Smu Production 1 Fall 2017

These two readings explored the significance of photography and paintings. Dziga Vertov says that the main thing in film is sensory exploration of the world. The kino-eye is used to explore the chaos of visual aspects that fill space. The kino-eye lives and moves in time and space, as it gathers information. This shows how our eye sight is fixed, but we will always be able to improve our technology, especially cameras. Andre Bazin Talk about realism and perspective as shown in medieval arts. Cinema is often interpreted as a language. People can construct different meanings of images through different angles and settings in nature.

In these two readings, the importance of cinema and photography was explored. Dziga Vertov said the main and essential thing in film is the sensory exploration of the world through film. More perfect than the human eye, the kino-eye is used to explore the chaos of visual aspects that fill space. The kino-eye lives and moves in time and space, as it gathers information in a complete different manner than the human eye. I found this very interesting because it shows how we cannot improve the making of our eyes, but can endlessly perfect the camera. Andre Bazin talks about medieval art and different theories with realism and perspective. Cinema is often interpreted as a language, as you can construct different meanings of images through different angles and settings in nature.

Alec Gilman I assisted on Conrad Li's shoot "Baffled". I benefitted from the experience in multiple ways such as learning new techniques and seeing first hand the passion directors have for a project. Although there was a lot of down time, I thoroughly enjoyed my weekend as a member of the team. This project helped me learn how much of a commitment that production can be and I am grateful for that. My job was a production assistant and that mostly entailed getting things the director needed and helping open and move pieces around.