Monday, February 19

This post I just forgot to post on Monday, even though I wrote it early Monday morning before 8 a.m. class:
I was laying around my apartment last night and I began to think about Leighton Pierce's film "Thursday." I really believe that it was one of the best films that we have watched, simply because it focused on striking images that shone beauty. It was like a photographic log of his normal day, seeing things one would not normally find attractive in a new way. I contrasted this, which really does not have too much of a point to it, with something like Data Diaries which had absolutely no point to it. Really, I can honestly say that I hated Data Diaries because it was not beautiful, there was no point, and there was no striking imagery. Things like that can be good within another work, but I cannot enjoy them outside on their own. Back to "Thursday," I really appreciated the photographic eye and the ability to find the mundane beautiful. I think the idea of shooting what is around you that you find striking is really important, just as documentation but as well for putting into future works. Being into more poetic narrative film, I really am always looking for interesting images to intersperse with a story to make it more interesting and visually pleasing.