D' Est

The D' Est film i thought was better then most of the films we watched. This film at least i had a good understanding from the reading where she was at when she was filming the people among the Eastern part of the united states. The only thing that made it hard for me was trying to figure out what was going on in each scene of the film. It makes it hard to understand what is going on when there is no one speaking english or a narrator telling you what is happening throughout each scene in the film.

What i can remember seeing from this film as seeing roadways, trees moving in the wind, a few musical events being attended, and several people standing around waiting for whatever it is that they were waiting for. I also noticed that the film took place in the winter and that most of the footage was at night. The film did allow me to understand that this crisis had the people seem very edgy and i didnt get the feel for many happy moments going on during the film.
In conclusion, I feel i could understand what was going on better in this film then what was going on in other films and that it kept my attention better and always kept me guessing on what may be going on next in the film.

Film thoughts for the week

I dont really have any more topics to about for the week but how i feel after writing journals for five straight days. I felt this was a good idea to do because it made me think more deeply about the films we had talked about for the week. I thought these films these past week really emphasized the importance of the camera and the images it painted into our mind. I thought the film with field and the music could create thoughts in the mind. I also thought the film about bad day dream was good because the pounding noise kind of felt like being in a bad dream. I thought the exercise we did in discussion was good and got to hear some very interesting responses from others about the films. In all i believe this was a very good week of understanding the films for me.

Day 4

I was reading my parents blog who is Amanda Kurtti and it thought her response for day 2 was a very good and unique journal. She talked about Jonas Mekas diary and why someone would do a diary like that and didnt feel it was too associated with the films we have seen so far. i feel that the film was alright, but having a diary on yourself that expends over a few years to me seems kind of crazy. I don't really no what else to say about that film, but i thought it was alright because it kept me focused on the film compared to some of the others that make feel bored watching them after awhile.

The strangest film of this past week award

I would to have to say the strangest film of the week was Every Day Bad Dream by. Fred Worden. I thought it was very strange to be looking at a black dot the whole time which continuously got bigger and smaller at times. Also with the loud pounding noise that was occuring it practically gave me a headache by the end of that film. Also, what topped it off and made it very strange was revealing to us that the block dot was the eye of a daffy duke hat. To me i was like what was the reason for showing that hat at the end. This is one of those films that leaves me with alot of confusion about the whole point of it after viewing it.

Film (Discussion work)

The paper i ended up with asked me what Robert Breer was trying to accomplish by you using quick images that didnt have any realevence to the narrative? What Breer was trying to accomplish like the person who answered the question on the paper was the by showing one image after another causes quick motion which is cinema. So, this film i believe fits into the cinema atmosphere because everything is coming at you one after another. The story may not make sense to you, but you must remember its up to the author if they want it to be understandable to everyone. Then someone on this piece of paper i have asked if Sue Friedrich's film was a narrative? The person responding saying it had a narrative by what you see through the shots that were being taken. To me i agree with that response to because that is the that person chose to get there point to the story across. The last question asked on my sheet of paper was what is the difference between a video diary and narrative? They said they really dont know. Well i somewhat i agree with that but i think they are kind of linked. I feel that by reading each day of the diary you will build a story up that will have a ending at sometime.

In conclusion, I feel that this information was interesting and i thought it was helpful for everyone to express how they felt on certain films. I believe its important to get an understanding of the meaning of a film you may not of understood well by being able to read some of the responses others wrote down about a certain film. I really thought this was a good discussion exercise today.

film

I am trying to write something for five straight days, so i am going to start off by just saying what i thought was the best film from this past monday we saw.

I think the film by Ronaldo Menali was the best because i thought it was interesting to see that he wrote something new everyday that he had learned. The other films didnt seem to actually cover any real life topic like that film did

Film week 2

After watching some of the videos on v log and the jonas mekas website i felt many of these films are to intimate or personal for my taste. Like most men i dont think they really care for personal displays or inner thoughts. The films though and the videos we viewed during the week were better then the many of the projection films we saw in the first few weeks from the aspect of it that it feels more like i am watching a movie. Today the film industry is huge on presenting us things in a movie perspective. So the films we saw on projection to me don't really emphasize the importance of movies. These videos this week make it easy for a person to associate with what is being discussed in the video compared to what is being talked about in the projection films we have saw. I believe it is important though to show these personal films because it allows to understand the person better who has produced the film and helps you gain more respect for the film productions that they produce. The videos this week will help someone people feel like they may have went through some of the events some of the people did that were in the videos shown this week. I thought some of the videos i saw on the websites dealt with some of the aspects talked about by acconi that deal with using confessions, demonstrations, and testimonies. In conclusion i thought the funniest film of the week was the Theme Song in which the man in the Theme Song is smoking and singing and laying on the ground. It seems funny to me because not often do you see some one doing something like that on video. The way he was acting just seemed hilarious and very odd in how he was acting. So i felt it was a funny video to watch.