Skip Vs. Brakhage

I'm not gonna beat around the bush: I'm not the worlds biggest brakhage fan. I find it hard to make it through mothlight or Dark Tower. I think they're pretty, but there isn't much else. I enjoy his less (if it can be called that) experimental film work. Though I hate to watch it, I can't help but really respect and admire "Window Water Baby Moving". The cinematography, the home movie feel, while simultaneously creating a universal moment in its audience is breath taking. Having said this, this guy writes alot. 32 pages of him calling me Maker. The technical parts of the article where interesting. I'm excited about making my own experimental films using some of these techinques. I think all experimental filmmakers are very self indulgent and I don't think I'm going to be an exception to the rule. Some of these films that seem to have an audience of one, find a place in the hearts of a wide audience. Hopefully our class will find something in everyone's piece that we can take with us. Even though I hate him with a firey passion, I know I'll take something from Brakhage's work and I'm excited to take something from the rest of the class.

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Hey guys,

My name is Skip. I am a film student at UNCW. I'm taking this class (6x1 variations on the one minute film). I want to play with many forms of film and so I'm stepping out of my normal thing and trying this class. I've never been a huge fan of experimental film, I always thought it was very self indulgent and that it was the easy way out. Over my first year at UNCW I've started to realize that's not necessarily the case. I want to experiance more of it and one of the best ways to understand something is to see how its made and actually do it yourself as well. I've tried Narrative and Documentary and I'm pretty excited to add this class to my résumé.

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