UCIqatsi

Piece done in the style of Geoffrey Reggio's "-qatsi" films

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Anthropology
• 139
• melissafan
• UCI
• UC
• Irvine
• Anteaters
• Zot
• Koyaanisqatsi

[xishimarux]

I love how you tried to put all of that book knowledge of film into justifying this monstrosity of a short video you made in previous comments. This was poorly shot. Come on you could have used a tripod. Poorly edited, why not learn how cut short some of this stuff so the music fits the scenes? You have no business doing film if you can't edit or shoot correctly and all the terms/art film vocabulary bullshite/fapfapfapfilmnoir can't do anything for it.

[Melissafan]

I did use a tripod, actually. Three chip cameras usually need them. And mickeymousing the film to the score wouldn't have served a purpose, either. That also had something to do with it. But thanks for your input.

[astrakio]

Oh god, Godfrey Reggio is spinning in his bed and Phillip Glass just got heartburn.

[Melissafan]

Thanks for watching.

[kerwinlrogers]

Just some timelapse and you'd be there. I like the shot from HIB out toward the sculpture.

[Melissafan]

I like to think of it as being simultaneously affected by Russian formalist montage (two different images create new meaning) as well as drawing on cinema verite and the French new wave (objective observing camera where viewer makes judgements and draws conclusions). I think that, like some other non-narrative films, there are intentions with the filmmaker but the viewer's perspective is just as important to the experience of the film.

[Melissafan]

I think you take from it what you will; it's intended to be a set of meditative images, and each relates to the other in sort of a larger sense - such as the comparisons of construction to the finished buildings, or people rushing in and out of the library, et cetera. It's certainly meant for a UCI audience, but I think that in a broader context it definitely depends on individual viewers as equally as filmmaker intentions. What did it mean to you?

[bluevartouhi]

I was wondering if you could explain more about what this video is supposed to mean. I watched the other one, which made me understand the technique used in making this, but is there some larger point or message I'm missing?

[Melissafan]

I know as a filmmaker I shouldn't respond - but I'm going to anyways^^ The spider was sort of a comment on UCI parking - I'll leave it at that.

And there isn't supposed to be a story - it's just supposed to be a set of meditative images (like the original).

And no sound implies important stuff going on - sort of a focusing, a step back I guess. =)

[wealthychef]

Hi, Brittanie, UCI looks beautiful! I hope all is well up there. I took notes while watching your vide, FWIW here they are:

Very interesting styleThe spider doesn't seem to fit in -- no UCI contextA bit aimless -- doesn't speak any story to me.  A mishmosh, seems focused on a single technique or narrow set of techniques, not very interesting as a story. Music ends abruptly at 8:30 and starts again at 9:00 -- not a good touch. Book scene seems empty without music.

:-)

Have a good one