Day 3

I really forgot the assignment over the lecture on Wednesday, but I will give it my best. It seems that the video diaries that were the most bizarre really stood out for the class. I guess it was hard for people to see through the optical surface on the surface. The piece of paper in my hand questions the use of certain techinques in order to grasp the film's essence. For example, the DATA DIARIES seemed to be difficult to watch; after all, it was just an illustration of what a computer does on a daily basis. I find it quite poetic to be honest. The sounds and scrambled colors are just a language, a binary code based on 1's and 0's for the basic computer function. It is something that people normally do not see. In a way, it is relateable to science. Human beings and other solid structure are really just a series of microscopic atoms that compose our solid matter. We tend to forget that the human body is a pixelation of science in regards to that aspect.

Another momemt to ponder is the aspect of dreams for most of the films viewed on Monday. It seems that the diaries are taken from dreams or actual accounts. What makes a diary to be perceived as a dream? If it is a diary, then it usually logs the daily occurrences of one's life. A dream is another state of mind, full of wishes and fantasies, or in my case, glimpses into the future. GENTLY DOWN THE STREAM somehow broadcasts itself to the viewer as a dream, but I find it a diary for Su and how she personally deals with being a gay person in America. She lets the viewer see her vulnerability by using shaky words or re-printed film, images that are not stable most kinetic like the tide. Su is testing our cultural perception, saying that nothing is uniform like a classic hollywood fairy tale. All experimental film seem to denounce the stereotypical cinematic structure, using the avant-garde media as a way to communicate a dream-like statement.

Now for something completely different.....
I am starting two unions. First one is film students against smoking. Look, I know this is probably the most stressful degree paths, but you are never going to make it big if you slowly kill yourself with cigarettes! Run off the stress and eat some food. Stay healthy, do not have a premature death!
Second, I want to put an into this whole "Mc" (insert sexist feature) phrase from the English lexicon. The mind-numbing Grey's Anatomy has put this stupid word into our world and thus it has been overused and is really the most idiotic naming system ever. It is driving me nuts and has to end!