Though since she did have a hearing aid, she must have heard some sounds. So maybe having the audio as the sounds she heard might have worked as well, though I enjoyed how this piece arrested my attention the moment I saw her hearing aid.
This is interesting. Initially I was a little perplexed by there being no sound and found the range of her facial expressions intriguing. Though then I noticed that she had a hearing aid and considered that having no sound was intended to give the viewer a sense of how her experience was without sound.
I also didnt see that she was hearing impaired until after the end so I also got something totally different out of it. I thought that with the video as slow as it was, that there was time to think about how absurd the event actually is, you get a chance to actually scan the whole scene and interpret it more then if there was real time video and audio. I think if you want to bring the fact that she is deaf to be the focus you have to somehow make it more apparent.
When first watching this video I was confused and wondering if there was suppose to be sound or not. I then just thought, all right it's a video without sound, interesting. It wasn't until now that I realized she was hearing impaired, so it might be good to either write that in comments or use that information in the title of the piece.
With that being said...
I like the concept of this video, with it being how she would have experienced the event. I think it works really well.
I think the concept of taking television footage of this event and turning it into something more like a memory is interesting. by slowing it down and making it silent it makes it feel as if this is the memory of miss america 95 and not a television broadcast as the rest of the world experienced the event. taking the public and making it feel private is an interesting feeling.
one criticism I'd like to add is that i didn't know that this woman in the video was hearing impaired, and didn't notice until ria pointed it out and i had to re-watch it to notice her hearing aid. without this knowledge the lack of audio would be interpreted very differently. i don't think the piece should be changed but i do think adding the information to your description of the piece would be helpful for others.
There is a great sense of surprise in this video. I think that the element of winning or losing is a very nice concept on its own (that's initially what I thought the piece was about at first)- recording that human reaction via an event (the crowning of Miss America) that focuses on it more than most other events I can think of.
The decision to slow down, silence, and (I think) zoom in on the two finalists facial expressions heightens this sense of tension. It also reminded me of Sam Taylor Wood's "Hysteria" in that, for me at least, it was difficult for awhile to discern who was the winner and who was the loser- equating the intensity of victory with that of the let-down.
The discovery, near almost exactly the halfway point, that Miss America is hearing impaired, requires the viewer to rethink the film thus far in a lot of ways. I also like that, because of the quality of appropriated video, compounded with the quality degradation of YouTube, the hearing aid is a subtle and almost abstracted form even after it is revealed.
Though since she did have a hearing aid, she must have heard some sounds. So maybe having the audio as the sounds she heard might have worked as well, though I enjoyed how this piece arrested my attention the moment I saw her hearing aid.
Brandy
TimeArts1 2 years ago
This is interesting. Initially I was a little perplexed by there being no sound and found the range of her facial expressions intriguing. Though then I noticed that she had a hearing aid and considered that having no sound was intended to give the viewer a sense of how her experience was without sound.
Brandy
TimeArts1 2 years ago
I also didnt see that she was hearing impaired until after the end so I also got something totally different out of it. I thought that with the video as slow as it was, that there was time to think about how absurd the event actually is, you get a chance to actually scan the whole scene and interpret it more then if there was real time video and audio. I think if you want to bring the fact that she is deaf to be the focus you have to somehow make it more apparent.
-Jimmy
TimeArts1 2 years ago
When first watching this video I was confused and wondering if there was suppose to be sound or not. I then just thought, all right it's a video without sound, interesting. It wasn't until now that I realized she was hearing impaired, so it might be good to either write that in comments or use that information in the title of the piece.
With that being said...
I like the concept of this video, with it being how she would have experienced the event. I think it works really well.
-Beth
MagicCupcake 2 years ago
from Ryan:
I think the concept of taking television footage of this event and turning it into something more like a memory is interesting. by slowing it down and making it silent it makes it feel as if this is the memory of miss america 95 and not a television broadcast as the rest of the world experienced the event. taking the public and making it feel private is an interesting feeling.
TimeArts1 2 years ago
from Ryan:
one criticism I'd like to add is that i didn't know that this woman in the video was hearing impaired, and didn't notice until ria pointed it out and i had to re-watch it to notice her hearing aid. without this knowledge the lack of audio would be interpreted very differently. i don't think the piece should be changed but i do think adding the information to your description of the piece would be helpful for others.
TimeArts1 2 years ago
There is a great sense of surprise in this video. I think that the element of winning or losing is a very nice concept on its own (that's initially what I thought the piece was about at first)- recording that human reaction via an event (the crowning of Miss America) that focuses on it more than most other events I can think of.
ria10110 2 years ago
The decision to slow down, silence, and (I think) zoom in on the two finalists facial expressions heightens this sense of tension. It also reminded me of Sam Taylor Wood's "Hysteria" in that, for me at least, it was difficult for awhile to discern who was the winner and who was the loser- equating the intensity of victory with that of the let-down.
ria10110 2 years ago
The discovery, near almost exactly the halfway point, that Miss America is hearing impaired, requires the viewer to rethink the film thus far in a lot of ways. I also like that, because of the quality of appropriated video, compounded with the quality degradation of YouTube, the hearing aid is a subtle and almost abstracted form even after it is revealed.
ria10110 2 years ago