Blood and Feathers is an experimental video which is being displayed at the Tate Modern. The film doesnt have a clear storyline or any speech. It starts with a woman standing naked infront of a lake, she pours blood all over her body and then rolls on the ground in feathers. The feathers stick to her and then it ends with her standing there covered in feathers.
The piece didnt envolve much craft and I think it was concept driven. To me the concept was of wanting to be free, because feathers obviously represent birds and flying, and flying to me represents freedom.
Monday 19 October 2009
Chameleon by Tina Gonsalves
Chameleon is an interactive video which is being displayed in Brighton within and art gallery. It is very different from any of the experimental videos I have seen before as in this one you have some degree of control and you are involved with the piece. You can interact with the people by standing directly infront of a face recognition sensor so that you can make the person copy the emotion you are portraying.
The piece is highly craft driven as there is so much technology and effort gone into making it. The context of this piece surronds human emotion and the concept is how people dont have to talk to express feeling we are connecting all the time through our body language.
The piece is highly craft driven as there is so much technology and effort gone into making it. The context of this piece surronds human emotion and the concept is how people dont have to talk to express feeling we are connecting all the time through our body language.
Chapter 3
Doll Face has a narrative or storyline as there is a clear beginning, middle and end even though the story is quite complex. At the start of Doll Face you see the doll emerging from the box, then you see her being bombarded by images from the media and copying them, and then you see her self destruct. The storyline is simple she is born, shes exposed to too much to soon and she dies. This video is narrative as there are clear charecters and you have to wait until the end of the video to get the full concept and understanding and to see the ending.
However in the interactive video Chameleon by Tina Gonsalves you can walk in and out as there is no narrative at all. And although there are people featured in the video they arnt specific charecters as you dont follow there storys individually. In this video there isnt a beginning middle or end.
However in the interactive video Chameleon by Tina Gonsalves you can walk in and out as there is no narrative at all. And although there are people featured in the video they arnt specific charecters as you dont follow there storys individually. In this video there isnt a beginning middle or end.
Thursday 8 October 2009
MUTO wall painted animation by Blu
MUTO is a wall painted animation made in 2008. It is made using stop frame animation, which involves the artist painting an image over and over again and taking photographs after each slight movement. Alot of craft has gone into this video as it would have taken alot of time and effort to make.
This film can have many different concepts, but I think the concept is evolution. I think this because at the start of the film you see a persons body beginning to form, it starts with legs then it gets eyes and eventually gets a face. Throughout the video the man is changing.
Another concept I got from this film was the cycle of life. As throughout the film the man dies and is reborn and in some parts actually emerges from another persons body which can represent being born. And the man also disappears into blackness in parts of the film which can represent death.
This film can have many different concepts, but I think the concept is evolution. I think this because at the start of the film you see a persons body beginning to form, it starts with legs then it gets eyes and eventually gets a face. Throughout the video the man is changing.
Another concept I got from this film was the cycle of life. As throughout the film the man dies and is reborn and in some parts actually emerges from another persons body which can represent being born. And the man also disappears into blackness in parts of the film which can represent death.
Task One-Chapter 2 - Use of technology and techniques
For this I am going to compare two very different experimental videos, Doll Face by Andy Haung made in (1998) and Girl chewing gum by John Smith made in (1976). These two videos are very different because of the techniques they have used, also because of the time they were made.
Girl chewing gum was made in black and white, the film itself is very simple to make but the thought behind it was quite clever. However Doll Face was made at a later date and is computer animation so alot of technogy was used in the making of this film.
The techniques used in Doll face were equally as effective but more complex as there is music playing in the background which changes as the mood changes and the TV with the flashing imagery. However the techniques used in Girl chewing gum was just tricking you to believe that the man speaking is directing the film, when actually it was pre recorded and he had just recorded the voice over.
Girl chewing gum was made in black and white, the film itself is very simple to make but the thought behind it was quite clever. However Doll Face was made at a later date and is computer animation so alot of technogy was used in the making of this film.
The techniques used in Doll face were equally as effective but more complex as there is music playing in the background which changes as the mood changes and the TV with the flashing imagery. However the techniques used in Girl chewing gum was just tricking you to believe that the man speaking is directing the film, when actually it was pre recorded and he had just recorded the voice over.
Task One - Chapter 1 Past and Current artists
Some of the experimental videos I have seen have similarities, although they were made at different times. Girl chewing gum by John Smith was made in 1976 and is in black and white, however there are still some similarities to this film and Doll Face by Andy Huang made in 1998.
Doll Face is a futuristic short experimental film, it is about the media's effect on people and part of it is the media lying to people to make them believe people can be "perfect," and look like the airbrushed, stick thin girls we see on TV.
Girl chewing gum is similar to Doll Face because throughout the film we hear a voice over of what who we are led to believe is the director who is giving the actors direction. However at the end we find out it has been pre recorded and he has just done a voice over to trick us into thinking he was directing it.
Both of these films are similar because we are being lied to but in different ways. Throughout Doll Face it is the media who is lying to us and throughout Girl chewing gum we are being led to believe something that is not true.
The differences between these two films are that Doll Face is computer animation and has taken alot of craft to make, but Girl chewing gum is made in black and white and is quite a simple film to make.
Doll Face is a futuristic short experimental film, it is about the media's effect on people and part of it is the media lying to people to make them believe people can be "perfect," and look like the airbrushed, stick thin girls we see on TV.
Girl chewing gum is similar to Doll Face because throughout the film we hear a voice over of what who we are led to believe is the director who is giving the actors direction. However at the end we find out it has been pre recorded and he has just done a voice over to trick us into thinking he was directing it.
Both of these films are similar because we are being lied to but in different ways. Throughout Doll Face it is the media who is lying to us and throughout Girl chewing gum we are being led to believe something that is not true.
The differences between these two films are that Doll Face is computer animation and has taken alot of craft to make, but Girl chewing gum is made in black and white and is quite a simple film to make.
Monday 5 October 2009
Task One -Chapter 6 Different interpretations
Everyone has different interperetations of things they see. For example when we went to the tate modern and watched 'Blood and Feathers" an experimental film, everyone seemed to have a different opinion on what it meant. Some people thought it was just strange and didnt see any meaning behind it, others thought it was to do with her wanting freedom because birds are free and she rolled in birds feathers. I personally thought it was to do with her wanting to change her ethnicity because the feathers were white and she was dark skinned.
We also watched another experimental film that was a cartoon animation. The film was set over 3 rooms and each room had a very different atmosphere. The first room was bright and futuristic, but the film was quite scary and dark. Some people thought it was really scary and didnt like it, and others didnt find it scary but just found it weird. Some people couldnt see any concept behind the film but others did. However the was I interpreted it was different to how the artist interpreted it, because he had described it completley differently. I thought the concept behind it was being lonely but the artist wanted to show emptiness.
We also watched another experimental film that was a cartoon animation. The film was set over 3 rooms and each room had a very different atmosphere. The first room was bright and futuristic, but the film was quite scary and dark. Some people thought it was really scary and didnt like it, and others didnt find it scary but just found it weird. Some people couldnt see any concept behind the film but others did. However the was I interpreted it was different to how the artist interpreted it, because he had described it completley differently. I thought the concept behind it was being lonely but the artist wanted to show emptiness.
Thursday 1 October 2009
Task One- Chapter 5 Idea 1 for experimental video
My basic idea is to have a love story which ends in tradgedy, to show the concept of all good things have to come to an end.
I would start off with a view of the beach and with a long shot of them standing on the beach holding hands, and have the girl say "I love you".
The following scene would be of them walking through a park with them laughing together. Id have the shot of them walking towards the camera and move it up the boys face as a closeup.
The next scene would be of the crash, id film it from the boys view as the car headlights come towards him. And then introduce the music just before the crash and scream.
The next scene would be a closeup of his girlfriends face after being told. And have a very quick flashback of them at the beach and at the park. And then the screen goes black. And it ends with her screaming.
This idea has been influenced by koyannisquatsi slightly because I want to include lots of scenery just like in that film.
I would want to show this film in the same way as "Blood and feathers" was screened at the Tate modern. I want to show it in a pitch black room, with seats directly in front of the screen to make them feel quite uneasy before they had even seen the film. And set them into a quite dark state of mind.
I would start off with a view of the beach and with a long shot of them standing on the beach holding hands, and have the girl say "I love you".
The following scene would be of them walking through a park with them laughing together. Id have the shot of them walking towards the camera and move it up the boys face as a closeup.
The next scene would be of the crash, id film it from the boys view as the car headlights come towards him. And then introduce the music just before the crash and scream.
The next scene would be a closeup of his girlfriends face after being told. And have a very quick flashback of them at the beach and at the park. And then the screen goes black. And it ends with her screaming.
This idea has been influenced by koyannisquatsi slightly because I want to include lots of scenery just like in that film.
I would want to show this film in the same way as "Blood and feathers" was screened at the Tate modern. I want to show it in a pitch black room, with seats directly in front of the screen to make them feel quite uneasy before they had even seen the film. And set them into a quite dark state of mind.
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