Art Encounter: A Missing Link

Unfortunately, I was unable to attend any of the other screenings that were required for the last blog of the art encounters.  The one that I wish I could have seen the most was At Sea by Peter Hutton.  After viewing his piece in lecture on November 3rd, I became very intrigued by his imagery.  I wanted to see At Sea because I noticed that both pieces were silent, and I assumed that his imagery would probably be just as stunning as the first.  The description on the flyer said that it would display the birth, life, and death of a ship.  I assumed that his style of making a very moving piece without needing a soundtrack would be exemplified further.  What is interesting is that although I have typically preferred non-silent films to silent ones, I find my self levitating more towards these silent works.  I am in Basic Filmmaking right now as well, working on a silent film, so maybe that is the case.  What I found while viewing his work in lecture was that it seemed to be the exact same approach that I would like to take in my filmmaking.  I enjoy the long shots with natural imagery.  For me, it leaves no need for an audio track because you become totally engrossed in the image.  I found Dorsky's work to be much the same, in that his shot selections are all astounding, and some are so unique they even force you to dissect to try and understand what you are looking at, and when realize what it is, it is something that you witness everyday.  Such as when he was capturing a streetlights reflection on the windshield of a car covered in what appeared to be raindrops.  This breathtaking image that played with the positioning of the light, gave new life to these everyday objects.  What detracted from Dorsky's work I discussed in the previous blog.  The other aspect that I enjoyed less about Dorsky's work than I did Hutton's was Dorsky's the cinematography.  As I said, I really enjoyed the simplicity of Hutton's work, and I found Dorsky's works more overwhelming and harder to grasp.  The editing techniques were more of a barrage of images, which made me more distracted and detached from the work.  This blog is more of a formality since I was unable to make it to a second event before the due date of this final Art Encounter blog entry.