Monday, March 5

I feel like I owe this class, and Kerrie a bit of an apology. Since the beginning of this class, and even before so, I have had a certain bitterness toward some experimental film. I have thought it pedantic and pointless in many cases, with a touch of arrogance. The problem is that, many times, I still see it this way. But, really, I have too much respect for Carl Bogner and Kerrie to think that this mode of filmmaking is really only that. I believe there really is a reason that Experimental Film exists outside of a narrative. Although I prefer when experimental techniques are adopted into a narrative format, why should this be the only way that it is used? Through and through, my passion is narrative film. However, I believe this class has already begun to reshape how I can look at narrative. Viewing these pieces that convey unconventional methods of filmmaking, I believe, is going to make me a better filmmaker and able to reach a larger scope of people. I will be able to show what I wish to do through a more unconventional and creative manner, and I really am grateful to this class for that.