Hyper Haiku

Blog 3

I felt that the structure of this “movie” project was much too strict. I would definitely had liked to have made a project with a much more linear structure. Having class time to film on these low quality cameras really didn't cut it for me. I have always been somewhat interested in making films, but not in this manner. This form of filmmaking relates much more to documentary style film, and while I do enjoy watching documentaries I did not really enjoy this process very much. I think if we had the choice to do a short film of our own on something of our choice, things would have been much more interesting. A short film is much more interesting to me compared to an interview with your project partner with a slideshow of images and video clips behind it. I can see why this project is important but I think it could definitely be done in a much different way. If we could just make a short film with a narrative things could have been much more fun and interesting. I think we should have had more in class time to film the videos. This project seemed to be seventy percent audio and thirty percent film. The audio portion definitely overshadowed the video.

Audio Interview

Media 160 Audio interview from Andreas Stavropolis on Vimeo.

Sound-Image Relations

Scene: http://youtu.be/SOES-dS0pG0 (wasn't letting me embed for some reason)

The scene starts out inside the church where Michael Corleone's son is being baptized. The traditional church organ is being played and the mood is solemn, one can sense the importance of the situation. Once the priest baptizing his son begins asking for Michael to confirm his faith to god, the parallel editing in the scene begins. As Michael is claiming his faith you begin to see his henchmen in various spots, preparing to kill rival gangmembers. The organ begins to get louder and more intense as the baby starts to cry. Then the priest asks, “Do you renounce satan?” The first kill is shown, then Michael replies, “ I do renounce him.” At this point the camera shows all the killings that Michaels henchmen are carrying out, while the dramatic organ from the church and the audio from the conversation between the priest and Michael is still playing. Every action in the scene coincides with another. As the priest prepares the baptism, the henchmen prepare the murders. As the baptism starts, and Michael renounces Satan, the murders start. As people leave the church, the henchmen leave the scenes of the crimes. The parallel editing in this scene makes it much more dramatic, because you are witnessing two opposite ends of the spectrum in Michael's life. The one side is the sacredness of the baptism of his son. The other side is the coldblooded nature of his mob life. Showing these two things at once create an ironic but powerful scene. The way that the scene was edited with the shots happening at the same time in the timeline of the film create a great effect.