Jacques Tati's Playtime
Dec. 11, 2013
Playtime Adaption
Jacques Tati’s nineteen sixty-seven debut of “Playtime” not only revolutionized his creative genius but also ruined him financially. His unique use of mise-en-scène shines through, creating busy high maintenance environments that anyone would find intimidating. Tati transitions throughout the film from an incomprehensible space cluttered by cubicles to a high-strung restaurant dismantled in an unorganized fashion in the essence of enjoying oneself. It is this change from a controlled suffocating surrounding to a carefree resonating atmosphere that dominantly drove the inspiration behind my constellation project. Similar to Tati’s use of cubicles, metallic slippery surfaces, and uncomfortable seating areas, I incorporated constricted spaces such as the visuals of the large crowd, office cubicles, and man looking out the window. The conversion from daily confusion to accessible enjoyment amplifies the presence of a secondary conscious capable of taking advantage of one’s discerning situation, such as the restaurant scene. Both the restaurant and its staff try to present themselves with the same conduct as a five star restaurant would. Due to technical failures and raunchy guests, the place is turned upside into surprisingly something a little more fun and entertaining. An example of this is when the American tourist invites Jacques Tati’s character to join his new restaurant that he’s drunkenly made, inside the restaurant he is in.
My constellation is an adaptation to Jacques Tati’s “Playtime” but I’d say mine differs due to its message. A mass majority of people in today’s day and age feel they’ve relinquished their meaning to life by their thirties. They feel as if they’re robots doing the same task at hand day in and day out. Interest deteriorates, inspiration expires, and self-realization is locked away deeper and deeper within their disarrayed minds. My motivation was to adapt a poem I made to imagery suggesting
Playtime Adaption
Jacques Tati’s nineteen sixty-seven debut of “Playtime” not only revolutionized his creative genius but also ruined him financially. His unique use of mise-en-scène shines through, creating busy high maintenance environments that anyone would find intimidating. Tati transitions throughout the film from an incomprehensible space cluttered by cubicles to a high-strung restaurant dismantled in an unorganized fashion in the essence of enjoying oneself. It is this change from a controlled suffocating surrounding to a carefree resonating atmosphere that dominantly drove the inspiration behind my constellation project. Similar to Tati’s use of cubicles, metallic slippery surfaces, and uncomfortable seating areas, I incorporated constricted spaces such as the visuals of the large crowd, office cubicles, and man looking out the window. The conversion from daily confusion to accessible enjoyment amplifies the presence of a secondary conscious capable of taking advantage of one’s discerning situation, such as the restaurant scene. Both the restaurant and its staff try to present themselves with the same conduct as a five star restaurant would. Due to technical failures and raunchy guests, the place is turned upside into surprisingly something a little more fun and entertaining. An example of this is when the American tourist invites Jacques Tati’s character to join his new restaurant that he’s drunkenly made, inside the restaurant he is in.
My constellation is an adaptation to Jacques Tati’s “Playtime” but I’d say mine differs due to its message. A mass majority of people in today’s day and age feel they’ve relinquished their meaning to life by their thirties. They feel as if they’re robots doing the same task at hand day in and day out. Interest deteriorates, inspiration expires, and self-realization is locked away deeper and deeper within their disarrayed minds. My motivation was to adapt a poem I made to imagery suggesting