Monday, February 22, 2010

2nd group critical essays

Sara Martinez- "Bill Viola"

  • He has been around for 30+ years.
  • Doesn't use much camera movement and angles to show entire environment being filmed.
  • inspired by Buddhism and Christianity, and he focuses on dualism: soft & hard, loud & quiet, etc. ( he thinks you cant understand one without the other)





  • this video uses white noise to help meditation and to concentrate on surroundings; calm feeling
  • must focus on small details to understand the full effect of the video because it is very subtle
  • the man in the video fades into the background & becomes nature
  • he jumps and freezes in the air, but surroundings are still moving
  • reflections of other people are seen moving in the water
  • water turns black at some point then back to normal
  • male comes out of water naked, disappears, then is seen walking through the woods again
  • plays with idea of what is real and what isn't real, especially with reflection in water
  • water drips from his feet when he is still in the air (this shows his connection with water without him being in water)
  • he is first clothed before jumping, then naked after coming out of water to show his rebirth.


Will Scott-"Spike Lee"

  • Lee tackles many different controversial topics in his movies, like racism
  • delivery of these topics are very "in your face"
  • uses vast dialogue, camera angles, and transitions to change mood of viewers and different characteristics of the characters






  • The movie is titled "The 25th Hour"
  • the main character complains and expresses his feelings about various people, races, generations, family members, friends, and architecture in New York city, in a very vulger way (doesn't hold back; isn't subtle)
  • shows love-hate relationship
  • shows images. like american flag, to arouse emotion



  • this is another clip from the movie
  • uses light to set emotion: blue is when the character has grasp on the conversation and situation, and red is when he is acting on impulse
  • shows different taboo situations in everyday life

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