everything

03.17.08 #2 there's too much happening in class right now to try and cover one thing, so with this blog i take on... everything... first off, i thought the readings from last week, "molotov man" and "the ecstacy of influence" were both very interesting and appropriate. molotov man made me thing about recontextualization and/or decontextualization in the most basic of senses, for instance the first part of the essay that fully decontextualized the molotov man (who is a father), and the second part of the essay that recontextualizes him. it was nice for his personal life to be somewhat revealed nearer the end of the article. that particular article did raise a few questions in my mind about the authors and their relationships, mainly whether they worked collaboratively or separately on this piece. taking into account their former relationship, it was probably the latter... it has since been decided that alex and i are to be in charge of editing/sound mixing for the one shot. luckily, our basic idea had already incorporated most of our sound into it, including the ambient noise and the dialogue/music. sound effects should come fairly easy, so we'll see how that goes... the rhythmic editing exercise is still escaping me, as i still have no idea in what direction to take it. (i'm only on campus two days a week, and have yet to be able to watch the dvd with examples from past years). once i watch the dvd, i feel like i'll have a better idea of how they'll turn out, and therefore a better idea of what i'd like to shoot for it. until then, it's kind of taking a back seat to my... found footage project! i have literally thought about this every single day since it was assigned, and spend more time thinking on this than any other project thus far (in any class) this semester. i can't wait to make it. right now (and since the beginning) my focus is on a terence mckenna/vs./george bush ideology audio, mixed with images of war. peace/war/where is our country? again, we can only wait and see... as one last note, i loved "the yes men," and am planning on watching the part i missed (due to becoming a fog master) before monday's class, and am very excited about watching the rest of the movie. cheerio~