Both Baraka and Koyaanisqatsi can be described as silent films in their own respect. Each uses the combination of sequences and soundtracks to tell the story. This type of narrative is unique as no dialogue is used throughout the film. This excites people as they wonder how anyone could tell a story without words. The images and sequences it both films are so powerful that no dialouge is needed. The visual tone contains neither dialogue nor a vocalized narration: its tone is set by the juxtaposition of images and music. Reggio (director of Koyaanisqatsi) explains the lack of dialog by stating "it's not for lack of love of the language that these films have no words. It's because, from my point of view, our language is in a state of vast humiliation. It no longer describes the world in which we live.Baraka's subject matter has some similarities—including footage of various landscapes, churches, ruins, religious ceremonies, and cities thrumming with life, filmed using time lapse photography in order to capture the great pulse of humanity as it flocks and swarms in daily activity. The film also features a number of long tracking-shots through various settings.The movie was filmed at 152 locations in 24 countries: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Cambodia, China, Ecuador, Egypt, France, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Kuwait, Nepal, Poland, Saudi Arabia, Tanzania, Thailand, Turkey, and the United States. Neither film had a plot but both create an powerful feeling, sometimes a film is trying to convey a feeling more than a direct message..
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About Me!!!!
- Joshua Freeland
- My name is Joshua Freeland and as you may have guessed this is my blog. I live in east london (sadly) and attend a sixth form in Barking. Im not going to preech like other people about how 'media has changed my life forever, and that I would swap my my cat for a camera, but I will say that I think this subject gets a lot if slack whichit dont deserve it. In my experience I have had amazing teachers and even better peers. I hope what you find something here that will teach you just how effective media can be......Love the Freeland
Tuesday 6 July 2010
Friday 2 July 2010
Pictures Speak Louder than Words
The reason behind this short movie was to experiment with the power of images. With the theme of our five minute movie being silent, it was important that I stat to get a feel of how to make a short movie powerful without words. My pre-production consisted of coming up with a theme and then working out how i was going to execute my message to the audience. During this period I started to realise that when creating a movie you can usually get lost in the agenda of creating that very 'important' message. I started to learn that its not always about the message but more importantly the feeling. Without the right atmosphere you loose the focus of your audience. This is why when shooting the photo's I tried to think ahead and ask questions of myself , such as why would this image make you feel anger or why would it make you feel remorse. This was a very important learning curve for me and hope to adopt this idea into my upcoming short movie.
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