Hello again,

It's almost tomorrow so I thought that I should get online real quick. I am working on contact printing for a film workshop. It's very fun and I am getting a lot done, however my hands smell terrible. Yesterday I talked about the film D'est. I touched on some ideas that I had noticed throughout the film. The first one was transportation. Any form of transportation was utilized. There were cars, bikes, and trolley cars throughout the entire film. I wanted to understand what was meant by this but I still am not entirely sure what was meant, or if there is meaning to be found. Second was a constant dolly shot obsession with people waiting, I assume they are waiting for some type of train at a station. I am not sure though. After learning more about the film and understanding the title, "From the East" I realize that this film was a journey piece. From Germany to Moscow, and filming the people as she went. I did realize that we went from summer to winter as well. Very warm and inviting settings to cold, damp and dark settings. Talk to you tomorrow.

Fine, I failed miserably at the blogging five times in a row. Can you blame me, I can't I will however try to do it this week. So Monday the 19th of February is the first blog of five in a row. This is like pulling teeth. Today in Film 201 we screened D'est a film by Chantal Akerman. I have to admit to you all it was the most difficult movie I have ever sat through. I was fighting sleep the entire time. I had a full eight hours plus that previous night and I still found it hard to stay awake. I finally got over the lead for eyes and sat through the rest of the film. The whole film is a succession of dolly shots and still tripod shots, there is one time she uses the hand-held method and that is when a couple are dancing in the street. The film gave me the feel of the Lumierie brothers "actualities" that were just of people being in front of the camera and doing normal everday tasks. Some ideas that came up was the idea of transportation, waiting, menial tasks, and music. I will discuss tomorrow what I felt about those concepts.

I really have nothing to say today about the films screened in class. However I thought it was interesting to see in my film 115 class we watched some projects on video that used computers to complete the vision and aural effect. Good to see that my classes meld.

Today in my film 201 class we viewed numerous films/videos/presentations regarding the idea of a Daily Diary much like a video journal.

The first piece was by Jonas Mekas with his latest installment in the 365 Films series. Where he puts up a new video journal for each day. The concept of keeping track of ones thoughts or ideas on a video journal and putting it on display for the world to see online is a fairly new one. The concept came from the freedom to communicate with the world via the World Wide Web. I respect the efforts of Mekas and other artists deciding to do the same thing, however I personally find no real need or purpose for the practice. People, having access to the WWW, believed that by putting their information online meant that anyone could access it, and if anyone could access it then the people must care about what they're trying to say. Fact is most casual bloggers, video bloggers, and You-tubers do not care one bit about the images/ideas/ and goings-on in cyberspace. I think "what makes you so special, that I should take time out of my busy schedule to watch your ____(whatever)" People might have an inflated view on the impact of their words and images just because they are accessible by the entire world. The very fact that I am putting my thoughts online on Blogger.com is very absurd and in the end futile. After the class is over and the web-space is shut down NO ONE WILL MISS IT! I am not saying that the artists are disingenuous about their intent. I do think however if they really cared about their art form they would make it timeless and put the effort in to make sure that no matter how long of time passes their work will always be noticed.

Real quick thoughts on "Fist Fight"
- I was annoyed by the whole presentation material wise, however the way he used animation was was very good. Technique was well thought out, however the material lacked meaning. If the idea was a dadaist mentality they won't mind me saying my thoughts.

Cory Archangels "Data Diaries"
- possibly useful for some futuristic compositional prints however not much gleaned from the presentation, I could not wait till he turned it off.

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Hello Folks,

Just a slight lapse in memory from my last semester. I lost all my account info and had a heck of a time finding my latest blog account. So I am back and I will be posting soon.