The visiting artists this semester have been really fun and creativity inspiring. After enjoying the time lapse works of Ethan Jackson I have especially enjoyed the storytelling genius of filmmaker Vladimir. Anything that incites interactivity, alternative presentation methods, crafty storytelling and celluloid is sure to be a hit in my book though.
Growing up looking at Disney viewmaster stories to taped narration, I enjoyed the trip down memory lane with the stories from Vladimir. My favorites were the first 2 as their storytelling was playful and child-like. The third story was more of an abstract art piece that was nice to look at but didn't hold my attention as well as the first two where I wanted to know how the story would end. The third was intriguing simply due to the very formal "Clue" or Sherlock Holmes era representation.
Vladamir puts a lot of thought into the details and that is what makes her pieces so successful. Using models that are to scale, using striped fabric to create period parlor wallpaper, carefully setting the scene with each piece's placement being purposeful all demonstrate her meticulousness and attention to craft as the artist that she most definitely is.
Using her eye rather than math to figure out the camera placement on the slidebar is also up my alley. I would be deterred from creating a 3-D image if it was only possible through the"joys" of mathematics. I had the pleasure of remedial math all through school and even in college where we created our own mantra "We hate math!". Our teacher told us that it was ok to hate it, but that we could honestly still become good at it. Well, I became good at it for that semester and can honestly say that I have not retained an ounce of it since. Would that constitute a learning disability that I can learn any other subject and have recollection, yet I have NEVER retained even the most basic of mathematical concepts?? Oh well, that was my "I hate math" tangent and I am done with that topic now.
I have appreciated being challenged by these visiting artists to look at creating films in a way different from what everyone else is doing. It would make a great project for future consideration - I guess it would be similar to the project we did last spring in Film 102 to some extent, but that was a fun project that made me think outside the box film wise.
I direct you now to an alternative film that I made for Film 116 - my film consists of multiple still images captured from one image with Snap 'N Drag freeware and assembled in QuickTime Pro to make a short 23 second clip.
Click here or on the image to view the silent clip.
