Vain Bodies: Predictions about the climate catastrophe, late capitalism, and biopolitics in a short film Restricted; Files Only

Abstract

Kathleen Cutler, a woman forced to take contraception, has hopes of being a mother but struggles to accept her reality much to her husband’s dismay. Vain Bodies investigates the deterioration of a relationship against the symbiotic backdrop of totalitarianism and late capitalism. 

Table of Contents

To You, In The Future                                                                                                                      1

Genre Semantics and Children of Men As a Companion Film                                                        3

Cinematic Praxis                                                                                                                              5

Literary Adaptation: Short Story to Short Film                                                                   5

Cinematography: Making the “Unreal” Real                                                                       7

Shot Lists: Preliminary and Executed Choices                                                                    9

Casting Actors:                                                                                                                   13

Rehearsing with Actors:                                                                                                     14

Directing the Actors:                                                                                                          15

The Intersection of Biopolitics, Cruel Optimism, and Late Capitalism Under the Cloud of         17

Global Climate Change                                                                                                                  17

Conclusion: Directorial Intention and Evolution of Vain Bodies                                                  21

Works Cited                                                                                                                                    24

Filmography                                                                                                                                   26

Index                                                                                                                                              26

Final Version of Vain Bodies Script                                                                                   27

Vain Bodies Short Story                                                                                                     38

Shot Lists                                                                                                                           48

Floor Plan Example                                                                                                            51

KEA Script Annotation Example                                                                                       52

Shooting Schedule                                                                                                             52

Call Sheet Example                                                                                                            54

Script Breakdown Example                                                                                               55

Preliminary Film Poster                                                                                                     56

Style Plan                                                                                                                           57

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School	Emory College
Department	Film and Media Studies
Degree	B.A.
Submission	Honors Thesis
Language	English
Research Field	Cinematography Cinema
Keyword	late capitalism climate catastrophe biopolitics
Committee Chair / Thesis Advisor	Dehanza Rogers, Emory University
Committee Members	James Pellerito, Emory University Lisa Paulsen, Emory University

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