Is it possible for a montage sequence wherein the shots areĀ so disjointed from one another that meaning cannot be made of it?
In this sketch I’d recorded and used old recordings shot in a number of different environments on different days over a long period of time. This is an attempt to work against the theory of dialectical montage because the progressive alternation of the shots hasn’t been organised in an obvious manner… The shots were spliced together out of convenienceĀ for me I picked the recordings at random and did not reorder the overall sequence to show intentional abstract concepts such as reaction. This differs from the Kuleshov Effect used in popular media where shots are juxtaposed to complement one another; derive more meaning and convey abstract concepts such as reaction.
For these reasons, perhaps it can be said this type of video conveys a kind of disjointed aesthetic rather than a narrative?