This K-Film focuses on light, posing the question ‘what is it to think like a camera?’ The variation in clips and content, combined with the variation in angles and light source makes the film really interesting and poetic as sometimes you aren’t sure what you are seeing. It uses interesting combinations in different coloured lights; from fluoro green, red, softer yellow lights and movement of shadows to create a beautifully poetic film.

The dramatic, high-pitched piano soundtrack throughout the film brings an intensity to it, making you look at the clips in a different light, noticing the comparisons between the almost pitch black clips and the airier daytime light clips.

The white background with pale gold graphic adds a nice and light dimension to the film, emphasizing the airy and delicate nature of the film and it’s content.

The interface is compiled of a large main frame, with 4 previews still clips below it. They are nicely aligned, making it an enjoyable film to watch. There isn’t any text employed – this may have added another poetic nature to the film if it was chosen to be used. The main frame interestingly has a graphic along the bottom of it of a play/pause button, streaming graphic, sound graphic and expand to full screen graphic which all are interactive. It is however, hard to tell whether they are in fact interactive as the mouse doesn’t change when it is rolled over the buttons. While it is a good graphic as it encourages interactivity and allows for the clip to be replayed (as they aren’t looped), it is distracting as it remains over the video the whole time. It would be better if the graphic disappears after a couple of seconds like it does on other video services (YouTube, Vimeo, etc) as it distracts the viewer from watching the actual clip. If the viewer decides to replay the video, the streaming graphic doesn’t reset, which detracts from the it.

Other issues include lack of consistency of how the clips end, as sometimes the clips fade to black while other times it just stops. I prefer the fading to black as it relates to the theme of light, and would’ve liked that to be consistent throughout the film. Another problem is that sometimes the clips would lag which creates a break in the film and distracts the viewer.

Overall, it is an interesting and poetic film that makes use of different techniques and variations in content.