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    The document summarizes the 2010 psychological thriller film Black Swan. It discusses the film's exploration of themes such as obsession, pressure for perfection, and duality of human nature through the main character Nina's preparation for a leading role in Swan Lake. Symbolism elements like mirrors are used to convey deeper meanings. The film combines elements of ballet, cinematography, and storytelling to create an immersive experience that delves into the world of ballet and mental health. It was produced in New York City and premiered at the Venice Film Festival in 2010.

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    The document summarizes the 2010 psychological thriller film Black Swan. It discusses the film's exploration of themes such as obsession, pressure for perfection, and duality of human nature through the main character Nina's preparation for a leading role in Swan Lake. Symbolism elements like mirrors are used to convey deeper meanings. The film combines elements of ballet, cinematography, and storytelling to create an immersive experience that delves into the world of ballet and mental health. It was produced in New York City and premiered at the Venice Film Festival in 2010.

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    The document summarizes the 2010 psychological thriller film Black Swan. It discusses the film's exploration of themes such as obsession, pressure for perfection, and duality of human nature through the main character Nina's preparation for a leading role in Swan Lake. Symbolism elements like mirrors are used to convey deeper meanings. The film combines elements of ballet, cinematography, and storytelling to create an immersive experience that delves into the world of ballet and mental health. It was produced in New York City and premiered at the Venice Film Festival in 2010.

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    GROUP 4
    Yap Li Quan
    Chin Yu Wee
    Tee Chia En
    Theoretical Framework
    - The use of Mirrors and Reflections in Black Swan -

    Ariel Osterweis
    Amber Jacobs
    Fisher, M., & Jacobs, A. (2011). Debating Black Swan: Osterweis, Ariel, 'Disciplining Black Swan, Animalizing Ambition',
    Gender and Horror. Film Quarterly, 65(1), 58–62. in Melissa Blanco Borelli (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Dance
    and the Popular Screen (2014; online edn, Oxford Academic, 2
    https://doi.org/10.1525/fq.2011.65.1.58
    Oct. 2014),
    https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199897827.013.007,
    accessed 3 Jan. 2024.
    - The use of Mirrors and Reflections in Black Swan -

    Amber Jacobs Ariel Osterweis

    ● binary
    ● over-reliance on using mirror
    ● mise-en-abyme

    ● inner struggle
    ● perception of perfection
    Performance
    DESCRIPTION
    Characters
    Nina Sayers Erica Sayers

    - A dancer in a New York City ballet - Nina's overly protective mother.


    company which is preparing for - A former ballerina who had given up
    Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake. dance once giving birth to Nina.
    - Wins the prima ballerina role. - It leads Nina to vicariously living
    - Portrayed as a fragile and pure through her achievements in the
    devoted ballerina who lives with her dance world.
    domineering mother.
    Thomas Leroy Lily Elizabeth

    - An artistic director of
    - A member of the same New - Was the prima ballerina
    the New York ballet
    York ballet company as of the New York ballet
    company that is preparing
    Nina. company that Nina is
    to perform Tchaikovsky's
    - Made Nina's alternate for part of.
    Swan Lake.
    the production of Swan - Forced to retire by
    - A hard-driving man who
    Lake. Thomas due to their
    comes on to Nina in
    clashing and her age.
    exchange for the lead
    role.
    - Black Swan is a dark psychological thriller film
    WHAT that delves into the world of ballet, mental
    health and the price of success.

    - Set and filmed at Bowling Green, Broadway,


    Brooklyn Museum, Lincoln Center for the Performing
    WHERE Arts, Manhattan, The Performing Arts Center and
    Woodhull Medical and Mental Health Center in New
    York.

    - First discussed a ballet filem in 2000.


    WHEN - Produced in New York City in 2009 by Fox
    Searclight Pictures.
    - Premiered at the 67th Venice International Film
    Festival on September 1, 2010.
    HOW WHY

    - The film uses symbolism elements - The film explores psychological


    such as mirrors and the themes such as obsession, the
    transformation into Black Swan to pressure for perfection and the
    convey deeper meanings and themes. duality of human nature.
    - Combines elements of ballet,
    cinematography and storytelling to
    create a unique and immersive
    cinematic experience.
    Analysis of Performance
    Analysis of Performance
    Psychological thrillers

    Symbolism and Metaphor

    Critical reception

    Cinematography and Visuals


    Ritual Performance

    Perfectionism and Obsession Sexuality and Repression

    Film Theme
    Competitiveness in the Arts Mental Health and Sanity

    Mother-Daughter Dynamic
    Mirror as a site of reflection

    Breaking glass and ephemera

    “MIRROR” Duality and transformation

    Confrontation with the self

    Psychological unraveling
    THANK YOU !!!

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