One article that inspired me to think less literally about my ideas was ‘joining hands’ (shown below) in Oh Comely. The article depicts scans of people’s hands, accompanied with captions about how they use them in their daily lives. Statements such as ‘I use my hands at every stage of making’ and ‘my left-hand fingertips are calloused from pressing down on strings’ allude to each individual’s lifestyle and jobs.
I think that using hands as a metaphor is an interesting way to portray, in a subtle way, meaning behind issues that I am exploring in my film. Issues such as gender perception and violence can be considered controversial and thus, emphasising messages through showing hands as both violent and passive objects could be one way to get people to reconsider their preconceptions about this topic.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
GOGERTY, C. (2017) ‘Joining hands’, Oh Comely, Issue No. 37, p. 70-73.
