Assn 1C and presentations

Stan and Christian did wonderful jobs on their presentations today.  It is very inspiring learning about all of these amazing experimental filmmakers. Christian made a great point today about her subject, George Kucher.  She said that George talked about how he always has footage to work with because he has so many unfinished projects.  I think this can apply to a lot of people; we just have to always push ourselves to finish them.  Learning about Stan’s subject, Stan Brokhage, was also inspiring.  Stan Brokhage was a very intimate filmmaker, which reminded me the power of cinema.  It can reach the deepest depths of person’s soul and sometimes ITS PUBLIC! Having something so personal and to be public is extremely risky in my opinion but it is hard to say why it feels that way for me.  Stan Hankins said that Stan Brokhage did not mind one bit about having public personal films and actually wanted to make more of them.  “Shockingly” his wife did not want that kind of exposure.  I wish I could be as open as Stan Brokhage. 

On a side note, the photos for our 1C assignment turned out to be amazing. I already wrote about my experience with assignment 1C in last weeks post because I got confused. I am very excited to use the class’s photos as well as our soundscapes to create something crazy-good as well as see what everyone else can conjure.