April 7, 2008 Lecture

Sitting in the audience, a monotone female voice-over came on through the auditorium speakers commanding that the lights now be turned off, and so it went. I enjoyed the performance at the beginning of class a lot today. It made me think a lot about the aspects of filmmaking in general. It had some very interesting points that I took into consideration, not neccesarily agreed with, but thought about sincerely. It made me think about what defines a movie or film as such and how it is defined, thinking about the framing and projection on and off screen. Most of these perspectives I wouldn't have initionally thought about on my own and I now appreciate these certain conceptions and possibilities of the art that is filmmaking on a different level.