In Loving Memory of February 5th 2007.

One amazing thing about this class is that I can never seem to get a grip on what is coming next. That being said, the films we saw today were weird. "Third Eye Butterfly" was quit beautiful. Though I saw no recognizable images in the film, aside from the swirl with the eye in the middle, I was stunned by the beauty and delicateness of the images projected. The cutting, spreading, over lapping and multiplying of colors seemed to be more of a product of the music as opposed to the other way around. That being said, I haven't heard to much of that style of music, but what I have heard I loved. I don't even know what category of music it is. I like it. On a down side, it didn't seem to me that the film was cut to match in tempo or dance along with the soundtrack. My big thing as of late has been confessing to take 80% of the blame in not understanding the meaning behind the art I have been exposed to. From film to poetry, if I dont get it, Im blaming myself and not the artist. So as far as the not matching with the music thing, Ill take my 80 in that regard. I think there was a tempo set by the music that was kept in tact through the film, but I would have liked to seen it more on a "on beat" style. But Im a skateboarder and enjoy the way skateboard videos have evolved to sync a song with the skateboarder. So im sort of programed in that way.

"Available light" didn't have enough going on to keep my attention. I like the idea behind the film, but that wasn't enough to keep my mind on track with it. Given my attention span, Im not sure it ever had a chance. Im quick people. Ill even take 90% on this one.

"Night Flight Transmission" was scary as hell. This film was really loud. It seemed as though the timing behind all the cuts were linked directly to my brain and made to freak the s**t out of me. Id show this film to a dog who behaved badly. I kept waiting for blood to start pouring down the screen and for people to start screaming and other really dark thoughts. I think that may have been a part of the point. Did anyone ever see "Altered States"? This film reminded me of the peyote scene in that movie. If you haven't seen it check it out, Its top 10 on my list easy.

"Luminous" is another film that didn't really hold my attention to well. Im sure people with a projectionist back round would love it. I do not have a projectionist back round. I did not love it.

"The Darkroom" had some amazing angles and motion in it. I have no idea how they did it, but I want to know. This film got me on a film makers level more than a strictly art viewing level. The way the waves would come in and out at the same time and curled just made me want to pick Jang's brain on the production side of it. I came to a strange realization in this one to. I realized that the sight of waves is as calming as the sound of waves. Im sure my psychology professor would remind me that sight and sound have some brain wave similarities and that while viewing silent waves my brain would fill in sound on its own or something like that. I was so inthralled with the image while my brain was telling me to take a nap. I fought my way through this one. Now I feel like I was a guinea pig in an experiment. "Mr. Biesel, try to stay awake while we use science to lull you to sleep. Oh, and if you do fall asleep, we will know it from your brain wave read out. Then you will receive and electric shock to help stimulate alertness in the brain." I dont know why I added the "shock" part. Peace!