I did get my idea for project 3 watching the "One Year Project" and I've already shot a majority of the video. I basically video recorded myself sleeping for two nights (5 1/2 hours each night). Watching the video of me sleeping certainly gave me an insight to myself that I've never actually seen before. I decided to use the sleeping video of myself as the anchor for a two-part video and I'm sure this has already been done before by many, but hey, not everyone sleeps the same way!
Saturday, October 12, 2013
Goddard and Beyond
I wish I could understand French because it would have made Wednesday's screening much more enjoyable. I really like the concept of him reflecting on footage from years ago, especially considering the situation. Often times when I work on 'projects' and then I see something like Goddard's, it makes me realize that for a lot of people film/video has the ability to transform lives or at least expose life in ways that no other medium can. In the future I could possibly use some older projects I have made to reflect upon at some point and I think it could be interesting to include other viewpoints. Not like a 'making of' video, but like Goddard, really delving into what was being said, was it worth it, etc.
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I think that something positive we can take from screening Ici is the value of sensory overload. The multiple texts to read, plus the complex image track, etc. all put us in a weird position as viewers (Speaking Directly does the same thing in an English-language context).
ReplyDeletebut yeah, that "En repensant a cela" mode of looking back and analyzing is the larger, blanket method. I wonder what an ideological analysis ala Godard and Mieville would do in that context.