Today was the start of a new perspective of film, and it began
with creating and destroying film.
Today's work was indeed like "arts and crafts done in Kindergarten". It was a lot of fun inking/painting and scraping
the film strips. One thing that I particularly liked about my group's film
strip was how the punched out stars moved across the strip when in the projector. It was like they
were alive! I also liked how the inks and sharpie pens had their own unique
patterns when the film was run through the projector. I also used nail polish to represent blood on the strip with the two men. Dabbing the polish with a cotton swab created a unique splatter effect. With my partner cutting off the heads of one of the men, it looked like a scene out of a deranged horror movie! One thing that I would have liked
to do differently was to write words along the width of the strip instead of
the length. The words I wrote on the film strips looked more like curvy lines than actual letters going through
the projector because they were on the length.
My favorite part of the work today was
splicing together the film. The device was relatively easy to use. Quick and painless! The projector on the other hand looks a little frightening when the gears snap together.
Moving forward I am very optimistic about this new approach to film. After doing much creating with film today, I hope to do some destroying tomorrow. I look forward to what is next to come!
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