New Narratives:Artifacts

TITANIC

By Aidan Woods, Conor Muldoon, Natalie Cole and Rachel Dixon

Research for Narratives:Alternative Theories to Ships Sinking

● Robin Gardiner in his book, “Titanic: The Ship That Never Sank?” it was actually the Olympic.

(Wikipedia, 2011)

● Some believed that the Titanic was actually hit by a Norwegian submarine torpedo.(Wikipedia, 2011)

(gardiner, 2014)

Archetype’sAn example of how we manipulated characters archetype can be seen with Molly Brown, who in the film can be seen as a type of Mentor as she helps Jack along the way. What we have done is turned her into a Shapeshifter in her own narrative:

● Molly Brown has an infatuation with Cal; Rose’s fiancé.This is why she has such a drive to help Jack, such as giving him clothes for dinner etc… But she has ulterior motives; she wishes for she and Cal to be together.

(Google.co.uk, 2015) (Highdefdiscnews.com, 2015)

The Insurance Scam● Mr Thomas Andrews’s intends to crash the ship to get the insurance money and redeem his employer

White Star Line, however, he realises the cost of lives is too great and goes down with the ship rather than escaping.

● Bruce Ismay (accomplice). Persuades the Captain to light the remaining boilers, impairing maneuverability of the boat so that it is less able to avoid obstructions in the water. He hopes the money will secure his future employment and lavish lifestyle.

(Titanic will founder..., 2015)

Captain Smith Narrative● Undiagnosed brain tumour causing him to suffer

clouded vision and perception.

● Fears

● Still a man of duty

(YouTube, 2013)

Other Narratives● Spicer lovejoy’s- He is trying to protect Rose from Cal. Throughout the film he see’s flashbacks of when

he was a police officer, and he is constantly haunted by a case of a man brutally murdering his wife after discovering she had been having an affair. (Shapeshifter Archetype)

● Caledon Hockley- Cal comes across as very dominant, but in his off screen narrative we see just how dominant he can be. Even though he claims to love Rose, this doesn’t stop him from sleeping with other women on the ship. (Shadow Archetype)

(Fanpop, 2015)

Schematic Flowchart● This helps show where the characters pass by each other, when

they are on and off screen.

● Each character’s off screen narrative is highlighted by a single colour so we can tell them apart.

● We have linked them in between where they meet on screen so we could see who is together at all times, and who we had to add a narrative to so their story wouldn’t just stop.

Click here for direct link to doc:https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/1oKMCKrSYJ8O7feP0clb6wZSiZXwUebLa6qTMaxpUazA/edit

Inspiration for Artifact● We have looked at different artefacts from the

actual ship such as pottery or parts of the lifeboats.

● We also looked into the actual iceberg itself and how ice melted to see if we could maybe look at the icebergs journey across the Atlantic. (O'Malley,

2012) (YouTube, 2013)

(MysteriousTragedy, MysteriousTragedy and profile, 2011)(Life'd, 2012)

Ideation & Experimentation● Here we have

experimented with our titanic model.It was photographed at this angle to add size illusion.

● We looked at the expected trajectory of the iceberg. and thought of perhaps making this into a comic animation.

● 4D Titanic experience● Create life vest from the ship● Animatic of secondary

characters narrative

Final Artifact● The inspiration for creating this

steel imitation piece an example of a nameplate that was retrieved from one of the Titanic's lifeboats.

● The painting is part of

the one artifact as it symbolises the Irony in the quote “The ship of dreams…”

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