The Korsakow film I have chosen to analyse is Autumn Wandering (http://vogmae.net.au/classworks/media/2011/films/AutumnWandering/) by Jerry Guan Wang, Lisa Bradley, Nelson Shun Po Wu, and Yoon Young Jang from 2011. It depicts various locations and people around Melbourne during the autumn season with classical music playing in the background. I feel this is a good example in that it has a smooth flowing interface to it and overall is a cohesive piece of work as all of the elements are directly related to each other.
The film uses an interface which consists of a title screen with an image of a leaf, the name of the project and the creators’ names. Once inside the project the active video takes up the left of the screen with a black and white clipart picture of a leaf flying in the air at the bottom of the page. On the right of the project are 9 icons that change depending on the video. Rather than an image of the actual video, these are pictorial icons with a leaf, flower, or people for the relevant videos.
Pattern is present in the flow of the project in the limited colour scheme for the interface (nature such as flowers and leaves are always coloured whereas all other elements are black and white to further emphasise the element of nature), the way in which the choice of video always includes a person, a leaf and a flower and the leafs themselves which appear in every video to remind you that it is autumn.
Some of the common themes of this project are the use of contrast (both in use of the colour green and occasionally yellow as well as black and white) and the theme of nature, specifically autumn.
Music is also played throughout the piece which is Troika Drive by MC Tchaikovsky which gives the piece a tranquil feeling and makes it seem like a silent film although the background noise is present in each of the clips. The music stimulates your emotions to make you feel as if you have actually gone out on a walk.
The project (in relation to week three readings “David Bordwell & Kristen Thompson – Film Art ~ An Introduction“) is an experimental film of sorts in that there is not a clear narrative but rather a collection of movies in relation to a theme or themes; in this case autumn and nature. It also uses a range of camera shots including long and medium shots and some close-ups however most are shot from the same angle; front on with only several from high angle shots.
The project also (in relation to week one reading “Studies in Documentary Film 2012 Aston”) would be considered an interactive documentary in that the user interacts with what they see and can travel through the project at their own pace therefore making it a perfect example of “The Hypertext mode.”
When all of the elements are combined, I feel that the aim of this Korsakow film is to point out that we neglect the beauty of nature in our everyday lives and that seasons come and go and yet we never stop and take the time to look around. Also nature is very interpretive, it could be represented by the person walking through crisp autumn leaves, sitting on a park bench or even watching birds fly past.
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