Archive for the ‘ Art ’ Category  Slice of Light  Literally
anyone can pick up a camera and take a snapshot. Most can even
take a pretty good snapshot. But to take a photograph requires a
bit more. A photograph does not document, or if it does, it does
so only accidentally. The photographer must not seek to capture
a scene, a moment, an object, a person. The photographer, as
against the snapshootist, extracts a narrow, carefully delimited
slice of light. The skill with which he carves makes him a
technician. The slice he selects makes him an artist.  Draw
Something III  Draw Something II  Draw Something I  Compare &
Contrast  Our first production assignment in film school was to
film and edit together a silent short, then give it a soundtrack
that completely altered the emotional response of the viewer. It
was a demonstration of the equally-matched emotional power of
picture and sound. It was a challenging exercise. Today, I
present you with two videos, both of which use nearly the same
soundtrack, but with d