Sometimes the sillyness of a floating head just makes your day. But
whilst chortling away to myself I find I'm also caught up in
considering the popularization of the technology that allows that to
happen. Whilst the idea of the illusion of cinema as effects spectacle
goes back to Melies and the forced perspective; there is none the less
something quite exrodinary in the idea that the construction of such an
effective visual effect is (for arguments sake at least) an common
occurance with simple common technologies. hat this points to more than
anything else is a tangible leap in the evolution of visual
expectations. Seeing physics and reality defying cinematic effects is
nothing new but for some time they have been woven into the popular
discourse of 'Movie Magic' that happens behind closed and arcane
doors.What happens to aour sense of what cinema is and what cinema can
be when the 'Magic' becomes the everyday vocabulary? Whilst some may
cry foul with the notion that the exeprience is diminished, I find
myself more excited than ever that we move into a period where the
audience is neither fooled nor impressed by the effects themselves but
rather look to their contexts and impact
All very interesting Mr. Jones but you failed to address the deep social metaphor represented by a bug-eyed, bleeding, screaming severed head who succeeds in keeping his hair perfectly groomed, day after day, with no hands. (Not to mention he has no visible means of support.)
Posted by
Rob
on October 12, 2007 at 12:32 PM EST
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Indeed, you're dead right. There's something deep and profound in that for all of us..... How does one maintain a good hair day when disembodied?
Posted by
Mike Jones
on October 13, 2007 at 08:21 PM EST
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Posted by Rob on October 12, 2007 at 12:32 PM EST #
Posted by Mike Jones on October 13, 2007 at 08:21 PM EST #