The film is to be developed around the concept of Transgression, so the first thing I did was look up the definition of this for some inspiration
Thinking about it's context within experimental media, we related this to media or films that don't follow the same rules and codes as average films you would see today.transgressiontrɑːnsˈɡrɛʃn,trɑːnzˈɡrɛʃn,transˈɡrɛʃn,tranzˈɡrɛʃn/noun
"I'll be keeping an eye out for further transgressions"
We looked at some examples of films that would fit under the concept of transgression in our sessions with Anne and a few of them related to the short film we made together previously, such as Berlin Horse, Black Ice, Pipilotti's Mistakes etc.
Here were some of our inspirations:
Berlin Horse - Malcolm Le Grice
We drew inspiration from this film because of the colouring, Alice and I have a fascination with colour and how it can be manipulated to create different effects. We want to use lots of saturated colours, this film certainly has that. We also liked the repetition of the clips and music as it was almost hypnotising and that's what we want to try and do with our film but in a more digital way.
Black Ice - Stan Brakhage
This was another inspiration of ours as it used such beautiful colour saturation and layering We really enjoyed the calmness of it and the hypnotic feel as it draws you in more and more. Again with the same theme of Berlin Horse, we enjoyed the repetition as it created a sense of known and security and that is something we could think about playing with in our film.
Pipilotti Rist - (Entlastungen) Pipilottis Fehler
We were shown this piece in class and instantly we found inspiration. The colour, framing, lighting and all of it we enjoyed. We especially enjoyed the colour and the interesting underscore as we also want to play with music and manipulate it and make it sound as uncomfortable as the visuals. We both really enjoyed this piece and took notes on how striking the colours were and may try and explore them too.
The Concept
Our concept is to work from the idea of materialisation within the digital world, as it was something we enjoyed looking at before. Thinking about the idea of transgression, we want to look at ways in which we can break the boundaries of what a traditional film should be, not following necessary codes or 'rules' of film.
The Treatment
Theme
Thinking about materialisation in digital film, looking at examples such as Berlin Horse and Pipilotti's Mistakes
Visual and Editing Style
Quick cuts and lots of glitching, bright colours to play against your eyes and create almost a digital meltdown on the screen
Inspirational Artists and Filmmakers
Malcom Le Grice
Pipilotti
Nam June Paik
Artists we have explored independently
Luke Jerram - sculpture glitch artist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Mathieu St-Pierre - digital film and image glitch artist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Neil Krug - Photographer http://www.
Sabato Visconti - image glitch artist http://www.sabatobox.
Frida Kahlo - artist https://en.wikipedia.
Intended audience and mode of viewing
I feel this film's intended audience would be for young adults to fully grown adults. This is due to the intensity of the film and viewing which might make it overwhelming for a younger audience. Plus the abstraction of it all may be a bit hard to follow for a younger audience. I personally feel young to fully grown adults would be able to connect with the film more as they have grown up around technology and it shaping our lives today. The intended mode of viewing I think would be for the film to be screen in a dark room with the film playing on the ceiling. The audience would have to lie down and there for be below the 'Voice of God' playing through the film. The audience would subconsciously submit to the film. Also the vulnerability of lying on your back allows the audience to be absorbed.
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