film and pictures

wow so I haven't blogged in awhile. Exam week kinda took it all out of me as it does with everyone. Strange things happen during exam week--someone should document them.

Wow being home is so good. I love my friends at Houghton but gosh just being able to hang out with friends in civilization is amazing.

So yeah. I've been meaning to blog about a conversation I had with Dave 2 weeks ago now. It was really super profound and he gets all the credit. Every time I talk to this guy I realize how brilliant he is and how much I have to learn.

So we were talking about film and pictures and two things came out.

1) Pictures are so interesting because that moment in time will never happen again. I never really thought about that. Pictures are totally different than film because film always keeps on going. You capture more than that instant. A really interesting video I saw was made with pictures but had the feeling of film because it kept the story going there was progression but it captured little moments in time.

2) We were talking about film and stuff and I was asking him how we could make a moment in film. Like how do you capture everything in a single moment. I have always wondered that- like how would I make this moment in my life significant to other people. He was telling me how this one director said he makes 2 minutes movies. I guess his films are like 3 hours long. I never really thought about that. How every movie you watch leads up to one significant moment (or several) the only way we think a moment is significant is to spend time with the characters. Its so interesting that in our human capacity we can re-create moments but to re-create a 2 min movement or create a feeling we need hours.

Anyway I just never really thought about that before and I thought it was interesting. Could be because I am a film nerd like him tho. Who knows.