Simon, very poetical and emotives films, thanks for sharing! Ana On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 12:37 AM, Simon Mclennan <[email protected]>wrote:
> Thank you- I'm really glad someone can get something from this, > Simon > On 29 May 2011, at 13:18, Ann Light wrote: > > > What a glorious lunchtime for me on the list, catching up with > > > > 'Park House' > > http://www.vimeo.com/17226732 > > > > and > > > > 'Friday morning at the surgery' > > http://edwardpicot.com/fridaymorning > > > > If you haven't followed these links, I can only suggest that you > > do. So much > > of life seems to be there in different ways on each. > > > > What a fabulous list. Thank you Simon, Edward ... and Michael. And > > Ruth and > > Marc. Happy BHWE. > > > > Ann > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] > > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Michael > > Szpakowski > > Sent: 29 May 2011 11:27 > > To: NetBehaviour for networked distributed creativity > > Subject: Re: [NetBehaviour] a film called The Ship > > > > Hi Simon > > I like this, in parts. It has moments of intense beauty and it > > bursts with > > ideas, some of which seem to me to work more successfully than others. > > I've been looking at some of your other work - in particular > > > > 'Park House' > > http://www.vimeo.com/17226732 > > and > > > > 'Big Moth' > > http://www.vimeo.com/17198361 > > > > which seem to me to be quite incontrovertibly triumphant. I think what > > underpins this success for me is that these pieces are both looser > > & wilder > > in their construction and more intense in their content. In 'The > > Ship' the > > quasi-narrative form means less poetry per minute plus all the > > traps of > > unevenness (and to some extent cliche) that using performers brings. > > Frankly, I'm not sure how much is gained by the "narrative" thread > > - it is > > still fairly opaque and I wouldn't have guessed, without your gloss > > on the > > vimeo page, that it is "A film about an artist with a dilemma. A > > poetic take > > on split personality and narrative breakdown." > > What seems to me makes for more powerful and unified work in the > > other two > > is that the glue is your beautiful writing and (not to be > > underestimated) > > extraordinarily charismatic speaking voice, combined with a superb > > visual > > sense... they are *precisely* audio visual lyric poems... > > I can see that this could feel unsustainable over a greater length, > > like > > that of 'The Ship' - the lyric approach could begin to feel > > overcooked over > > more than about three minutes (although this never stopped Brakhage). > > I wonder whether the longer work needs more "scaffolding" - longer > > rehearsal > > periods, more precise scripting, even , dare I say, storyboarding > > ( although > > I can see the huge amount of work that went into it as it stands). > > warmest wishes > > michael > > > > > > --- On Thu, 5/26/11, Simon Mclennan <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> From: Simon Mclennan <[email protected]> > >> Subject: [NetBehaviour] a film called The Ship > >> To: "NetBehaviour for networked distributed creativity" > > <[email protected]> > >> Date: Thursday, May 26, 2011, 5:42 PM > >> A film I made - I would be interested > >> in feedback from anyone on net > >> behaviour. Its about 6 minutes long and follows a sort of > >> narrative. > >> > >> http://www.vimeo.com/17199370 > >> > >> Incidentally this film was accidentally stolen by thieves > >> from my > >> flat twice during editing- two separate times on two > >> separate > >> computers- now there's a chance for you. > >> The first part is shot at Furtherfield Gallery, kindly lent > >> to me for > >> a couple of hours by Mark and Ruth some time ago. > >> > >> thanks, > >> > >> Simon > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> NetBehaviour mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > NetBehaviour mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > > > > _______________________________________________ > > NetBehaviour mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > > > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > -- http://anavaldes.wordpress.com http://passagenwerk.wordpress.com http://caravia.stumbleupon.com http://www.crusading.se Gondolgatan 2 l tr 12832 Skarpnäck Sweden tel +468-943288 mobil 4670-3213370 "When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been and there you will always long to return. — Leonardo da Vinci
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