Readings. Stephen.

Kulbeka

Kubelka, brings up the idea that film has a rhythm, which i couldn't agree more with. Like music harmonizing these flashing bits of light in a rhythmic pattern can make the film more appeasing to the viewer. Though I feel to do such a thing you would need some knowledge of musical composition to achieve such a rhythmic film. And that when it comes to language in cinema, it is not the single words that lend themselves to the concept or rhythm of the film, but it is what is between each of the words and their connection with what you read in between the other words. He then proceeds to discuss the idea of the realities of the film and that we interpret the quick flashes of still images as motion, but it is in fact thousands of still pictures that give the viewer the illusion of an elapsed time.

Brakhage

Brakhage claims that an artist or film maker cannot just look at the physical objects of the world, but most look deeper into them to find true meaning and by doing so we use our imagination to create our own images. Brakhage, like Kubelka mentions the rhythm of the film but more so in the way of how the image is flipped and then the next slide is presented, and how by slowing this process down, it removes each images from the perception of a time elapsed documentation and instead shows the viewer that they are just still images, taking away the magic of cinema, and if too fast, then the viewer is bombarded with unnecessary lines and can't make out an image, but I think in that case it promotes his first argument for the viewer to create their own imagery in their head.

Wolshen

Wolshen uses the idea of degradation in his films by physically destroying them. This process is something that I have dealt with passively through a few of my own works, because as a new technology is created and seen by the populous as "better" the previous is set aside to dismantle and degrade. And though it is a symbol of life, because everything is slowly degrading as new things are being created. And this degradation creates a beautiful destructive aesthetic. It also takes these mediums to another realm where the visuals that are actually on the film are not the main thing that he is displaying, but the destruction of it as well.