What an incredible film!
I was mesmerized by this pieced together footage from Germany in the 1920's. The symbolism of nearly every shot, the amazing pieces of imagery, and industry, the foreshadowing to Hitler, An amazing work of art recovered and mostly restored.
I am in a rapture beyond words. This was a very old film, a true silent movie, dramatically black and white, complete with restored orchestral accompaniment. We perused it to find some good shots of industry, and the symbolism of the industrial revolution. It was a strange combination of George Orwell's 1984 meets Frankenstein in the magical land of OZ.
How to summarize it with out giving it away... I am at a loss. Robots, mad science, partial nudity, workers rebelling, the prodigal prince redeeming his inheritance... were there flying monkeys? I cant be sure! If you have not seen this film, you simply must. Surely the great masters Orson Wells, and Alfred Hitchcock drew from the richness of this film. A true film, not just a movie.
Summer Learning Contract 2010. My mission: a six credit independent learning contract. I plan to collaborate with local artists in film, music, photography, whatever I can get myself into. I will be processing and expressing my experiences with visual arts and writing. This is a blog of my journey, and my progress. Great links of my collaborative partners in crime: #1 My fabulous photographer is for hire!
Thursday, August 12, 2010
WOW. What a week!
When it rains it pours.
This week I got some of the power point started, and checked in the with the film class 30 Frames Per Second. (30fps, taught by Dave Cramton.) Jordan, my very kind costar from the coffee girl film, sent an email to all the guys for me and Maxwell has cast me in his short horror movie. So I will be filming all day on Friday again! maybe even Saturday.
I am thrilled. Who knew I had to wait 20 years and move to Washington for my acting career to take off?! Now I am gonna be in a horror flick: The Hunted. Everyone knows what that means... I am about to become a Superstar!! Sigourny Weaver, Courtney Cox, Meryl Streep, etc. I absolutely told Maxwell I must have Perrier and my own trailer... kidding. (but paying for summer school would be a bonus).
Meanwhile, I have spent numerous hours the past few days doing production work to create a paper mache' helmet (hours layering and overnight drying) and helping scout locations for the film trailer that Don is working on: Book of Secrets. Tuesday we spent a couple hours in the woods filming one of the scenes and I got to run the sound. Not a Foley artist yet, but on the right track! I hope to post pictures of that soon. I have been cast in that film as a Celtic war goddess. The helmet will be for me. Very exciting. That should begin shooting in the next week or two.
This week I got some of the power point started, and checked in the with the film class 30 Frames Per Second. (30fps, taught by Dave Cramton.) Jordan, my very kind costar from the coffee girl film, sent an email to all the guys for me and Maxwell has cast me in his short horror movie. So I will be filming all day on Friday again! maybe even Saturday.
I am thrilled. Who knew I had to wait 20 years and move to Washington for my acting career to take off?! Now I am gonna be in a horror flick: The Hunted. Everyone knows what that means... I am about to become a Superstar!! Sigourny Weaver, Courtney Cox, Meryl Streep, etc. I absolutely told Maxwell I must have Perrier and my own trailer... kidding. (but paying for summer school would be a bonus).
Meanwhile, I have spent numerous hours the past few days doing production work to create a paper mache' helmet (hours layering and overnight drying) and helping scout locations for the film trailer that Don is working on: Book of Secrets. Tuesday we spent a couple hours in the woods filming one of the scenes and I got to run the sound. Not a Foley artist yet, but on the right track! I hope to post pictures of that soon. I have been cast in that film as a Celtic war goddess. The helmet will be for me. Very exciting. That should begin shooting in the next week or two.
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