Experimental Video - Film content review

Name of Film: 1001 Nights
Name of Creator or Films Artist: Jananne Al-Ali
Duration: 6 Minutes

Briefly give an overview of the types of visual images used in this piece. (B/W, colour, locations, actors etc.

• close up shots
  
• simple
  
• black back drop
• 5 women
• women are in colour
  

Briefly give an overview of the types of audio used in the video. (Is the audio diegetic or non-diagetic, does the soundtrack fit the imagery?)

• audio diegetic
• monolouging
  
• stories of war
  

What do you think the premise or controling idea for this video is?

• describing there experiences of war
  
• all different types of people

What thoughts are you left with after you have viewed this film?

• the 5 heads all placed in a row is quite unimaginative
• the predictability of the order is irritating
  

Name of Film: Koyaanisqatsi (life out of balance)
Name of Creator or Films Artist: Godefry Reggio
Duration: 1 hour 23 minutes

Briefly give an overview of the types of visual images used in this piece. (B/W, colour, locations, actors etc.

• red title
• zomming out from a stone wall with drawings carved into it
• unsteady camera shot
• a slowed down view of a shuttle launch
• the shots linger
• landscape shots used

Briefly give an overview of the types of audio used in the video. (Is the audio diegetic or non-diagetic, does the soundtrack fit the imagery?)

• non-diegetic, harmonic music
• music speeds up and slows down throughout
• no dialouge
• music raises and drops

What do you think the premise or controlling idea of this video is?

• industry
• destruction
• the passing of time
• war
• broken society
• repetition

What thoughts are you left with after you have viewed this film?

• i would not of been surprised if at the end of the film, this was an advert for Honda