In order to further develop our comparative and evaluative skills for our essay, this lesson was devoted to presenting two images from two different media and comparing them to each other. I started with the film Spirited Away (a personal favourite) and decided to use a still from the scene in which the titular character's parents turn into pigs. I liked the contrast between the cartoonish, childish style the film was made in and the unsettling, scary tone of the scene. From there, I started thinking about other media where a similar effect takes place, and I decided to choose a video game, since I enjoy them a lot and am interested in working with them in the future. I settled on a promotional image for The Binding of Isaac, as it shared a similarly childish style, albeit twisted into a more horrifying, grotesque form.
A still from Spirited Away. The child's hand gives us not only a sense of scale, but of perspective - we feel as though we are the child in the scene and understand the horror as her father mutates before her very eyes. The obvious metaphor for the father's greed is accentuated and exaggerated so that even a young viewer (as the film is intended for an audience of all ages) will understand it.
Promotional material for The Binding of Isaac. Again, the small child in the centre gives us a sense of scale and helps communicate the loneliness and terror present in the situation. The juxtaposition between the cute, large-eyed style of the creatures and their actual grotesque forms makes for a very uncomfortable scene, creating a horrific mood perfectly in line with the tone of the game itself.
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