http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOPt7ZL7_ac
My paper focused on the poem “Lady of Shallot” by Tennyson. My thesis discusses Tennyson’s motive as upending empiricist philosophy through his depiction of subjective and objective perspective of the main character.
The film opens with a shot of coins stacked high and in clusters. This are the towers of Shallot from within which the lady, imprisoned, looks out towards Camelot, the “towers” in the distance.
The rest of the film is seen through a bottle and is looking out a window overlooking the street. The image is unclear and deceptive, but at times glimpses of clarity are noticed. This captures the feel of the lady using medium (the mirror) to look out through the window and not being able to see clearly. Eventually, the scene zooms out and the color is added which has the effect of illuminating and clarifying the view, which is representative of idealist argument Tennyson is trying to make.
Basically, the idea of the video is to convey perspective in a skewed light, then with clarity.
