A Brief Study on Deleuze by Anustup Roy & Avik Basak

The lines separating the great elements of Nature obviously play a fundamental role, as in Ford’s skies: the separation of earth and sky, the earth pushed down to the base of the screen.” - Gilles Deleuze





Fig. 1: A shot of the South City Apartments.
Fig. 2: Maidan, Kolkata



According to Deleuze, the horizontal lines, separating the elements of Nature, such as the earth and the sky play a crucial role in constructing a cinematic frame. One of the images above (Fig. 1) showcases a residential area with a couple of high rise in the centre while the other one (Fig. 2) brings forth the totality of a landscape. As distinct as they are, both the images adhere to the fundamental criteria of keeping the elements of nature separated quite evidently.



The frame has always been geometrical or physical, depending on whether it constitutes the closed system in relation to chosen coordinates or in relation to selected variables. The frame is therefore sometimes conceived of as a spatial composition of parallels and diagonals.” - Gilles Deleuze



Fig. 3: Sealdah Railway Station


Fig. 4: A cell phone tower near Kalyani Highway.
Fig. 5: A construction site near Sealdah.

Deleuze refers to the cinematic frame as a spatial composition of parallels and diagonals which we can notice in the images above. Fig. 3 showcases a platform shade of a railway station, Fig. 4 shows a cell phone tower while Fig. 5 displays a construction site. One’s attention is easily drawn towards the dominance of parallels, diagonals and the geometrical shapes in all the three images that constitute the frames.


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