https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LlpFkKSPPhR1b2-RGJN7KK7XR11to4i-/view?usp=sharing
One of the clips we watched in this week’s classes titled ‘Rain’ really stood out to me as being quite exceptional given just how simple it is. To be quite honest I have absolutely no idea the context of this clip – I don’t know if there’s more to it, I don’t know who made it or where it’s from (I’m sure Robin said but as a few days have passed now I’ve entirely forgotten), but something about it just really stands out to me. I think in a way it’s the simplicity of it that really works for me. It follows a very simple theme – that being images of rain, but somehow I just find it so captivating. The combination of the music choice and this sort of measured montage of melancholy-tinged images of rain is just so enchanting to me, I really could watch it for hours. Funnily enough it reminded me of a video I stumbled onto on YouTube the other day, which was literally just someone walking around a neighbourhood in Boston, in the rain, for a full hour. That video too carried almost the same sort of vibe, sure they’re both in the rain, but beyond that there’s a certain stillness in them that I really appreciate and that I feel is sorely under represented tonality in today’s television and cinema. In many ways I think this sort of aesthetic and tonality is something I may wish to emulate in my own work for the upcoming assignment – I really do think there’s something here worth exploring deeper, so whether it be for this class or just for my own enjoyment I may just get my camera out and have a go at creating a similar kind of film in the future.