Present by:

GROUP 4
Yap Li Quan
Chin Yu Wee
Tee Chia En
 Theoretical Framework
- The use of Mirrors and Reflections in Black Swan -
Amber Jacobs
Fisher, M., & Jacobs, A. (2011). Debating Black Swan:
Gender and Horror. Film Quarterly, 65(1), 58–62.
https://doi.org/10.1525/fq.2011.65.1.58
Ariel Osterweis
Osterweis, Ariel, 'Disciplining Black Swan, Animalizing Ambition',
in Melissa Blanco Borelli (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Dance
and the Popular Screen (2014; online edn, Oxford Academic, 2
Oct. 2014),
https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199897827.013.007,
accessed 3 Jan. 2024.
 - The use of Mirrors and Reflections in Black Swan -

Amber Jacobs Ariel Osterweis

● binary
● over-reliance on using mirror
● mise-en-abyme

● inner struggle
● perception of perfection
Performance
DESCRIPTION
Characters
Nina Sayers Erica Sayers

- A dancer in a New York City ballet - Nina's overly protective mother.

company which is preparing for
Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake.
- Wins the prima ballerina role.
- Portrayed as a fragile and pure
devoted ballerina who lives with her
domineering mother.
- A former ballerina who had given up
dance once giving birth to Nina.
- It leads Nina to vicariously living
through her achievements in the
dance world.
 Thomas Leroy Lily Elizabeth

- An artistic director of
- A member of the same New - Was the prima ballerina
the New York ballet
York ballet company as of the New York ballet
company that is preparing
Nina. company that Nina is
to perform Tchaikovsky's
- Made Nina's alternate for part of.
Swan Lake.
the production of Swan - Forced to retire by
- A hard-driving man who
Lake. Thomas due to their
comes on to Nina in
clashing and her age.
exchange for the lead
role.
 - Black Swan is a dark psychological thriller film
WHAT that delves into the world of ballet, mental
health and the price of success.

- Set and filmed at Bowling Green, Broadway,

Brooklyn Museum, Lincoln Center for the Performing
WHERE Arts, Manhattan, The Performing Arts Center and
Woodhull Medical and Mental Health Center in New
York.

- First discussed a ballet filem in 2000.

WHEN - Produced in New York City in 2009 by Fox
Searclight Pictures.
- Premiered at the 67th Venice International Film
Festival on September 1, 2010.
 HOW WHY

- The film uses symbolism elements - The film explores psychological

such as mirrors and the themes such as obsession, the
transformation into Black Swan to pressure for perfection and the
convey deeper meanings and themes. duality of human nature.
- Combines elements of ballet,
cinematography and storytelling to
create a unique and immersive
cinematic experience.
 Analysis of Performance
Analysis of Performance
Psychological thrillers

Symbolism and Metaphor

Critical reception

Cinematography and Visuals

 Ritual Performance

Perfectionism and Obsession Sexuality and Repression

Film Theme
Competitiveness in the Arts Mental Health and Sanity

Mother-Daughter Dynamic
 Mirror as a site of reflection

Breaking glass and ephemera

“MIRROR” Duality and transformation

Confrontation with the self

Psychological unraveling
THANK YOU !!!