Montage Text

This film is one that is filmed by Katie Holmdahl, a local film maker whom is know attending Film School in Sweden due to her exposer to film through classes at FLC. This film She made on her free time during Easter Weekend while working on the dock, and spending time with her family. The other reason this film is vital to me is upon viewing our montage footage I felt that upon viewing the footage my group has edited concerning montages seem to lack and narational element within the Images. This film offers to me as a viewer and the film maker an naturalistic perspective of approach to a montage which tell the story of an area, in this case the shots of the various the docks, and romms, the Ferry crossing to show a change or movement, ant the beginning and ending with the image of here niece. Also the fact being that most of my experience working with films (writing sound tracks to preset footage) is with Katie so I feel I have a better understanding of how she as a film maker utilizes the tools of cinema.

Montage

Techno comparisons

The above video is a segment from a documentary about techno music called Universal Techno it focuses on the Detroit based DJ's Derrick May, and Jeff Mills. Within a minute into the Doc we as viewers are allowed insight into the the eccentric creative process of Jeff Mills as he is describing to Derrick Mays an film/comic book in which has musical elements with terminology like "the tenth planet each planet is a musical note, and the tenth note completes the scale, and technomicrim," The below video Offers us a view of the composer whom is not only able to work within the limits of techno music, but to expand them. This is shown through the integration/collaboration with the Montpelier Philharmonic Orchestra. this shows the duality in which not only musicians whom perform techno have, but also that of composers and classically trained musicians, and a younger audeince. These videos have helped me to realize the culture within the complexities within the techno movement but also the personalities behind the creation of the genre. These videos also serve as a good research tool to further my understanding of techno music, and the historical concepts of collaboration.

Through working on the film with Chris, I have re-discovered a renewed vigor towards one of my great past times climbing, and towards Sailing Hawks (TSS as I know it as). Through this film I am also learning that the group of people whom I used to climb with at sailing hawks, has risen to another level of skill and passion within the area. This short short fallows the same story concept in which we are utilizing in these ways; it features a primary outdoor bouldering spot, it motives were not to only educate, but to display the community it self, and it was done for a class project by students. From this video I was able to better visualize more effective ways to film subjects in the act of climbing, the build-up attempts at climbing with gratification of completion. As a viewer I was able to gain a complete picture of the Bouldering scene, and being that I have previously spent years climbing the general info I already knew but was vital to a less experienced climber. Being that our film focuses more climbing in the outside venue, and a area in which is undocumented the partnership with Ian (guide book Author) our film is part of a bigger movement.

This video about Wesley Willis initially I thought was a comic spoof, or a video who's massage had been reformed through the directors point of view. The more info I uncovered I realized that Wesley Willis has been performing music since the mid-70's, he was diagnosed with Schitzopharnia during the early-80's. His fans whom felt such a connection to him and his music remained to fallow him, and with support from his manager, label, and social worker he has remained on tour and maintained a living. Other documentaries that came up with this search about Willis were more based on audience reactions, these docs seemed to be more objective, but though for as much mysticism that surrounds him, his fans respect his unique songs and head bumps (Willis greeting). This film did a good job of painting the picture of how Willis interests play a role in his song writing, and even his process in studio.