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"I use sound to create rhythm, mood, texture and colour, which all contribute towards a place in my mind that I 'paint onto video'" - Seraphina Samet's Quote from Blurb...
Seraphina Samet, an independent film-maker came in today and showed us a show reel of her work from 2005 to 2007.
She showed us six pieces, all with a self-indulgent themes portraying what seemed to be a troubled or isolated childhood:
1) Me, Myself and I (2005)
A surreal, jolty and dream like piece, however it some relation to my initial idea for the MTV brief i.e. rewinding and fast forwarding video footage - SEE SKETCHBOOK.
2) 84 (2005)
Simliar to my idea for the MTV game where sound is composed with imagery, the idea relates to my beatbox sampler idea and current ideaq generation for the D & AD Awards.
Essentially this piece consisted of 84 cubes which had various animations played within them, these were triggered at various times throughout the film and made me consider that this is a way in which my MTV game could be portrayed - with each cube being a different sample.
3) Dancing in Circles (2006)
Various mediums brought into this piece such as water-paint, animation, rotoscoping and film editing. My interpretation of this piece is that this resembles her personal self issues. Also the grainy black and white look and feelin some scenes reminded me of my DISSERTATION studies into nostalgic film techniques such as those seen in George Clooneys - Good Night, and Good Luck.
Another style to her film creation reminded me of the opening title scene to the film 'JUNO' I saw the other day - here is the ideal link to check out this title scene.
4) It's What on the surface that matters (2007)
The main thing I took from this animation is the lack of audio, the footage didn't really grab my attention and make me realise that audio used within animations and film footage is vital for creating an overall powerful effect.
I am stressing this point as my current MTV idea generation relies on powerful audio as much as the animation itself - SEE D & AD SKETCHBOOK.
5) Empathy with trees
"Always back of the queue" and "with the freaks of the class" are quotes from this movie, an interesting concept explaining possibly a troubled childhood at school?
6) Coming Back
A film explaining her change of name and dreams of being reborn, the light at the end of the tunnel and looking good on camera. I have to say these ideals have been done before and I will look for references...
There were some very interesting techniques used which were not necessarily original but did have some appeal.
One influence mentioned was Derek Jarman.... I aim to research him and record and influences in my sketchbook.
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There is a book on him in the City College library, it's in the aisle with the pillar by/in the media section. He's dead now, I think.
I missed yesterdays afternoon session, and so far all the blogs I have read about it seem to take a very dim view of the speaker, it's great to see your descriptions of her work so I can look for her pieces on line and catch up a bit. Thanks.
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