Monday 19 October 2009
Tuesday 29 September 2009
Koyaanisqatsi - Life Out Of Balance
Koyaanisqatsi: Life out of Balance, is a 1982 film directed by Godfrey Reggio with music composed by Philip Glass and cinematography by Ron Fricke. The main concept of Koyaanisqatsi is to tell audience/people what's going on in our planet that the world is getting worse day by day and we living in unsafe environment.The film shows the man impact on nature and the way people lives there lifes.Kayaanisqatsi have no actors, no dialogues,no storyline and no narratives.
Whilst the film doesn't have a narrative story, it is not without a structure. It opens with a shot of Hopi Indian drawings, and then shows a rocket lifting off. This is then followed by a sequence of shots showing landscapes untouched by man, showing us what the natural world is.
The directed also shows the life before inventions of new technologies and compare with the life nowadays where humans are busy in their business.Also the population increasing day by day and the world become over crowed. the film does have a beginning, middle, and end, it is not a beginning, middle and end in time. Instead it is in ideas. There is no real sense of time in the film as a whole. Occasionally there will be a shot or a collection of shots showing the beginning or end of a day, but, other than that, there is no following of time. As to space, we're rarely sure as to where we are exactly. We know that we start off in the wilderness, untouched by man, but we're not told where this wilderness is exactly. We then move into the city, but we're not told what city, or even if we're always in the same city.
One of the most notable things about the style of the film is the speeds of the camera, particularly the time-lapsed shots. Early on in the film we see time-lapsed shots of clouds flowing over mountains, which helps to convey the power of nature.
The film attempts to show how modern life is a life out of balance, and it could be said that things such as television (and films as well) help to add to the imbalance of life, and that idea is represented in this short sequence.
The films structure shows us the natural world first, a world untouched by man. We then see man imposing himself on nature, and then the world man has created for himself. We see how people live in this world, and get a sense of the whole thing building up until it is out of control.The film attempts to show how modern life is a life out of balance, and it could be said that things such as television (and films as well) help to add to the imbalance of life, and that idea is represented in this short sequence.
One key element of the film, and, in my opinion, the most important element, is the music, and it is considered important by other people.The music is the main factor in holding the film together, in generating certain responses from the audience. It helps to convey feelings. During the sequence where we are shown shots of run down buildings, and then see some demolished, the music begins by having a very powerful, menacing feel to it. Once the buildings start to be demolished, the music seems to change ever so slightly to have a more positive feel.By listening to the music the audience is able to feel when the next cut will be. The music generally reflects the pace of the shots.The music is generally considered to stand out in the film, to the point that it can draw people into watching the film. As has been stated earlier, music is a key component in generating meaning from the film, and so when an audience is drawn to the film by the music (which, don't forget, is the aspect of the film that controls the "narrative"), it prepares them to receive it differently to a mainstream film.The music is not the only alternative aspect that stuck out in people's minds.
Whilst the film doesn't have a narrative story, it is not without a structure. It opens with a shot of Hopi Indian drawings, and then shows a rocket lifting off. This is then followed by a sequence of shots showing landscapes untouched by man, showing us what the natural world is.
The directed also shows the life before inventions of new technologies and compare with the life nowadays where humans are busy in their business.Also the population increasing day by day and the world become over crowed. the film does have a beginning, middle, and end, it is not a beginning, middle and end in time. Instead it is in ideas. There is no real sense of time in the film as a whole. Occasionally there will be a shot or a collection of shots showing the beginning or end of a day, but, other than that, there is no following of time. As to space, we're rarely sure as to where we are exactly. We know that we start off in the wilderness, untouched by man, but we're not told where this wilderness is exactly. We then move into the city, but we're not told what city, or even if we're always in the same city.
One of the most notable things about the style of the film is the speeds of the camera, particularly the time-lapsed shots. Early on in the film we see time-lapsed shots of clouds flowing over mountains, which helps to convey the power of nature.
The film attempts to show how modern life is a life out of balance, and it could be said that things such as television (and films as well) help to add to the imbalance of life, and that idea is represented in this short sequence.
The films structure shows us the natural world first, a world untouched by man. We then see man imposing himself on nature, and then the world man has created for himself. We see how people live in this world, and get a sense of the whole thing building up until it is out of control.The film attempts to show how modern life is a life out of balance, and it could be said that things such as television (and films as well) help to add to the imbalance of life, and that idea is represented in this short sequence.
One key element of the film, and, in my opinion, the most important element, is the music, and it is considered important by other people.The music is the main factor in holding the film together, in generating certain responses from the audience. It helps to convey feelings. During the sequence where we are shown shots of run down buildings, and then see some demolished, the music begins by having a very powerful, menacing feel to it. Once the buildings start to be demolished, the music seems to change ever so slightly to have a more positive feel.By listening to the music the audience is able to feel when the next cut will be. The music generally reflects the pace of the shots.The music is generally considered to stand out in the film, to the point that it can draw people into watching the film. As has been stated earlier, music is a key component in generating meaning from the film, and so when an audience is drawn to the film by the music (which, don't forget, is the aspect of the film that controls the "narrative"), it prepares them to receive it differently to a mainstream film.The music is not the only alternative aspect that stuck out in people's minds.
Thursday 24 September 2009
Doll Face by Andy Huang
The main concept of the ''Doll Face" video is to revealed the people nowaday.The world is getting worse day by day.A very inspiration animated video with a very different context and used different crafts to acknowedge the work on this video.Man that was a little messed up. But the story behind it was very exciting. You got to wonder how people think of things like this. Do they just have a wild imagination, are they crazy, do they get inspiration from other people? Just got to wonder.Insane, amazing illustration of todays beauty ideals.It reveals the truth of society today ... I have to admit that this video is a bit shocking .. anyway, beautiful work and effects created on the video.
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