F06 :: Feminist Film Studies

I chose a video from the "29 fragile days" vlog. The short video, called "Is life boring?" features a split screen (the whole time) that shows footage of people and things in motion. The music for the vlog is very appropriate, it is a moderately paced urban-sounding beat that flows well with the video. The editing is done very well. Half the screen will show parts of a shot and then a wider shot using the whole screen will present a different perspective of the same scene. For example, the left side of the scene will show a shot of a dirt road and a little bit of a cows head, bobbing and walking down the road. Then the right scene will show a shot of the cow's body taken at the same moment in time. The left scene then moves on to a shot of a highway at dusk. It is not only used as a smooth transition, I think it also allows the viewer to make comparisons with different ways to get from here to there. Many other shots also show animals and people in motion, including a dove taking off and shots taken of water from a boat.
The summary that the vlog director wrote was that the video was a collection of shots that he had not found a place for in other posts. I think a possible theme is exploring all the ways he and other lving things move and live. The videos are diverse from bus stops in the city to open waters. I think it is interesting to note that some of the first shots show the most urban areas (the bus stop and a city street) then you see a really rural shot (the cow) and the rest of the video has a suburban feel to it. It went from one extreme to another then leveled out in the middle. It moved well and was enjoyable. Some shots were kindof dark (maybe it's my computer screen) so I could not make them out.