Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Scratch Film Junkies

It was interesting. Jumbled and scratched images chaotically dancing, sometimes seeming synchronized to the soundtrack. At certain points it seemed as if it was only punctures, paints, and other distortions, but occasionally images and human subjects would appear. These images were also manipulated, but in a more controlled way. For example, The scratches, and such, would frame the human subjects from time to time.
In the mean time, I'm interested in learning what separates film artists, like Scratch Film Junkies, from an amateur that went to town on some old film with a tooth pick. Or... are they amateurs that just went to town on a piece of film with a tooth pick? Either way, I'm sure I'll see the light by the end of the semester.