Student Presentations #1

Emily:
Michel Gondry
Showed music video called "Too many dicks on the dance floor." A dance floor with techno music playing with just men featured. Funny. Dramatic lighting to re-enforce the character. Woman were actually in the beginning but not any time after. Fantasy realm created. Visual connection between using the same person in different costumes. Cuts occur quickly but have it as characters still the main focus. Using a shot to show what gives light sources for the viewer to accept the light source. Changing the camera view shows difference perspectives. Entrance and exiting from same side to add humor to viewer. Speeds up the movements and changes of camera towards end. Repetition throughout and a female is added in the end.


Nichole:
Paul McCarthy:
Family Tyranny made in 1987. Instructional video is first on force feeding a little boy. Then having two men one acting like a father and second as a child.
Cultural Soup instructional video also has boy and son relationships. Dialogue keeps repeating phrases and many phallic symbols. Maybe references Paul McCarthy sexual abuse as a child. Video is disturbing when saw parts of it. Talks about how learning things in our culture comes from our parents. I just see the way, well in that short clip as disturbing and not needed. Then throwing a tantrum it is interesting but not sure what it is about yes see what and understand what is trying to be said but not sure if I get it or enjoy it.