Why do human beings have a strong and
fearful reaction to that which is almost, but not
quite human?
1. Why have you chosen your
sub- ject and the related question?
human brain and am fascinated
at how we perceive things around us. I think that this question
can allow me to explore psychology.
I am particularly interested in the
What I find interesting is that people have different fears and
different ideas of what is uncanny.
When I saw the examples of what is uncanny, I didnt feel
dis- gusted and was rather a nutural response, and I am
curiuos why people see it as uncanny.
Notes from Lecture
lecture 1 creepy
girl MAshitimo
mori
UNCanny valley
looks very like human but isn't
he makes robots, a buddhist
he wants to make robots to not resemble to humans and freak people out
this also relates to 3d animation
basica idea, when something looks so like human it gets attached to us and we will hate it and become scared.
something you recognise but theres somehitng weird with it.
when you believe two things and at the same time it contradicts, two competing thoughts make
you feel repulse
you decided to disconnect to the creepy items because its scary. sigmund freud
the uncanny is a product of uncertainty
creatiing artificial life
wanting to catergorise things, the human psychology likes to categorise things
taurine test
blade runner is an example, replica was based on phillip k dick;s 1968
test empathy
its empathy that separates replicas and humans
bruce willis 6th senxth
robot is a word for slave
death dead body and corpses
near liberalism, more happy more free but forcing workers to pretend to be happy, leading to 0 hr
contracts and all is due to machines
abjection- something you cant quite name, something that transgresses boundaries.
we feel stressed the fact that we have no control over our bodies
ie the spit, you spit and to drink again makes you feel sick and gross
Jlia Kristeca’s 1982 text powers of horror
she has dramatic style of writing
the shift between inside and outside makes us disgusted
video watched : almost human, trauma mannequins for military
karel capek 1921 play r.u.r
as the feminisation of labour
why would you want non humans to looks more like human and non human to look like too
making robots look more like woman and approachable
ultra realistic dental traing androids robot showa hanako
video: inside the sex doll factory
final fantasy the spirits with in
Lecture Response 1
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This is the first time being introduced to the Uncanny Valley. And
understanding that people have a fear to things that looks like human
but isn’t. For instance zombies. However, I don’t find zombies scary or
uncomfortable to look at.
I wanted to get more of an insight into the Uncanny Valley so I decided
to search and look for movies/ objects that most people found uncanny.
A short clip of the film ‘The Adventure of Tintin’ was shown in the
lecture as it is one of the uncanny films. I watched the animation but did c
not get the same reaction. I didn’t find the animation/ character design
scary or uncomfortable to watch. At times it was slightly confusing and
weird because I would think the film is a live action and real but then
remember it is a CGI animation. However, I see it as a positive point
and this makes me feel intrigued about the design instead. I think the
realistic approach is very successful and deserves praise.
Blade runner is also a film that includes the uncanny feature. For me
the character was more scary instead because of the attributes and the
personality it had. There was a character/robot that was fighting with
another character. I think that mind/ action of a person is rather more
scary than the features instead.
In my opinion, I think anything that looks unattractive can create fear
with in a person. This is because if we take zombies and vampires as
examples, both look very human but because zombies are depicted in a
revolting way we dislike the image already even though we know it is
fake. On the other hand, vampires are depicted as mysterious and
beautiful also because of the characteristics that they have we like them
more. Although this is my personal opinion, I would like to research
Lecture Response 2
After this lecture I was particularly interested in zombies because I learnt
about the history of it and where is actually originated from. It has a great
contrast to between modern and traditional zombie. I researched more about
zombies and came across a video which is about a zombie prank. So for this
lecture response, I will discuss my views towards the modern zombie and
mainly responding to the video/ prank I saw.
Although zombies are not real it looks revolting and unattractive, anyone
seeing it will be scared by it. I felt that it was extremely heartless for these
people to planned this prank and frighten the passengers which actually could
have led to a heart attack and death. Who then will own up to it? Zombies kill
and eat human flesh but I think they are no different to us normal human
beings. Maybe we can blame that zombies are infected leading them to eat
humans but humans do that already. This prank shows that humans are as
zombies. People are very malicious even though they are aware of their
actions and still proceed to hurt others. I think the modern day zombies is
actually reflecting on humans and how the society is.
2 .How you are going to go about
answering the question?
• The Uncanny freud 1999,
• (Approaching Abjection) of Julia Kristeva’s Powers of Horror (1980)
• The introduction to Mary Douglas’s Purity and Danger
(1991)
• Look at examples of the uncanny
• Understand the common fears Pediophobia- (It is pretty
common)
• Ive watched documentry about doll obsession
• Create a survey to see what people fear
3. What do you think you will
gain by answering this
question?
Uunderstanding about
fear and what are the typical fears people
have. This can be applied to my design and animation work. It will also
help to build strong stick- ing characters.
Understanding of how
the uncanny is activated in each
person and how it is in-corporated in zombie films/ In cinema
4.Who will you use to help you
construct your arguments?
The Uncanny freud 1999,
Approaching Abjection of Julia Kristeva’s Powers
of Horror (1980)
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Science, Vol. 8, No. 193 (Oct. 15, 1886), pp. 351-352
...the relief and protection of American seamen. No. 8, dated May 24, 1799, closes a letter to Thomson Mason. THE
PSYCHOLOGY OF FEAR . IF a true ps yc ho lo gy is physiological, and if the physiological furniture of the world is
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Science, Vol. 8, No . 193 (Oct. 15, 1886), pp. 349-351
...the relief and protection of American seamen. No. 8, dated May 24, 1799, closes a letter to Thomson Mason. THE
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