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Monday, January 16, 2006

Film- extreme Architecture

first of all, what is a film???
i see at it as the most extreme form of 'Architecture'
what is Architecture? --- simply, it is 'designing a space'
then why is a film most exteme architecture??
here i can only try my best to explain it... pls don't ask any questions abt it pls pls
conventional architecture is restricted to three dimentions l/b/h. at the most one can say it has a fourth dim. of 'Time', but this case is only applicable to 'timeless' buildings like the Pyramids or the Angakor Wat. they take you straight back to their times... but as i say, these buildings are very few, so i can not make a general statement abt the factor of fourth dimention in conventional Architecture.. the complexity of films start right here.
Film is restricted to a strictly 2D form, (iMAX is also a 2D image projected on a 3D surface). but what it shows is all three dimentional. it is only restricted by the length of the reel and the patience of the audience. the film is very irrespective of time, one can show you a scene of 30 seconds taking you back to the times of Roman empire and on the 31st second take you to a modern day Barista in Rome... the best thing about it is that it takes you to the places where you can only dream of going like the close-ups of various actresses, etc. most important thing is that the films are 'dynamic' so i take Motion as the fifth dim. are you getting me ?? e.g. when i see Mr. Bachchan walking from point A to point B in a film, it is actually an image showing at 30 frames per second shot at X location at Y time.. and we can only see his angry eyes-thanx to closeup- for 4 seconds then there is also some kind of music increasing the tension or creating mood for the shot.. i m just fascinated with the concept of Films.

2 Comments:

Blogger M said...

Good extrapolation!

Monday, January 16, 2006 at 6:57:00 AM GMT+5:30

 
Blogger अश्विन गॊडबोले said...

aaho saheb? aapan itake wichar ka karayala laglat?
btw, aasach wichar kaar, lawkarach swatahala "thor wicharwant" mhanun gheta yeil tula :))
anyway, nice attempt
ashwin

Monday, January 16, 2006 at 1:16:00 PM GMT+5:30

 

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