Monday, March 15, 2010

Essay Presentations

Errol Morris- Little Grey Man
First Person
Interrotron- exaggerates concepts of time. Morris keeps questions open and ambiguous. Sound is stable. Ominous sound vs. jovial music that match the subject of the discussion. The spy situation is mirrored by the process, the grey background, and the sound.
Video intercuts remain ambiguity. The world is an illusion. Master of Disguise.
Don't make me come down there. -God
Morris's arm is seen at the very end to ruin the first person perspective.

Anticipation rises TV turns on. angle is skewed. dim fade of sound.
Intense
Pierre Huyghe
gradual passage of time
sped up for dramatization. Compositional rule of thirds.
Banister.
Curtains move
No Moment
Irony.
Modern Music/ Old-Fashioned Furniture

Christian Marclay changed what the record player was originally intended for.
Sound from record, records, record players. Digital versus analog.
Steve Reich- Juilliard Minimalist
Loop sounds for emphasis. It's gonna rain
rain clouds, pigeons, preacher. buildings crash, repetition, gets faster, less is repeated,

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