predicts characters actions, knows the resolution to their problems, but waits with the reveal and gives hints of what is going to happen next.At the end of every episode Mary Alices voice-over summarises the events, which she has unfold ed with an epilogue and teases the viewer with what is going to happen next() yes, each new day in suburbia brings with it a new set of lies, the worst are the ones we tell ourselves before we fall asleep. We whisper them in the dark, telling ourselves we are happy or that he is happy, that we can change or that he will change his mind. We persuade ourselves we can live with our sins or that we can live without him. Yes, each iniquity before we fall asleep we lie to ourselves in a desperate, desperate hope that come morning it will all be true (S01E15, 2004).suburban areas used to be portrayed as idyllic places, where people grew up in their communities, raised their kids and everyone was extremely nice to each other. With Mary Alices words the pictorial matter that the viewer gets is that the association of this idyllic place has been turned upside down. It seems that there are lots of lies and secrets that it holds, which makes it an example of juxtaposition for the truth about the series, she explains Suburbia is a battleground, an arena for all forms of domestic combat (S01E06, 2004). Another example of this kind is shown in episode 2 of the second series, where Mary Alice saysbeautiful lawns. Spacious homes. capable families. These are the hallmarks of suburbia. But if you look beneath the veneer of gracious living, you will see a battle raging. A battle for control. You see the combatants everywhere, engaged in their routine skirmishes fighting fiercely to have dominion over the world around them (2005).The way that suburbia is presented in Desperate Housewives denies being a sublime domestic space of mutual trust and affection, altruistic care, peaceful innocence, religious inspiration, security from outside interference, and all-encompassing virtue (Hebel, 2005187).What is striking about this statement is that the narrator of the series is presented as authoritative, truthful and realistic, while people living on Wisteria Lane and the idea of the p lace itself are illusive. Everyone attends Mary Alices funeral, which either proves a strong relationship between neighbours or is a gesture of politeness in the community. Everyone seeks scandal in modern world, there are no perfect places mentioned by Hebel (2005187), they varnished the moment the first crime was committed and the truth hidden() yes, everyone loves a scandal, no matter how big or small. After all, what could be more entertaining than watching the downfall of the high and mighty. What could be more amusing than the public exposure of hypocritical sinners. Yes, everyone loves a scandal, and if for some reason youre not enjoying the latest one, well, the next one is always around the corner (Mary Alice, S01E16, 2005).Mary Alice is initially portrayed by her friends- the main protagonists- as the nicest person they have ever met. At the wake, Bree, Lynette, Gabrielle and Susan gather at a dining table, stare briefly at the chair that Mary Alice used to sit on and star t cogitate about their friends life. They cannot believe that someone so happy could have done something so terrible. Gabrielle reflects what kind of problems could she have had? She was healthy, had a great home, a nice family. If Mary Alice was having some sort of crisis, we would have known, she lives fifty feet away for Gods sake (S01E01).There are many situations throughout the series when Mary Alices apparent narrative ubiquitousness and omnipotence are demonstrated. When she says that to understand Maisy Gibbons (played by Sharon Lawrence), you first need to know how she spends her afternoons (S01E10, 2004) and then proceeds to show the viewers how Maisy does her husbands laundry, helps her children with their homework and works as a misuse in the afternoons when her family is not at home. It is a shocking juxtaposition to the way that her neighbours see her as a perfect mother and an exemplary housewife. The interesting fact here is that Maisy is not a main character in t he series and here almost the whole episode is dedicated to her.The narrators voice is always very calm, the viewer is never able to notice any emotions driving her. She speaks with a lot of confidence and authority because she is aware of the fact that she knows everything and everyone.Sometimes she gives the viewer the impression of interacting with other characters. When her friends gather to pack up her belongings and Gabrielle notices that all Mary Alices clothes were size 8, not size 6 like she had been telling everyone, she drops a comment Guess we found a skeleton in her closet (S01E01, 2004), Mary Alice responds Not quite Gabrielle, not quite (S01E01, 2004), which insinuates that even darker secrets are to be revealed in the future.Mary Alice seems to be enjoying her power and knowledge. She knows in what emotional state her friends are, e.g. when Edie Britt (played by Nicollette Sheridan) decided to ask Mike Delfino (played by James Denton) out on a date despite the fact t hat she knew that Susan was interested, Mar

The Crucible - Important Character Analysis :: Arthur Miller

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