ALTERING OBJECTS, IMAGES AND EVENTS:

1. Deconstructing the thing/event by:
   • removing element or detail:
     
     • a politician's speech with no sound; a face with no color. (consider active vs. passive role of participant)

   • revealing part of underlying structure:
     
     • showing part of human skeleton; house with part of blueprint; molecular structure of the hand; or looking into the inside of an object through a peek hole.

   • revealing process:
     
     • showing object at two different stages of its growth or construction simultaneously, an infant's head on an old man's body.

   • uncovering the process of construction:
     
     • i.e., the end of Zazie dans le metro, when the walls fall down to reveal the cameras shooting the scene.
       

2. Reconstructing the thing/event by:
   • altering the tone and import:
     
     • a lascivious smirk on a Barbie doll, a menacing toothbrush.
       

   • changing scale:
     
     • a huge comb and brush in a normal-sized bathroom.
       

   • softening or hardening the image, changing its emotional significance:
     
     • a melted watch; a volcano shot in waltz time and slow-motion; rain filmed at a high shutter-rate.

   • re-packaging the object:
     
     • a fur-covered teacup.

   • changing the function of the object:
     
     • walking on your hands, writing with a telephone.

   • ordering pieces:
     
     • putting picture and sound segments in a sequence; putting pieces of a puzzle together.