OUIL504 Project Proposals

MOVING PICTURES

I intend to produce....
A 30 second hand-drawn animation that will act as a kind of trailer for Naked Lunch.

The content will focus on (identify 3 specific themes, texts or concepts)
1. The concept of “The Black Meat” – a type of drug that is made from the flesh of giant black centipedes and taken as a replacement for heroin.
2.The character of Doctor Benway, who is a sadistic doctor that treats his patients with no respect.
3.The grotesque nature of the book’s handling of drug addiction

I will be aiming to communicate (identify 3 specific messages, ideas, moods etc.)

1.  The grotesqueness of the book’s writing and events
2. The wildness of Burroughs’ head through a messy visual aesthetic

3. The insanity behind the characters – particularly Benway through the way he is animated – movements, mannerisms, etc.

To an audience of ….. (name 3 characteristics)

1. Readers of Naked Lunch

2. Older viewers

3. Those interested in surreal/disturbing animation

PRINTED PICTURES

I intend to produce ……

A series of 6 A5 etchings – 4 of which will depict characters which I have found to be vividly described in William Burroughs’ “Naked Lunch”, and 2 of which will be thematic in content (also relevant to “Naked Lunch”). One of these will depict a black centipede in reference to the black meat drug in the book, and the other will depict scarred limbs.

The content will focus on (identify 3 specific themes, texts or concepts)

1. I will have a vein motif running through prints to tie them together and represent heroin addiction

2. The black meat drug which is simply gross by nature

3. The richly described characters in the book and how ugly they are made out to be

I will be aiming to communicate (identify 3 specific messages, ideas, moods etc.)

1. The strangeness of the book’s characters through their expressions and proportions

2. The grotesqueness of drug addiction that Burroughs has painted in the book

3. The haphazard style of the book’s writing

To an audience of ….. (name 3 characteristics)

1. Readers of Naked Lunch/older viewers

2. People that appreciate etchings

3. People that are into expressive character portraits