RC Question 11 Explanation
DISCUSSION: Cameron was trying to make serious works of art. She unintentionally made semi-goofy, semi-artistic photos. This was due to the amateurism of her props and sitters.
For Cameron’s intention, see lines 14-16. Cameron had wanted to make “seamless works of art”.
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- Here, the playwright intentionally introduces elements. But Cameron accidentally introduced amateurism into her pictures.
- Here, the rap artist intentionally subverts the song. But Cameron didn’t mean to make goofy photos.
- CORRECT. The ordinary objects are Cameron’s regular people. The certain grandeur is the fact that some of Cameron’s photographs had a certain artistry about them (see lines 45-46 and 53-57).
- Cameron’s photographs weren’t functional! They were artistic photographs of scenes from history and art.
- In this case, the director is trying to make her work amateur. Cameron wasn’t trying.
Hi Lin,
Cameron is trying to give something ordinary (groups of average people, with commonplace objects as props) the appearance of being much more than they are – Arthurian and biblical scenes, for example (see lines 30-35).
The sculptor in (C) does the same, by taking ordinary objects and turning them into a final product with more “grandeur.”
The Director in (E) takes ordinary people in order to make her film seem like it’s documenting the ordinary – the contrast of ordinary with grandiose isn’t there.
In this question, the fact that the sculptor in (C) is using something ordinary to achieve the effect of grandeur in his final product is the key. The sculptor might be more successful at this than Cameron, but the sculptor is MOST like Cameron of the answer choices.
The specifics aren’t necessarily important, but the analogy in this case relies on the contrast of the medium with the final product.
Hope that helps!
I can see why C is right, but despite reading the explanations above, I cannot see why E is incorrect.
a film director (Cameron) who employs ordinary people (housemaids, nieces, husbands – L28) in order to give the appearance of a documentary (scenes from the Bible, mythology, Shakespeare, or Tennyson)
Why is this not correct? Graeme’s explanation states that this analogy shows Cameron is trying to make her work look amateur. I don’t see that here…
No, Cameron WASN’T trying to make her work look amateur. It was accidental. Whereas the director in E was trying. That’s the difference.
I don’t understand why E is incorrect- if anything, it seems to get at the relationship better. Cameron is trying to create grandiose photographs to give something the appearance of a scene even though it’s phony.
I didn’t pick C because it seemed pretty important that Cameron’s photographs unintentionally showed their flaws, having an effect that Cameron probably wouldn’t have wanted. If anything, C seems to do the opposite- the work possesses grandeur in spite of being constructed by ordinary objects.
Does it matter that Cameron was trying to make her work appear sophisticated and answer choice E was trying to achieve an amateur effect? I thought that analogies got at similarities in the relationships, not the specifics…