Portraits

For my last images, i'm going to focus on portraits of the children, in Carte De Visite style. The Governess has become completely taken over by the idea that these spirits want to inhabit the children in order to be together again, she can no longer see the children as Innocent creatures

Going to Church with the Governess

For my next Image, i'm going to show he Governess becoming suspicous of the children in the churyard, this is a strong scene in the book and shows her paranoia


In her mind the children are becoming more and more possesed by the ghosts

Film inspiration

For this project I watched two film versions of 'The Turn of the Screw' one BBC version from 2009 and a black and white film made in 1961, called 'The Innocents' but based very closely on the book.
The two versions were very different, the older one being more of a spooky artistic vision of the story, with the 2009 version adding more on to the original story and changing the period of the story to the 1920s, here are some stills from the two films, to compare how each film dealt with the strong visuals of the story.

The Governess in the 2009 version, shown here in an asylum after the death of Miles (added on for this film version)


The Governess in the 60s film



Some of the imagery from the different films, the modern version in its 1920s setting



and the more spooky atmosphere of the older film



Some images from the two films depicting the Ghosts
Quint on the stairs with the children(2009)



one of my favourite images from both of the films, is the 60s version of Miss jessel appearing on the lake, we'll never know weather or not Flora sees her aswell



and the children




I found the older film much more inspiring, as the atmosphere is beautiful and much more attention paid to the film as a peice of Art, also sticking closer to the book than the newer film, which I found cheesy in parts

sketch book work

Here are some pages from my sketch book, preparotary work for my final collage pieces
these are my first images of Flora and miles, drawn whilst reading the book


The Governess


and a more developed image of Flora and much closer to how I decided to finally depict her


And some practice and development in my sketch book for the childrens faces

The turn of the screw - Miles

My next image from the Turn of the Screw series is an image of Miles on a chair, in a common daguerrotype pose, with the shadowy image of what is possibly quint at the window, spooky stuff! Here is the basic ink painting I started with


and the first version I came up with on Photoshop


and my second composition with the chair more central and more in view, I think this one is the one I will use as one of my final peices