Narrative and non-narrative structures (Chapter 3)

Many art works are non-narrative pieces of work for example muto, this is because people would go to an art gallery to take bits out of a video and would not be expected to sit and watch the whole thing people generally just take out of it what they want to and don't stay for the whole thing. Whereas in a cinema you would be expected to go in and watch the whole film form start to finish. something you would watch in a cinema is narrative. I don’t think it is that important to have a narrative because your view many things in your own way and look and take in as much as you want or nothing at all.

Muto

The film muto by blu is very well done and made me very confused when i first started to watch it this is because i first thought how is it all moving when its on a wall. Its all about stop frame animation and i think it is an amazing video and all links in together nothing is out of place. it is all spray painting several images on the walls to create a meaning of some sort, there was a lot of craft involved with this video because it is all painted on the wall and then pictures taken each time this must of took a very long time. The concept behind this video could be seen as birth, death and re birth.

Girl chewing gum

A girl chewing gum by john smith is a very old looking video that looks like it is made in the days were everything to do with film is in black and white. The thing i find most strange is that its called a girl chewing gum but there is only on short thing were a girl crosses the road chewing gum but the rest of the video is just random people walking thought the street and the narrator is just making it seem like he knows every ones business, to begin with your mind believe that he is actually there but at the end of the video hen says he is no were near this street so therefore this means he made a video and just edited it to fit the characters that were walking past.

The concept of this video is that some tings can look like its really happening whereas it is actually not never believe what you hear and see on a video because you never know the truth behind it unless you are there yourself .

Audience, and audience interpretation of the work (Chapter 6)

The audience's interpretation of a piece of work can all depend on a person themselves and how there feeling, this is because not every ones mind work and thinks in the same way. For example the video doll face has several ideas that people have had to make the concept, the way people look at this and decide what they think the concept is could all depend on allot of things to do with the person themselves by what day they have had or if they have eaten etc.
I think it's good that people have their own opinions and reactions to pieces of work because it shows that they’re not scared or embarrassed to express their feelings about it and that they don’t have to have the same reactions as other people.
At the Tate Modern, there is a huge table and chairs like a giants dinner table with big chairs in a big room, and some people were looking at it in silence with slightly confusion but others were turning this piece into a joke by saying, “could you imagine a person that big ha ha!”.
several people have different opinions depending on the way there mind works.

The use of technology and techniques and styles (Chapter 2)

The use of technology,techniques and styles can change the way you watch and look at something in a very strong way. I think that the way the technology is used to create a video can affect the way you think due to age as well as in general this is because young teenage people would more than likely prefer to watch a more modern videos this is because old video's can seem really dull and boring. Everything would be in black and white and maybe not a clear picture. However saying that koynaasqatsi is a old video but has a very interesting concept and uses lots of colour and a change of scenery so everything is always moving and making you think this is not a boring video it is very interesting to see.
The reason videos are very different in the way they are filmed can be because of money a girl chewing gum is basically just a video camera on a tripod were as koynaasqatsi is very technical and uses a variety of shots and colour. Doll face is a modern video and is all done by technology this is because the editor Had used allot more money and techniques and technology is allot better nower days.

To discuss both past and present artists and works. (Chapter 1)

There are many ways in artist works that tells us when it was made although some you would not be able to recognise. i have looked at several videos, the ones that interested me the most were Doll Face, koyaanisqatsi and girl chewing gum. This is because they all had and interest in very different ways.

Doll face is a recent video made by Andy Huang which had a concept linked to the media these days because they young girl just wants to reach out to the TV and be like a model off the television. This video links to the video Gisele Kerozene by Jan Kounen this is because there ideas are kind off the same in the way they use lots of animation.

Koyaanisqatsi is an old video made in 1983 by Godfrey Reggio, the general gist of the video is moving around different places like the grand canyon. There are several opinions to this video in the way peoples minds think. The concept of this video is that showing people that not everything is perfect and people need to think about other people and places. This video is very different compared to another old film called a girl chewing gum they are both very old but are very different to each other this is because in Koyaanisqatsi uses high colour were as a girl chewing gum uses back and white and is not a very clear video.

Although Doll face is a new video and Koyaanisqatsi and Girl Chewing Gum are old they can link to each other in a certain way because they are all perceptions, doll face is a perception of beauty and Koyaanisqatsi has a perception of the plannet also Girl chewing gum has the perception of truth because in the video it makes you think the man is actually there at the time but really he is not there at all.

gisele kerozene by jan kounen

This video is very creepy and weird after watching it, it made me think what was the meaning behind that and there wasn't much of a meaning but one thing that did come into mind is that it could be telling people that not everyone is a nice person.
This film is all about witches chasing each other and cutting there faces were they hurt themselves by crashing, because one off them is in a wheel chair and tries to catch another witch that is on a broom. there was no music in this film but the People in it were talking but no normally it was almost like an alien.
It is very heavily crafted because it is stop frame animation this takes a very long time to create so allot of time and effort is spent on this experimental video.

How theese works might enspire your own work. (chapter 5).

I came up with a few ideas for my film, one of them is more detailed and would take more time and concentration to do. I thought of maby i slow break up of a young couple that think they have everything as long as they have each other but when they break up the girl turns on a bad side and they boy id left with nothing. The concept of this would be everything seems perfect but you should never depend on one thing in life.

Another idea i had was just a plain simple film just to make you think an see that maybe sum peoples life is as miserable as the film would look. My idea was someone siting in a classroom just blinking constantly and looking at the clock every min, the concept behind this would be that every day seems the same old boring thing and you should try and make every day a smile.

Looking at other peoples work made it allot easier to get an idea of what experimental video is. This help me choose and idea because now i no that simple little films could be the ones that are big eye opener. For example doll face had many different view it was so simple but had allot of thought and interest.