List of pathways

Looking at Intertextuality

Pathway reflecting and illustrating the intertextual nature of Orlando.

An exploration into the ways in which Woolf and Potter construct their versions of Orlando and how these show similar motives as authors, or perhaps how these motives might differ, possibly due to the fact that they use different mediums to tell the same story.

Creating your own online ‘pathway’, use the SP-ARK multi-media archive to reflect upon and illustrate the intertextual nature of Orlando (1928 and 1992).

Intertextual nature of Orlando

An exploration of intertextuality in Orlando through themes of gender and identity. I have chosen this approach as the most obvious, yet complicated and interesting theme in Sally Potter's and Virginia Woolf's work.

As part of my Film Studies course, I will be using various strands of investigation into how a very personal piece of literature can be re-moulded into an equally personal film project. At the moment I have no clear strategy but as I work my way through this domain, I will attempt to make a coherent pathway that will enable me (and anyone else foolish enough to tread in my footprints) to make some sense of the transference from paper to celluloid

a look into the production design and the obvious themes of gender vs identity and the need to conform to society.

Looking at Sally Potter's film version of Virginia Woolf's novel, 'Orlando,' specifically regarding it's intertextual nature.

ORLANDO 1928 AND 1992

Intertextuality in, and adaptation of Orlando.

Exploring Intertextuality in Orlando

How does Sally Potter use 'Water'?

I wonder if Sally Potter is a big fan of happy endings... The endings in all three feature films (Orlando, The Tango Lesson and YES) are quite happy. It seems that in all of them the character has found something that makes them feel in balance with themselves. Orlando, who in my opinion seems to represent both men and women throughout history, seems to be in such peace at the end of the movie. Sally finally finds herself in Tango with Pablo's help, and in YES, She becomes a different woman w

A collection of what I believe constructs Sally Potter's filmic language, her artistic imagining and cultural embedding through directorial choices.

How does Orlando's manuscript come into being?Where does writing happen in the film and what does Orlando's manuscript mean?

The Living Archive

This is my first pathway and I am using it simply to highlight certain sections of this website that particularly interest me.

We would be interested in seeing the evolution of the costume design in Orlando.

Why are there only two pictures? This really is not enough.

Inspirations, design and practicality

The ending of Orlando was a surprise. It reminded me of the home movie sequence in Peeping Tom. While the rest of the film has a a Technicolor Powell and Pressburger feel.

Orlando

What was the public and the critical reception of Orlando?

The way in which the voice is used throughout the various drafts of the film to merge gender boundaries, and to transcend the traditional, biological limitations of a character's sex.

Sketches of the locations and settings for Orlando.

Looking at the presence of Virginia Woolf's novel Orlando in Potter's cinematic adaptation, thinking particularly about ideas of haunting and ghosting.

How does the film represent the passage of time? How did SP approach the particular challenges posed by the novel's time-frame?

Put your camel to bed

How was Orlando reviewed on its release, is there any evidence of audience response, and what have academic critics and scholars written about the film?

Research for a paper on Orlando's relocation of Woolf's Constantinople to Khiva, exploring the subtexts of imperial history and the significance of travel for the film (and the production).

Pictures and mentions of the actor

what it says in the title

the issue of adapting a book and bringing it into the present- the decision to have a modern ending- and the process of creating a modern ending..seeing SP process of realising this

Items in the archive that were tagged under Khiva

Items that had anything to do with scene 2