Lighting or The American Dream

December 6th, 2010

Exploring the usage of the American flag, but it was too controversial. He decided to focus on the lightening. Exploring the “social” issues was too much, too forced. He took trips to Ocean City and the Inner Harbor, to film/shot the light reflecting off the water. He has interest in the shape of the lights. He has interest in the shape of the lights.

“I wanted people to view the beauty of the movements and the lighting by just shifting the focus and position.”

Critique:
Meg Rorison: Yes it was about light, but the transitions are rigid. The music at the beginning was distracting by being too simple.

Lloyd Lowe, Jr.: The realized image of the car as opposed to remaining in the abstraction. Look into Stan Brakhage for possible reference.

Seok ‘Joe’ Han: Making the lights out of focus, making it different was interesting.

Branden Rush: Possible using a field recorder instead of just a piano. Somehow mixing it into an ambient realm.

Lloyd Lowe, Jr.: Too dramatic, not enough to surpass melodramatic.

Nancy Daly: If the piece is about light, why have sound at all?

Seok ‘Joe’ Han: I haven’t thought of not using audio. I just want to show lights differently.

Kim Llerena: What is intriguing about it beyond the aesthetic? Knowing that will help you know where to go.

Timothy Druckrey: Sound was terrible, lack of control. Images lacked control. If you are demonstrating a command of lights, but lack of control of the music, you will cut your throat. When the abstraction is lost to recognizable figures, aren’t you undermining your whole investigation?

Recommendations:
“What Sound Does a Color Make?” – Eyebeam