Self-Portrait and Dylan's Presentation

I thoroughly enjoyed Dylan's presentation on Jan Svankmajer.  I thought Dylan's opening was entertaining and awakening (pun intended) and was also a good introduction to Jan Svankmajer.  I also thought it was ironic that Jan Svankmajer was the Filmmaker given to Dylan, possibly because he may be able to pronounce his name better than anyone else in the class.  Jan Svankmajer seemed to be an extraordinary person with a unique style and set of ideas.
I took one sculpting class in high school. Although I thought I was pretty good at sculpting clay, it is definitely underestimated as to how difficult and time consuming it is to make a face look like a face. The detailed accuracy and intense reconstructions of the clay is very impressive to me.  This may be the reason as to what made Jan Svankmajer so interesting to me is because he was obviously talented.    Another aspect about Jan Svankmajer I found interesting was his interest in the grotesque and absurd. For some reason grotesqueness and absurdism is entertaining.

For my self portrait I definitely want to challenge myself technically by using outside sources of light, camera techniques, and experimenting with editing.  I want to capture myself at my home and possibly other unique areas around Wilmington such as Greenfield lake and the beach. I want to use the images I capture to not be interpreted literally but to be metaphorical and ambiguous. I also want to create a soundscape to have a sort of a musical fluidity but to be composed of outside sounds. I may decide to use instruments to create the sounds in the soundscape but I do not know where this will take me until I get started. I am totally stoked for this project