Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Critical Essay Presentation

Leslie presented William Wegman's video Dog and Biscuit in Jar. White walls and cement floor. Microphone. Wooden block? teddy bear? Glass Breaks, Human Orders of Hierarchy, Brings us back to the beginning where we remember that Wegman is there watching and doing nothing. Shows Power and control, Human's mastery over domestic animals.

Kirstin- Joe Wright directed Pride and Prejudice, Atonement, The Soloist, and Indian Summer. Natural lighting, diegetic sound, real locations of story by Jane Austen. Dramatic cuts from extreme close-up to extremely zoomed out of entire scenery. 500 year old tree. Deer run free contrasted with harnessed horses. 15 minutes to shoot the whole scene in order to get natural sunrise that connected with the natural sunrise of the first shoot.

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