What I found most interesting

I find the idea of taking an ancient technology like a camera obscura and recreating it in modern scenarios fascinating. Ethan Jackson constructed this whole project himself. He combined hard work and construction/architecture with a cinematic view of an old trick. Projecting the outside world into an enclosed room is a beatiful idea. One could almost feel the weather and the brisk winter breeze. Seeing this with an audience made me think of how all this different media we experienced in class necesitates discussion and contemplation. Talking with a group of people helps me to straighten out my thoughts and realize what it was I enjoyed or didn't enjoy in class. Something like a camera obscura in modern times needs to be discussed with fellow film students. Each and every person has their own idea of how this instillation applied to modern media and hearing all of this made me appreciate the fact that Ethan Jackson's project was appreciated by all.

Along with this project comes a film we watched called "The Dark Room" by Minyong Jang. This also fascinated me but in a ver different way. We watched it as a class but I think it could be watched by oneself and still enjoyed. This film documented Jang's camera obscura in new ways by tilting the camera and editing. This film was a documentation of one space meeting with another and find that beautiful.