Mckay

For the final project as a class we decided to create something including nature, momentum and illusion. My theme was based on the movement aspect. I wanted my video to be fast paced and make the viewer feel like they were falling or a similar feeling. I found what seemed like two very different videos but after cutting them and meshing them together they created a fast-paced tempo and together I believe they will create a very unique nature experience for the viewer.

“The world we see is but a reflection of a reality that escapes its reflections..” The stories of the Buddha and the painting of the reflection in the water are very intriguing. As he goes on I know what he is talking about when he mentions the Paleolithic cave walls since I studied it recently in my history class. The cave wall is covered in  hand prints since clay was blown over the hand to leave an outline. This is some way of keeping a record or like said earlier in the reading that we are in some way using art to cheat death. In short, this reading/essay seems to have too many sources and stories too often, but there is still a lot of useful new information for and in the end it is addressing the notion of 'vanishing and becoming' in the world. The one half focuses on 'vanishing' or the past or death and how we replicate the living so that we can keep it alive. "It is as if the whole history of Western art has been an elaborate sepulcher built over the bones of the dead to keep their memories alive, and to hide the brute fact that they are no longer there." And the other half, 'becoming', is addressed in the way we keep the past alive with pictures or the mere fact we are always moving and the past is growing and whatever we project is in the present and it is becoming - becoming a part of reality.

I think that this is an exceptional way to play with time as a filmmaker. I was intrigued by the above quote so I looked up the film and practically watched the whole film. I really enjoy this type of manipulation of time and perception. I have always thought a lot about time and how the camera only captures a small snapshot of life, but there are many other examples this chapter gives however, this mix of performance and film definitely grabs my attention above all the others.

Exercise Project #3 - Adele’s Hello (mystery version)

Just be yourself :)

Sly smile..

Completely unexpected.

She said she enjoys being scared...

Just being herself.