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=====Pik Ying Lo, Media Art and Design (M.F.A) WS2018===== | |||
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'''Inspiration''' | '''Inspiration''' | ||
The project is inspired by two old films. The first one is titled Pièce Touchée (1989) by Martin Arnold. This is an analysis of a pre-existing film, which is a 1954 film titled The Human Jungle by Joseph M. Newman. He extracted 18 second from that film as a material and reorganised the frames to 16 minutes. He stressed and twisted the original’s narrative and formed a backwards and forwards | The project is inspired by two old films. The first one is titled Pièce Touchée (1989) by Martin Arnold. This is an analysis of a pre-existing film, which is a 1954 film titled The Human Jungle by Joseph M. Newman. He extracted 18 second from that film as a material and reorganised the frames to 16 minutes. He stressed and twisted the original’s narrative and formed a backwards and forwards movements. | ||
It is surprised that a new concept is evoked by destruction and decomposition. Usually, the raw materials are so much longer than the final version. However, he created a new film by reorder sequence of the frames and challenged the concept of space and time in a film. | It is surprised that a new concept is evoked by destruction and decomposition. Usually, the raw materials are so much longer than the final version. However, he created a new film by reorder sequence of the frames and challenged the concept of space and time in a film. | ||
The second film is Vertigo (Alfred hitchcock, 1958). In the film, there was a scene showing that a actress runned into the church and up the bell tower. And the actor wanted to follow | The second film is Vertigo (Alfred hitchcock, 1958). In the film, there was a scene showing that a actress runned into the church and up the bell tower. And the actor wanted to follow her but halted on the steps by his acrophobia. The scene was ended with the falls of the actress from the tower. The filming location was tower’s staircase which was assembled inside a studio. | ||
The space in the stair created a feeling of infinity. It forms a spiral and people could only walk within it and never able to escape. | The space in the stair created a feeling of infinity. It forms a spiral and people could only walk within it and never able to escape. |
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