David Lynch: the grandmother

Brainstorm some ideas- how does David Lynch turn these ordinary aspects of life into surreal nightmares? Being born- in a normal setting, being born is a beautiful/joyous occasion that is celebrated and seen as a blessing wheres in the film giving birth is just a way of reproducing and is not celebrated. growing up- growing up is when a child is most vunerable, they are way too impressionable and the wrong thing could scar them for life, which is what happened with the boys abuse. trying to please parents- something that is practically impossible both in the film and in real life. no matter what you do there is always something more that could've been done to improve a situation. normally a parents form of reinforcement would include firm words and encouragement to do better but in the father's case it is simply abuse towards the son in hopes of making him learn. comfort in a grandparent- they're old and have lived their lives, so it makes sense to look up to them and confide in them with any troubles, as well as the fact that most of the time they seem to know what they're doing family dinners- normally this is the time where a family comes together to wind down and relax from their days, where they talk and enjoy each others company. whilst in the film the family dinner is stressful, loud and disruptive as the parents just bark and shout at their son who simply takes it. - Write in your blog at least two paragraphs answering the following question: How David Lynch uses film techniques to portray ordinary life as nightmarish? In regards to lighting, the lack of color used makes normal people and activities appear to be dream-like and tense. yet when color is used, it feels like all the life had been sucked out of said color. The lighting is somehow harsh whilst also being sublte, as if giving off the idea that it almopst seems too real to be true/trying too hard to come across as normal. when the mother and the father are "born" the only strand of color is the red string that connects everything together, the red stands out signifying that it is the focus point of the scene. Whereas with the characters' movements, the audience can see the "horror" of the film. as is the case with most of lynch's films, the suspense and theatricals aren't in the words (or rather lack of) but in the way that the family interact with everything around them. for example, in the begining scene after the boy is born, the father is on his hands and knees barking angrily at his son. there isn't a parent-child bond that would occur with a regular family. the animalistic tendancies show the 'reality' of this film is more primal and less human than our world.