{"id":320,"date":"2015-02-05T09:20:35","date_gmt":"2015-02-05T09:20:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seeingsound.be\/?page_id=320"},"modified":"2019-03-06T11:16:38","modified_gmt":"2019-03-06T11:16:38","slug":"shadow-metaphor","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.seeingsound.be\/?page_id=320","title":{"rendered":"Vocabulary: &#8220;Shadow&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='analysis'>A term that describes an acoustic and visual relationship between characters. It thus belongs in the same category as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seeingsound.be\/?page_id=312\">Dance<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seeingsound.be\/?page_id=325\">Contrast<\/a>. Shadow refers to a relationship between characters that are, on the one hand, very similar, but on the other, prosecute a different goal, as a result of which they are placed in a (narrative) conflict. As such it can be considered a hybrid between a dance and a contrast.<\/p>\n<h3> Case 1: Ghost Data <\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WjSSmsukmF4\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<h5>&#8216;Ghost Data&#8217; (2013) by Istv\u00e0n Luc\u00e0cs and Tristan Rocks<\/h5>\n<div class=\"column-grid column-grid-2\"><div class=\"column column-span-1 column-push-0 column-first\"><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Filmmaker: Tristan Rocks<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>The protagonist is followed by a former version of himself who has the same visual traits, with an additional color layer and a degree of opacity added. Although the look and movement of both characters is almost literally the same, a conflict exists because spatially the impression is created that the protagonist is being chased by his shadow. This adds suspense and direction of movement. In [01:12-01:22] the conflict is enlarged as both are positioned facing one another, and the main character has to &#8216;kill&#8217; his shadow for the story to start over again.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"column column-span-1 column-push-0 column-last\"><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Music composer: Istv\u00e0n Luc\u00e0cs<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>The effect of a main character being chased by an incarnation of himself is integrated in the music, with inclusion of a number of styles and techniques. In [00:23-00:32] and [00:35-00:37] a sense of a <strong>canon<\/strong> is created. Throughout the orchestration <strong>echo and reverb effects<\/strong> are subtly used. In the end, <strong>shadowing<\/strong>, a musical term denoting the use of double rhythmical pulses, is applied as an acoustic counterpart of a visual shadow.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<h3> Case 2: Duality <\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"250\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0RxjlhoHO78?feature=player_embedded\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h5>&#8216;Duality&#8217; (2014) by Xavier Roberti and Robin Van Mieghem<\/h5>\n<div class=\"column-grid column-grid-2\"><div class=\"column column-span-1 column-push-0 column-first\"><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Filmmaker: Robin Van Mieghem<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>The second dancer literally emerges as the shadow of the first. Both share a range of <strong>similarities<\/strong>. They have been motion-captured from the same life action dance and as such they move according to a similar pattern. They are both bright and abstracted figures, devoid of any textures or graphical detail, against a black background. There are also some significant <strong>differences<\/strong>. A spatial tension is created as one of both is always immobilized while the other moves. Both are also different in their interpretation of the movement. While the main character has a jagged, still shape, the movement of the shadow is round and more fluid. In the end the visual conflict between both is resolved, as both engage in a dialogue and a unity of movement results.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"column column-span-1 column-push-0 column-last\"><hr>\n<p>Music composer: Xavier Roberti<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>The visual contrast is enforced by the <strong>pace<\/strong> and the <strong>rhythm<\/strong> of the music, which are attuned to the movement of the characters. While in the case of the protagonist this creates a moderate, introverted mood, when the shadow takes over a more vivid mood emerges. In the end, as the conflict is being solved and both engage in a reciprocal relationship, the acoustic equivalent of a shadow is created as the main melody is partially (unisonally) overdubbed by another instrument (first only flute, later with addition of clarinet).<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A term that describes an acoustic and visual relationship between characters. It thus belongs in the same category as Dance and Contrast. Shadow refers to a relationship between characters that are, on the one hand, very similar, but on the other, prosecute a different goal, as a result of which they are placed in a <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"http:\/\/www.seeingsound.be\/?page_id=320\">[&hellip;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-320","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seeingsound.be\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/320","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seeingsound.be\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seeingsound.be\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seeingsound.be\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seeingsound.be\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=320"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"http:\/\/www.seeingsound.be\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/320\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1157,"href":"http:\/\/www.seeingsound.be\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/320\/revisions\/1157"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seeingsound.be\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}