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Otis,
I appreciate your amended tag line!
I do recall your subject is having surgery.
By the way, have you seen – a new television is being promoted that i think will air on The History Channel – about ‘the earth after humans’? It’s based on that tv special I mentioned to you having seen a while back.
I look forward to reading/ hearing about what you get from your location/scene studies, and if/how they help clarify your film shoots.
-Marilyn
Otis, this is excellent! It’s excellent to get worked about material you can’t stand – IF you break out specifically what it is that bothers you and why. Given your primary interest in cinematography, now what I look forward to is some analysis or monologue on a director or cinematographer’s work you love – and why. Your project this quarter seems to allow plenty of time for this…..yes? Tell us the work you love and why and how it informs your thinking about your own work.
I was very surprised by your piece. I know a lot of people mentioned cutting down on your text – I think you should keep all the quotes and take out the questions. The footage communicated the questions visually. If you have time, I would suggest adding sound – not words, but some kind of wilderness sound.
Otis, you did a great job of soliciting feedback about your rough cut, and a very impressive job integrating that feedback into your final cut. Well done! See you this Tuesday at 10am.
isn’t it rewarding when someone actually posts a comment on your blog! I appreciate taltab07’s comments – and you did a great job integrating the feedback you got.
do you imagine crank’s style is consciously derivative of Festen? When you talk about what makes Festen look Crank – I think of it more as what makes Crank look life Festen.
Such great questions! Indeed. No doubt though, because it starred Brad Pit, and because he was willing to be aged and de-aged, I’m sure it sold more tickets than would have the small amount of screen time he’d have played without effects. But the casting would have been interesting – Brad at one week, two years, five, 70.
Your technical assessment and critique here is worthy of being published in a trade journal (at least).
What are you, a Mediaworks student or something?
Nice.
tis, I’m reading through your blog backwards right now, and the range of films you’re referencing is fantastic. I’m curious to hear how this mix of films landed in your hands….what prompted these selections?
The influence of Jensen’s work on yours, and the depth of your feeling, is humbling to me. I’m so moved by artists who really let themselves open up, who engage in a process rather than just an outcome. That, to me, is one of the most inspiring aspects of experimental work. Having witnessed your process and work this quarter, it seems that you have done this.
I think Crank was influenced just as much by the style of skateboard or snowboard videos as it was by some intellectual film movement from scandinavia in the 1990’s. OF course Crank looks like Festen, but I only just saw (or had even heard of) Festen recently. With Citizen Kane, I had already seen all of the innovative techniques used in movies produced after it, so it wasn’t as incredible as if I had seen it in 1941.
This is an interesting movie as it comes from a very different culture. In West Africa, the beliefs, customs, and social behaviors are not like ones you would find in Hollywood, or London, or Paris. In addition to this, it is very common for filmmakers to cast friends and family, so the acting has a very different style. It was very interesting though, and fun to watch.
I do this sort of analysis to some extent with all the movies that I watch. These just happened to be the movies that I watched in the last few weeks that I also felt like writing about.
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Otis,
I appreciate your amended tag line!
I do recall your subject is having surgery.
By the way, have you seen – a new television is being promoted that i think will air on The History Channel – about ‘the earth after humans’? It’s based on that tv special I mentioned to you having seen a while back.
I look forward to reading/ hearing about what you get from your location/scene studies, and if/how they help clarify your film shoots.
-Marilyn
are the photos inspiring because of lighting? composition? mood? what about them speaks to you regarding your own shooting?
Looking forward to seeing some work or documentation today!
freeman
Otis, you are so right about my thinking.
Otis, I’m hoping you’ve got some footage to show me this morning.
I don’t, but I can tell you why that is.
Otis, this is excellent! It’s excellent to get worked about material you can’t stand – IF you break out specifically what it is that bothers you and why. Given your primary interest in cinematography, now what I look forward to is some analysis or monologue on a director or cinematographer’s work you love – and why. Your project this quarter seems to allow plenty of time for this…..yes? Tell us the work you love and why and how it informs your thinking about your own work.
you must be kidding.
Unfortunately, I’m not.
I was very surprised by your piece. I know a lot of people mentioned cutting down on your text – I think you should keep all the quotes and take out the questions. The footage communicated the questions visually. If you have time, I would suggest adding sound – not words, but some kind of wilderness sound.
Otis, you did a great job of soliciting feedback about your rough cut, and a very impressive job integrating that feedback into your final cut. Well done! See you this Tuesday at 10am.
isn’t it rewarding when someone actually posts a comment on your blog! I appreciate taltab07’s comments – and you did a great job integrating the feedback you got.
do you imagine crank’s style is consciously derivative of Festen? When you talk about what makes Festen look Crank – I think of it more as what makes Crank look life Festen.
Otis, well-articulated critique, no surprise! I’ve not seen this movie, but reading your review, I’ll move it to top of my queue.
L O L. I hope you didn’t watch it.
Such great questions! Indeed. No doubt though, because it starred Brad Pit, and because he was willing to be aged and de-aged, I’m sure it sold more tickets than would have the small amount of screen time he’d have played without effects. But the casting would have been interesting – Brad at one week, two years, five, 70.
Your technical assessment and critique here is worthy of being published in a trade journal (at least).
What are you, a Mediaworks student or something?
Nice.
tis, I’m reading through your blog backwards right now, and the range of films you’re referencing is fantastic. I’m curious to hear how this mix of films landed in your hands….what prompted these selections?
The influence of Jensen’s work on yours, and the depth of your feeling, is humbling to me. I’m so moved by artists who really let themselves open up, who engage in a process rather than just an outcome. That, to me, is one of the most inspiring aspects of experimental work. Having witnessed your process and work this quarter, it seems that you have done this.
I think Crank was influenced just as much by the style of skateboard or snowboard videos as it was by some intellectual film movement from scandinavia in the 1990’s. OF course Crank looks like Festen, but I only just saw (or had even heard of) Festen recently. With Citizen Kane, I had already seen all of the innovative techniques used in movies produced after it, so it wasn’t as incredible as if I had seen it in 1941.
This is an interesting movie as it comes from a very different culture. In West Africa, the beliefs, customs, and social behaviors are not like ones you would find in Hollywood, or London, or Paris. In addition to this, it is very common for filmmakers to cast friends and family, so the acting has a very different style. It was very interesting though, and fun to watch.
Ummm… I didn’t but I’d like to. It seems like it looks at important topics, and would be fun to watch.
I do this sort of analysis to some extent with all the movies that I watch. These just happened to be the movies that I watched in the last few weeks that I also felt like writing about.
I saw World’s Greatest Dad. In the credits, one of the interns was Otis Sherman. was it you?
That was in fact me. I had a great time working on that movie.