CPDR17 Miki

We effectively conveyed a sense of space by using a small singular interior location because we wanted to challenge ourselves by using an interior location, unlike the previous 2 tasks which was all done in exterior locations. We also wanted to film in a dark room using a singular light source which was the flash on my iPhone to manipulate shadow and light on the wall in my bedroom. With the flash we experimented with different textures of objects we used as props such as wood, metal and plastic and kept our idea simple but still sticking to the concept. There are numerous things we could’ve done different such as using more types of materials to explore more textures, included a loose narrative, use different lighting, a bigger location and a bigger wall space because we didn’t have enough room to film and the walls weren’t big enough to cast the shadows we wanted. Things worked out differently from the way we had visualized. We initially intended to still stick with the Christma...

We have come to the conclusion that our film falls in the abstract and also associational experimental film. This can be shown by only focusing on the small Christmas decorations and using sounds that match the objects. The film also falls in the associational category because everyone can relate to Christmas.

The experimental filmmaker may tell no story. The filmmaker may create a fictional story, but it usually challenges the viewer. Experimentalists have also used staging to express distinct feelings or ideas. Abstract films are often organised in a way that we might call theme and variations.

Meat factory earworms was a documentary about a man trapped working in a meat factory we watched in class, which focuses on audio. The audio contained sounds of knives being sharpened which made me feel very uncomfortable and un eased with the sound being clear, as if it was being done right next to my ear and other sounds which you would hear in a meat factory such as the cries from the animals being slaughtered which was heart breaking to hear. The documentary’s purpose is to make the audience sympathise for the animals and the man who works there which it successfully does for me. It implies that music is what keeps the man going which was illustrated through the repetitive music being played despite having to go through hearing the animal’s cries. It drowns the sounds from the meat factory out. The sounds used in the documentary was very powerful and intense to get the message across about the horrors in a meat factory through using unsettling and concentrated sounds such as knive...