Middle East

Being lost is a bad feeling. Any kind of lost bring about the feeling of despair and anxiety. Whether it be lost in a town, lost at wal-mart, or lost within yourself not knowing what to do or feel. The first video we watched, the installation of Vacuum, gave me that impression first. Secondary impressions brought me recognize the elimination of something but not being about to and only pushing it aside. We all know we cannot vacuum snow, the snow is merely pushed aside; a culture pushed aside, a race that is put off and exiled here and there. This is a sad feeling many of us in the U.S. will never feel, exile and a lack of country.

Though not a feeling I would want to feel, the people in Lebanon had to feel it, the feeling of disparity that was shown in The lost ones. The people on the building signified a feeling of being outside the community, far away from the beauty of the town. Those people did not even look at each other, lost together, looking for a old culture that is not existing anymore. The music, unlike many of the experimental videos we have seen---many did not even involve music---set the mood. The mood of disparity and difference, any other music could shows a different meaning. Music could have set the mood of happiness even, it would have needed a different set of shots though. The shots in the film were really sweet too, the girl laying over the edge with her arms out, the man holding on to the top of the building, really informative shots.

The film with the belly dancing music was the best though. It put the music first, something I have been waiting to see in a experimental sense. It reminded me of a B&W film call The Man with the Movie Camera. Both films followed the power of the music, changing with the beat, moving faster or slower or changing pictures. The power of music is a compelling force, it, like a good narrative, could evoke several emotions. A scene of a father son reuniting, cast with good narrative, gives me tears sometimes. With good music, goose-bumps form on my body, a feeling of fear could form waiting for a change in scene--horror movies--Lots of things need to be taken into account when looking at films and music is a huge aspect.

The reason I look at music so much is that I enjoy it. I really feel the music when I hear it, for example Silent Hill. That movie had a decent plot and such, but the music was brought from the 4 games that have been put out before the movie. It just brought a different perspective to the movie, where the people who have heard or played the game before could relate the score.

This trailer has a few of the games soundtrack in it, a fuzzed radio means death is near, or monsters. Sound is more meaningful that sight sometimes I think. imagine the sound of packing cigarettes, it could never be anything else if you think about it.