After watching the videos on sound and genre, I'm so interested how the whole perspective of the movie trailers have changed completely due to sound, and narration. It was very cool to see how The Shining, was portrayed to be a light hearted movie about a son and a father. I've never thought about anything like this, and now thinking of it can be done to practically any movie.
As for La Jetee, I thought that was one of the most unusual movies I have ever watched. After the first five minutes I honestly lost all interest until I heard the whispering. There was something about that whispering that caught my attention. I was quick to try and make out what they were saying, and soon realized it was only gibberish in another language. I did however find the use of stills to be very interesting. I couldnt visualize how a movie would work, using still images. It was actually not as bad as I thought. Half way into the movie I forgot all about the still images due to all of the different techniques that were used. I still dont understand the movie completely. Looking forward to next class :)
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"Half way into the movie I forgot all about the still images due to all of the different techniques that were used."
ReplyDeleteThis is an interesting comment. One of the essays linked to in the main class blog makes a similar point: that when we remember la Jetee we often "add" the motion in our memory.
Your point is good: this film, though seemingly unconventional, is actually quite conventional. All the familiar elements of story telling are there and that is why the film "works" as a film.