EN - "Accepting The Image" is a film set in New York City and discusses the representation of woman and their identification trough media in relation to the City itself. It's constructed around observational imagery of women shot throughout the city of New York and sequences of glamourous hollywood stars such as, Sarah Jessica Parker, Gwyneth Paltrow, and the Olson Twins. By combining the world of glamour and everyday scenes form the city, the film actively questions the role of glamour and the media portraying it.

The film portrays the way New York City women, their dreams and their lifestyles are represented in the media and in reality. The film questions this dual relationship between both worlds by sketching the portraits of Alynn, Lindsey and Holly, three young women who recently moved to the city. 
Filled with certain dreams and expectations, they each tell us what New York means to them and what their motivations were to go live there.  As it appears, their incentives seem to blend with the image of the city as it is depicted in their favourite movies and television series. Some of the girls try to live up to the fiction, while others have already been confronted with a somewhat different reality. 
An observing camera sketches a feminine image of the streets of New York. The girls' story provides a direct comment to this and offers a critical perspective on the way young women in general identify with this and their idols representing it. “Accepting The Image” questions the adoration of certain media and its consequences.

FR - “Accepting The Image” est un film dont l’histoire se déroule à New York et évoque la représentation de la femme et son identification à travers les medias en relation avec la ville  elle-même.  Il est construit autour d’observations imaginaires émanant de portraits de femmes à travers la ville de New York et de séquences avec des stars hollywoodiennes glamour telles que Sarah Jessica Parker, Gwyneth Paltrow et les jumelles Olsen. En combinant le monde du Glamour avec des scènes de la vie citadine quotidienne, le film questionne activement le rôle du Glamour et des medias évoquant celui-ci.

Le film illustre la manière dont les femmes new-yorkaises, leurs rêves et leurs styles de vie sont représentés dans les médias et la réalité. Il met en question cette relation duelle entre les deux mondes en esquissant les portraits d’Alynn, de Lindsey et d’Holly, trois jeunes femmes ayant récemment emménagé dans la ville. Pleines de rêves et d’attentes, chacune nous raconte ce que New York signifie pour elle et quelles étaient leurs motivations pour aller y vivre. Vraisemblablement, leurs motivations se mélangent à l’image de la ville représentée dans leur films et séries télévisées favorites. Certaines filles essaient de se conformer à la fiction, alors que d’autres ont déjà été confrontées à une réalité quelque peu différente. Une caméra observatrice esquisse une image féminine des rues de New York. Les histoires des jeunes femmes apportent un commentaire direct et une perspective critique sur la manière dont les jeunes femmes en général s’identifient à l’image glamour de la ville et aux idoles qui le représentent. Accepting The Image questionne l’adoration pour un certain média et ses conséquences.


Info

Title Accepting The Image
Original title Accepting The Image
Status Completed
Category Shorts
Year of production 2010

Credits

Cast Alynn, Lindsey, Holly and Jessica

Technical specs

Running time film 19'08"
Release format HD, 1:1.85, Stereo, Colour1,5
Sound format Karel De Cock

Partners

Supported by

SCAM, Sint-Lukas Brussels

De Cock on show at M Museum

Leuven’s M Museum is displaying two works by Flemish video artist Karel De Cock – Accepting the Image and Resonance – which form part of the Open M Exhibition which runs until 20 August.

Gwyneth Paltrow in Accepting the ImageAccepting the Image and Resonance both show the director’s fascination for the metropolis and western values. While Resonance is set in Brussels, Accepting the Image takes us to the mother of all great cities: New York. Women play a central role in this picture and more precisely their representation and identification through the media.

Published on Monday 18 July 2011

Three Flemish docs at Visions du Réel

The international documentary festival Visions du Réel in Nyon, Switzerland, will host three Flemish documentary premieres: Manno Lanssens’ Epilogue, Karel De Cock’s Accepting the Image and Mike Figgis’ The Co(te)lette Film. The festival, which is also affiliated to the Doc Outlook Documentary market, runs from 7-13 April. This year's is the first edition under the artistic leadership of Luciano Barisone.

Scene from the co(te)lette filmA former journalist, the Italian Barisone has proven his worth at a number of international film festivals including Venice, Locarno and Firenze.

Published on Friday 25 February 2011

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Short info

Director Karel De Cock
Contact

Karel De Cock
Rue Leon Lepage 3
1000 Brussels
Belgium
T +32 486 42 47 15
kareldc@gmail.com