Experimental Film- Inspiration- Art

It seems ridiculous but this has been an inspiration during the creation of the Experimental ideas in the planning stages. It's not the im age of Barrack Obama but the fact that it has been created by thousands of little images put in a specific order to make the bigger picture. This idea of thousands of little shots put together in order is something we very much thought about in our initial idea. We have considered numerous montage sequences in fast paced. And if these are not ordered right and put together right it will not make a clear picture similar to if I moved some of the little picture above. This would mess up the picture and the final image/theme would loose it's clarity to the audience. Therefore I have had to keep this in mind when creating every element of our idea making sure that the underlining theme of psychologically fractured bahaviour is considered in every bit of the film.

Experimental Film- Inspiration- Memento, 2000

Memento is a jigsaw film in the way that the film is put together piece by piece and you can only understand it when you have every piece put together. This idea is one I admire when watching films and enjoy trying to project in my films. Therefore I have tried to incorporate a sense of mystery in a non linear narrative throughout the initial idea to try and keep the attention of the audience and more importantly give the audience an interpretation that they can feel when watchin the film. I want to keep the audience from understanding the psychological behaviour that goes on within the characters head but see everything that he sees so they can interpret what they see rather than what I want them to see. This poses a certain threat to the film as it could potentially wreck the film becoming simply misunderstood. Therefore Memento has given me certain influences that create boundaries for what is good to display in the film to allow the audience to recognise certain issues in the Experimental Film. This includes such things as a guide, which in Memento is shown in the form of the tattoos on the main characters body.

Experimental film- Inspiration- Meshes of The Afternoon, 1943

This film by Maya Deren cleverly represents the mind of a woman as she looses her grip on reaity. This shows some stylistic emotions and themes that we took as insiration in our idea. The way the characters mind is reflected in this piece really gave us the idea of fractured and twisted reality, the hooded person, the telephone of it's hook the knife, these images that create a specific theme is something that we hope to achieve in our final film.
The soundtrack for this piece is also influential on our idea as its alternative style that it has really gives an uncomforting and strange atmosghere to the piece and further gives the sense of the loss of grip on reality. I like this as it is different to the usual music that we hear in contemporary films and experimental films of this era.

Experimental Film- Inspiration- Intervals, 1969

This experimental short was important in helping us find inspiration for an initial idea. In Intervals, Peter Greenaway cleverly uses repeating checkerboard shots on walls and shopfronts throughout Venice. The sequence of shots are repeated three times, each time with different sound clips in the foreground of the film. The sound makes the sequence different each time as we interpret a different meaning within the film. The first time it is just the walls. The second time the Italian alphabet is being recited which gives the interpretation of labelling or order within the sequence. The final time there are rhyming couplets recited which interpret certain themes within the sequence such as family. The idea of the three sequences having different intepretations is an idea that we strongly pushed when creating the intitial idea within our group. I thought that this combined with a repeating montage sequence would be effective in showing the psychologically fractured mind of the character we are going to represent in the film. The film is also shot in black and white, a common theme that runs through most experimental films. We are also going to use black and whiteto convey a typical experimental convention. This film helped us to set boundaries within the initial idea we created and has given us a lot of influence when finalising our idea.

Experimental Film- Inspiration

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVLvMg62RPA

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo trailer is very distinguishable as it is essentially a montage or series of clips from the film that form a significant advert showing what is in this film. I really like this idea as it keeps the audience watching as well as thinking quickly as these clips only last for a few frames. When deciding on our initial idea for our experimental project we looked at this trailer as a ground for the idea we are going to convey when the film is finished. However our fast paces editing is going to be used as a means to show the psychological behaviour that our character has throughout the film. We thought it would be a good idea to start the clips cutting slowly and gradually speeding up to extremely fast paced to try and put the audience in a similr position to what is going on in the characters head.
There is also no dialogue in the above trailer something that we are initially deciding on for a way of leaving the film more to audience interpretation. This is because issues become a lot more ambiguous without dialogue therefore it will give the experimental approach more significance for the character this film is based around. Altogether this trailer has been a crucial idea in the initial planning of our Experimental Film idea.

Level 4 Film and Media- Semester 2 Experimental Project

Semester 2 of Level 4 Film and Media has given us a challenging start to a new year. A 5 minute Experimental project that is to be completed on the 16th February. This is interesting due to the high amount of production that has to be completed in so little time. However the inspiration that arrived during the introduction seminar has helped to slow the panic that initially set in. I think as a group our initial idea was pretty strong and had a lot of good influences to think about from other films.

I am looking forward to the production and post-production stages of this project as I have taken part responsibility in these two stages as Editor and part Director. This is because I am interested in these to roles and want to build strength and learn different responsibilities these roles have within the production cycle.