The Tree Planters Video

For some reason i some what enjoyed this piece of work. at least parts of it. i thought the opening left pan was very asteticly pleasing and the light balance was very comfortable but yet striking in a way. It made me very curious as to where we, the viewer, were going. What story or meaning are we about to be shown? And then the left pan came to a rest and we waited hesitentley for something to obscure the frame with it's presence. the helicopter. this film then took a drastic turn for me as an audience member. i fell symptom to something of a cheesy, cliched right pan back through what we had previously visited, only this time it felt fake. the travel back through the dirt and mud soon became redundant and played out. i lost faith at the end of the film.

The Great Pumpkin Race/At Land

I enjoyed this film a lot. It was very light-hearted and i like it very much so because of that. It was also a root of camera tricks. It is always nice to be refreshed by seeing how far film has come. The reverse motion actually looked fairly believable. It was all very humorous.

Maya Derren has always seemed to be a very innovated filmmaker. Her films are usually very surreal and original. I liked the changing atmosphere around her throughout the movie, it kept me waiting for the next switch. It got me involved and interested interested in the film which a lot of movies aim for but not everyone accomplishes. I enjoyed it.

The Amateurist

This 1998 film by Miranda July was very strange to me. I felt like I was being thrown into the middle of this film with out any background knowledge. So right at the start the audience was given their emotion to feel; confusion. Even with the servalence camera we are continually feeling unsettled because of the voyeuristic aspects of the film.
The "professional," as she refers to herself, comes off very passionate about what she does but seems internally conflicted. Both women seem to have their issues. One is trapped in a room being studied via video camera and the other is obviously mentally distraught. This is only assumed, because the audience doesn't really know too much about her, so we assume she must have something a bit wrong. Overall I enjoyed this film but it was uncomfortable to watch.