11-6-7

The project is complete. It's entitled "A Fight About a Fight." It was done with one camera, 3 guys, and allot of takes. It was done in a single take style, and it was improvised, with a set of notes reminding me of which style or focus we should be on (if you look in front of the coffeepot on the table, you'll see my notebook).

It may seem to get off the basic focus, and I Keep trying to bring it back to the central focus, which is easier said then done with 2 other highly creative individuals.

With this being said, allot of work went into the editing. I decided to enhance the focus of the fight with subtitles. Both versions (with and without subtitles) are on the DVD I'll be turning in tomorrow, however I highly recommend watching the one with the subtitles first. I will conclude my final blog entry with the artist statement I will be turning in tomorrow with the DVD of my project.

A Fight About a Fight

The original intent of this project was to explore a form of media I was familiar with, that being conversation. The concept of doing a conversation about conversation intrigued me in its simplicity, while at the same time enamoring me with the broad spectrum of possibilities. It was challenging to find one specific field to focus on. The end decision, and what I truly feel to be the best choice, was “A Fight About a Fight.”

Keeping the simple focus on just the fight posed challenging. The filmed product is the result of several takes of one single camera, in one take. Matt Utley who can be seen opposite of me stays in the shot the whole time. Chris Sonnleitner, the cameraman also makes a brief appearance towards the end for a great effort to this project. My goal was to verbalize what style of fight we were in, and to instigate or accentuate the different aspects of the fight, such as rolling the eyes, bringing up past problems, documenting problems, all things we all do while fighting.

At the end the fight becomes exaggerated and seems to loose control, so prior to the final (and ultimate) take, I decided to add subtitles to really help analyze the fight within itself. The DVD contains the original version, but to get the true effect, I recommend watching the subtitled version to really understand the piece in its entirety.