Koyaanisqatsi

Koyaanisqatsi, also known as life out of balance, is a type of an experimental film produced by Francis Coppola. Its features a lot of different cinematic sequences of how life is portrayed, from the beginning of life and to the end of it. The film itself has no narration to it at all and just relies on soundtrack to deliver the message its trying to set out the audience.

From watching koyaanisqatsi from a visual point of view, you notice the message its trying to get across through the colours that are used are suppose to relate to the mood of that particular sequence. For example, at the end of the film the audience follow the journey of a rocket going into space. However, before the rocket reaches its destination it implodes mid flight and crashes back down. The colours used in this particular in this piece are reds and yellows. This could represent the meaning of destruction. This scene at the end of the film to me is all about how life can just crash and burn within an instance and in koyaanisqatsi, i think that's what the rocket is representing. You can never be wrong in thinking what koyaanisqatsi means because it can have so many different meanings in context to what it could represent.

The Girl Chewing Gum - John Smith

The Girl Chewing Gum is an experimental video piece made by John Smith in 1976. The video seems to be his voice commanding over a busy London street, its perceived as if he is god like. You're given the impression that he knows everything before is going to happen, being lulled into a false sense of security. From looking the video closely, The camera locks onto an image of a clock showing the time as 1.10 and again, at the end of the video its shown as 1.15 which tells you that its only a narration.

It seems to the audience that the voice over is directing the random events that are occurring but as the film goes on the people starring in it aren't responding to the voice. Throughout, the voice seems to be the one that has the power over the scenes as it is telling the people what to do constantly and they seem to listen to everything that is being said as they follow the instructions. In some occasions, passers by glance at the camera as if to know that it was there watching their move. When you start watching the first 3 minutes of the film, you've given the impression that its just a busy street being filmed but as it progresses the feeling of the voice being god like becomes more evident. For example, towards the end of the film there is a man looking shifty as he is walking down the street. he frequently turns back and once, clocks onto the camera glancing down at it. The voice over starts to explain to you that he has just robbed a bank. after this, you realise that the alarm playing in the background throughout the whole film is that of the bank so that's when you know that is pre - recorded.