Bill Viola
Before I knew of the Bokeh technique, I thought we would need to layer our film. I came across Bill Viola's work. He produces slow motion, short films that are installed inon gallery walls. "The Crossing" is an example of his work.
In terms of layering, I like how all the layers merge perfectly to make it look like a single, stand still shot.
The sound from within the gallery would have been overwhelming. This makes it seem as if it is really happening. He wanted to create a realistic atmosphere to draw his audience in. I liked how the use of sound impacts on the audience, making them feel part of the piece. I'd like to over-exaggerate the ambient sound from our footage, and make it over-whelmning for the audienc like Viola does in his pieces. To draw the audience in.
Also like Viola, I want to involve the audience using cinematography. Where our film will be different to Viola's work will be in the use of words and images to suggest a mood, and in the different shots and locations that we will have. Viola uses a single, still shot within his work, and the action happens in this shot. In "The Crossing" Viola has used a waterfall because it is a destructive element of nature, that washes things away. His work is impacting because of the strong images used and the strong, impacting sound.
At the moment our film depends strongly on the Bokeh effect. Because we discovered this effect, we will not need to use layering, like Viola. But, from his pieces I have discovered that sound can be just as impacting as the footage.
When we have filmed the footage we will experiment to see whether it needs a soundtrack like "The Words of Bokeh", which uses uplifting music, or whether a natural, loud, ambient sound will be more impacting.
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