At first i was entirely confused
Then i googled "Long take"..
With this new knowledge in mind, i reread the article.
In whole, i tend to disagree with Pasolini's outlandish remarks. Its as if the man lives in a Black and White world, with no shades in between. I was most caught off gaurd by Pasolini's remark on how our lives mean nothing, until we die. At first i pondered. Then i reacted. If this were so why should we do anything before our deathbed, it all matters. Then i thought of a movie series that i hold extremly close to me, but many others may write off. Star Wars. Before the 3 new episodes, Darth Vader was a Villian, and Evil Man, who has no emotion. Then Episodes 1 2 and 3 come out. Suddenly hes a kid, who loses a mother. A Adolescent who loses his true love, while trying in every way to save her. And then he redeems all, by saving his son, and killing the true evil in the galaxy. I know this may not be real life, but in the end, he will be remembered by bringing balance to the force, by fulfilling his prophecy. No one thought he would do so by nearly destroying it first, but alas, he does.
Yea its not real life, but what is.
So i see Pasolini's point, but i still feel as if he should broaden his thoughts more, to include mid-life greatness.
Thursday, February 7, 2008
Sunday, January 27, 2008
Lev Manovich "What is Digital Cinema"
After reading the introduction to this I can not help but notice how similar it is to the Chapter Menu in a DVD. Lev gives us a brief summary, as well as information regarding to how the entire thing will fan out.
After reading A Brief Archeology of Moving Picture I feel completely at a loss. I cannot even begin to understand all of the technical terms being thrown at me. Perhaps I will spend some time on Wikipedia this evening. I sort of get the gist though, just not the technologies.
Lev states "Hollywood has even created a new-mini genre of "The Making of..." videos and books which reveal how special effects are created." Not quite, but I had this in my head, the mockumentary "behind the scenes".
He goes on to explain what many of us refer to as Green Screen. After some research i found that Green is much more recent, they used to use Blue. interesting. Movies like Sky Captain are said to have been shot 100% in a green screen environment. Some movies take good advantage of it, while others it just adds a cartoonish value to them, i suppose thats part of lev's argument.
"In principle, given enough time and money, one can create what will be the ultimate digital film: 90 minutes, i.e., 129600 frames completely painted by hand from scratch, but indistinguishable in appearance from live photography" This strikes me.. as a terribly painful realization.
I also want to watch "little movies", since manovich seems to be such a fore runner in this "new media" field. This is my third or fourth essay I have read by him. and while they are full of detailed techno-information they are very reassuring at the same time.
After reading A Brief Archeology of Moving Picture I feel completely at a loss. I cannot even begin to understand all of the technical terms being thrown at me. Perhaps I will spend some time on Wikipedia this evening. I sort of get the gist though, just not the technologies.
Lev states "Hollywood has even created a new-mini genre of "The Making of..." videos and books which reveal how special effects are created." Not quite, but I had this in my head, the mockumentary "behind the scenes".
He goes on to explain what many of us refer to as Green Screen. After some research i found that Green is much more recent, they used to use Blue. interesting. Movies like Sky Captain are said to have been shot 100% in a green screen environment. Some movies take good advantage of it, while others it just adds a cartoonish value to them, i suppose thats part of lev's argument.
"In principle, given enough time and money, one can create what will be the ultimate digital film: 90 minutes, i.e., 129600 frames completely painted by hand from scratch, but indistinguishable in appearance from live photography" This strikes me.. as a terribly painful realization.
I also want to watch "little movies", since manovich seems to be such a fore runner in this "new media" field. This is my third or fourth essay I have read by him. and while they are full of detailed techno-information they are very reassuring at the same time.
Thursday, January 17, 2008
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