Still Image Videos - Response

Patryk Rebisz, "Between You and Me"

I really enjoyed Rebisz's video and I'm and am not surprised at how well he told his story through still imagery. While I think it's much easier to tell a story through several and several still images (technically that's what all film is), there is definitely more thought that has to be put into it than with normal filming. Rebisz had to put far more consideration specifically into his frames if he wanted to tell his story right rather than simply film the action. In this form of storytelling, every single image/photo/frame/etc. matters.

Rebisz did a great job compositing his images with his audio. When the action in the movie picked up, the filming got jerkier and it became more difficult to make out what exactly was being seen-- all of this was done, most likely, to reinforce not only how fast everything was moving, but how chaotic the scene in the alley really was.

The thought put into the audio was immense too. Each character had their own style of movement, and while there was no dialogue in the entire piece, these three people still had a "voice," whether it was a theme, or the occasional inhale or gasp.

I felt the story was clear and the style of storytelling really assisted to what Rebisz was trying to tell -- the almost haphazard meeting of two strangers.

Sampling Reactions

"America is Waiting" Byrne & Eno

My very first reaction to this piece is "this is Daft Punk spilled together, then looped forever." A majority of the samplings in this piece are very electronic sounds, and only very occasionally do you hear voices or acoustic instruments fade in and out. I feel like all the samplings made for this piece were actual individual, everyday sounds, but they've been put together so well that it sounds simply like music made through the computer, and I'm second guessing myself constantly. It seems to be a collection of very random and different sounds that were put together in something coherent.

"Get Down, Get Down" Emergency Broadcasting Network

This piece is hilarious. Perhaps annoying through the intro and it was definitely stuck in my head for some time afterwards, but hilarious nevertheless. It seems that the artist (artists?) took clips from the Emergency Broadcasting Network to create a new audio track. In a way, it almost serves as a summary for the EBN by combining a number of intense vocal simples and very chaotic and grating sound effects in the background. I love that all the samplings come from the same source to create a unified thing, but it is still chaotic in the end.