something facinating

Oskar Fischinger

Many may not have heard of him before...and it took me a while to find his name - but it's all worth the while.

To me, he was the true founder of Visual Music - whereby a 'conceptual design that might be formulated in one's mind when listening to symphony' and classical music are blended together, giving not only the pleasure on the ears, but the exhilarating experience of visual impact synced with the music.

Some of his more famous works includes 'Komposition in Blau'(Composition in Blue) - and this won him the Brussels and Venice Festival of 1935 - bringing attention of the Hollywood directors.

I like his work a lot and the reason is simple because of its uniqueness - there's nothing (not anything that I've encountered in the 20 years I've been around) quite like it. The way it works so flawlessly and it all just seem to fit together so well - I'm absolutely bewitched by his talents and imagination.
It's hard to describe what his style is as there's nothing that I can compare with.

To me, he's one of a kind that has such a big impact on our current techniques that to some extent, I honestly don't think film making could be where it is today without him.

Although you may argue that he's more of a 'animator' than 'videographer' I still think there is a strong relationship between his style and influences and the way we shoot films/videos today.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=C30ekGqY6Mg

"James Wakefield"

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Choices

James Wakefield, recent graduate under Manchaester Metropolitan University, has to me shown great depth of talent and thoughtfulness in his work.

His interesting choice of scenery has led the viewer to finding it almost hard to bear the loneliness one may experience. His work albumed 'Urban Decay' has brought about great trails of thoughts.

And i feel that is what a photograph is suppose to do, get feelings across to you without the use of words. Its a feeling from within that cannot be decribed merely by words.

looking ahead

For my second year, I had to make a decision as to which pathway I wish to specialize further in.

Out of Audio-Visual, Web-Enviroment and Virtual-Enviroment, I went with Audio-Visual.

I feel that the Audio-Visual path will enable me to fully express the way I feel perhaps?

"Paul Politis"

I admire his work.

Most of his work are B+W based and holds a level of details and thoughts behind it.

He's done series of photos on different themes on a wide variaty - the more recent one being urban photography

I've always been a great fan of photographs taken of the city espeicailly in B+W as i feel it futher punctuates the loneliness one may feel within the towns of concrete. To me, the above photo shows the absolute pin-point of how dramatic the feeling really is when one is perhaps depearate for help from within and cannot be reached because he's gone just so far into the oblivion of loneliness.