Overlay 3 layers making one product creating depth within the film by mixing footage of people / fish and lasers together by doing this it will confuse a viewer on the focusing area as they will have 3 layers to pick from. I am considering recording a monologue to add to the end of the film to explain what the experiment is about as a viewer may not understand it instantly this will allow me to explain the context shown.
Monologue mock up
Inheritance:
All my family have grown up to inherit bad knees and feet for generations now.
From the elderly to the young to the healthy to the infirm.
Living a life full of agonizing pain and constant surgery's and doctors check ups.
I grew up not knowing what was wrong with me until the day i was diagnosed with same medical conditions my mother , grandfather and his farther all inherited with our family genes.
Unfortunately we all had to suffer undergoing orthopedic surgery leaving us various scars to which we have been made a mockery of.
People not understanding why or what the scars were for.
The suffering we lead from this inheritance of bad knees and feet lead to bullying.
So the scars we inherited were not just physical but mental too , in return it made us stronger more determing people and for that we thank you our inheritance.
Thursday 14 February 2013
Friday 8 February 2013
Aims And Context - Practical Assignment
Type of film / text : Short Sequence Film.
Target Audience : Art house
Technical Aspects Used: Video Feedback , Addition Lighting ( Lasers , torches , candles) , Extreme/ Close ups , Montage.
Genre/Narrative Codes: No specific narrative just highlighting issues that will disorientate the viewer.
Influences: Kenneth Anger - Sleep , Stan Brackage - Black Ice / Mothlight , Andy Warhol - Sleep
Individual Or Group Project: Individual
Issues / Theories Explored : Negative Body Issues / Mental Judgement Of Ones Self
Monday 21 January 2013
PREP FOR EXAM
Experimental film , names , dates info:
Un Chein Andalou - 1928 - directed by - Luis Bunuel / Salvadour Dali
The film begins by introducing us to a male character with an old barbers shaving tool as the character exits onto the balcony a cut is used to show us the moon . Later we see a female sat with her eyes open as he cuts the eye open this is also shown as the clouds pass the moon this immediately shocks myself as a viewer as it's the first thing we come to in a narrative and its body gore. This film follows a non - linear narrative as it cuts from , once upon a time to 8 years later , Spring with no change in characters appearance or lifestyle resembling that time is nothing. The score that is used within this film draws me into wanting to watch more as it changes for each story from a confused way to a fast pacing for example when the scene cuts from seeing a member of public hit to the ground to then cutting to a rapey scene where the male character beings to grope at the female role as he does this a body morph is used to change her breasts into a bum this confused me as a viewer and as the cut is so quick i didn't realise this even happened. This film is very confusing to watch as a mainstream cinema viewer we are fed a narrative and meaning however in Un Chien Andalou this is not the case. It leaves me with enigma codes as to what was the point in that and why ? for example when the male character begins to drag two pianos with two dead and rotting donkeys and the ten commandments and the two priests which one is Salvador himself. All the issues and themes brought up in this film revolves around , life , death , sex , religion and time.
Fireworks - 1974 - directed by Kenneth Anger
This film follows through the view of a homosexual. This film was caught on tape whilst Kenneth's parents went away for the weekend allowing him to express himself through a form of visual art. This film represents how the public would accept or not accept the homosexual act at the time of day as this was a disrespectful and religion breaking thing in which wasn't looked up upon. Framing in this film is used very well as low angle shots are used around the homosexual to show how he is being rejected for being who he want's to be. A Christmas tree is set a light as one of the sailors passes it to the homosexual to light his cigarette this highlights that he is against the religion factor of being in a straight relationship. This film expresses his sexuality and what he stands for as he is beaten by the sailors it contrasts visually in costume with the masculinity of the well built male to the band village boys 'ymca' who express there sexuality, which is what happens at the end of the film as one sailor lets of his firework as he lets out his sexuality after the beating. Blood isn't dark or red in this film its white like milk or seamen as it exits his body pushing his sexuality. As an experimental film i have a greater response to this more than the other films this is due to a linear narrative which follows an equilibrium making more sense as a film. It makes me sympathies the character as now homosexuals are accepted more than ever however in this date all i can gather is that everyone was against it. As a spectator this film informs me about a day in age i was not born to.
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The Act Of Seeing With One's Own Eyes - 1971 - directed by - Stan Brackhage
Food - 1991 - directed by - Jan Svankmajer
Koyannistqatsi - 1982 - directed by Godfrey Reggio
Un Chein Andalou - 1928 - directed by - Luis Bunuel / Salvadour Dali
The film begins by introducing us to a male character with an old barbers shaving tool as the character exits onto the balcony a cut is used to show us the moon . Later we see a female sat with her eyes open as he cuts the eye open this is also shown as the clouds pass the moon this immediately shocks myself as a viewer as it's the first thing we come to in a narrative and its body gore. This film follows a non - linear narrative as it cuts from , once upon a time to 8 years later , Spring with no change in characters appearance or lifestyle resembling that time is nothing. The score that is used within this film draws me into wanting to watch more as it changes for each story from a confused way to a fast pacing for example when the scene cuts from seeing a member of public hit to the ground to then cutting to a rapey scene where the male character beings to grope at the female role as he does this a body morph is used to change her breasts into a bum this confused me as a viewer and as the cut is so quick i didn't realise this even happened. This film is very confusing to watch as a mainstream cinema viewer we are fed a narrative and meaning however in Un Chien Andalou this is not the case. It leaves me with enigma codes as to what was the point in that and why ? for example when the male character begins to drag two pianos with two dead and rotting donkeys and the ten commandments and the two priests which one is Salvador himself. All the issues and themes brought up in this film revolves around , life , death , sex , religion and time.
Fireworks - 1974 - directed by Kenneth Anger
This film follows through the view of a homosexual. This film was caught on tape whilst Kenneth's parents went away for the weekend allowing him to express himself through a form of visual art. This film represents how the public would accept or not accept the homosexual act at the time of day as this was a disrespectful and religion breaking thing in which wasn't looked up upon. Framing in this film is used very well as low angle shots are used around the homosexual to show how he is being rejected for being who he want's to be. A Christmas tree is set a light as one of the sailors passes it to the homosexual to light his cigarette this highlights that he is against the religion factor of being in a straight relationship. This film expresses his sexuality and what he stands for as he is beaten by the sailors it contrasts visually in costume with the masculinity of the well built male to the band village boys 'ymca' who express there sexuality, which is what happens at the end of the film as one sailor lets of his firework as he lets out his sexuality after the beating. Blood isn't dark or red in this film its white like milk or seamen as it exits his body pushing his sexuality. As an experimental film i have a greater response to this more than the other films this is due to a linear narrative which follows an equilibrium making more sense as a film. It makes me sympathies the character as now homosexuals are accepted more than ever however in this date all i can gather is that everyone was against it. As a spectator this film informs me about a day in age i was not born to.
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The Act Of Seeing With One's Own Eyes - 1971 - directed by - Stan Brackhage
Food - 1991 - directed by - Jan Svankmajer
Koyannistqatsi - 1982 - directed by Godfrey Reggio
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