Psychoanalysis

Psychoanalysis

1. Sigmund Freud

2. Carl Jung

3. Jacques Lacan

4. Id - The Unconcious

   • The largest part o the mind beyond conciousness which is linked into sex, lust and agrression, The Id is the most primitive part of our psyche or out animal instinct. There is a simple principle behind a persons Id it is to seek pleasure and avoid pain. Films asscoiate villans who follow their desire of hurting others, Some characters are lawless and amoral whom have no guilt or regret which allows their Id to rule over the peron such as The Joker and Dracula.

5. Sueperego - Preconcious

   • The superego dominates the ego in the form of a moral conscience, the superego is able to impose guilt. Somones superego responds to the rules set by society today and also the rules set by a fater or mentor. Film commonly show mentors, father figures or rol models as "the right path", these characters have high morals and are rarely risk takers. Characters such Obi-Wan Kenobe and Yoda from the star wars series

6. Ego - THe Conscious 'I'

   • The conscious is the thinking part of a persons psyche it is connected to reason and because of that it learns from experiences to develope and become stronger. It always is looking for ways of the Id's will into action, it is also responable for understanding the real world, repression and forgetting. Characters which work to over come challenges in order to defeat a nemesis, even when they fail they adapt and learn. The ego must be able to surpress the Id, similarly the hero battles and defeats the villain.

7. Repression

   • Repression is the forgetting of past events, its the minds way of coping and seen as a defence mechanism. Films such as the sixth sense epitomizes Freud's notion of repression, in the twist narrative it is revealed the pscchologist (Bruce Willis) Who is being counselled by a child which in fact is a ghost; A fitting act of repression for a psychologist.

8. The Uncanny

   • Spectators (people) enjoy being indirectly frightened, the uncanny is our own masochistic tendency which is in the unconscious through dreams. The uncanny can resemble Deja vu which is a strange feeling of repition but it really is happening for the first time. For example ground hog day. Another example of the uncanny being similar to dreams is teh idea of The double, spooky twins or even more so an evil doppelganger, a film which can relate to this is the Shinning.
     • Finally the automation which the cucertainty on whether the character is real or even human you can see an example in the blade runner. Uncanny in films confuse the audience and makes them feel un-nered, they disrupt out sense of reality but raise our curiosity.
   • Surrealism
     • Surrealism and uncanny allows the boundaries of dream and reality to be blurred, Salvador Dali's Un Chien is a prime example of surrealism, Cinematic conventions encourage spectators to take spatial and temporal continuity for granted, the surreal and uncanny disrupts the view and can leave them feeling disorientated as if they are in a dream like world, films directors such as Hitchcock and the Coen Brothers use surrealism and the uncanny to shock, confuse and disturb.

9. Hysteria

   • Historically eople with mental heath issues had been burnt, exorcized and incarcerated because of a psychological disorder.

10. Oedipus and Electra Complexes

    • The Oedipus complex is the most important aspect of the phallic stage, This is one of Freud's most controversial ideas and one that many people hae rejected. The name Oedipus complex is from greek myth where Oedipus young man kills his father and marries his mother. Upon discovering this he pokes out his eyes and goes blind, The Oedpial is the general term for both Oedipus and Electra Complexes.
      • The Oedipus complex or more correctly, a conflict arises. The boy deelopes sexual desires or his mothe rand he poses his mother exclusively and gets rid of his father to enable him to do so. The Oedipus complexes consequences of this is that the boy takes on the male gender role, he adopts an ego which is ideal and valuses the superego.
    • Similar to the Oedipus Complex just the places switched, the girls desire for her father, the girl resloves this by repressing her desire for her ather and wishing for a baby, the girl blames her mother for the state which creates massive tension, The girl then represses her feelings and identifies with the mother to take on the female role.

11. Word association

    • Word association is a commmon word game which involes an exchange of words that are associated together, the agmea is based on the phrase word association, The stimulation of an associated pattern using words, The connection and production of words in response to another given word which is done on the spot and as a game or as psychiatric evaluation.