· Use of body parts – moving
· Layering used
· Both still pictures and moving images used
· Music relating to movie
· Sound cues (from lyrics of music) used
· Many programs used; Photoshop, Animation. iStop Motion (or similar)
· Only sound at start (nothing on screen)
· Images are only outlined in black on white screen at start
· Shows pictures (outlined) of circus animals; lions, monkeys, elephants
· Use of text on screen
· Layering used
· Forming and merging of people and animals together
· Sounds of factory/machines noise
· Layering used
· Both still pictures and moving images used
· Out of proportioned sizing (e.g spanner and man, man and blender)
· Man using spanner to start and work the blender
· Quite an interesting movie
· About man working factory, not machines? Or man working machines in factory?
· People
· Objects; spanners, blenders, computer/keyboard, boxes, machines
· Quite defined shapes and objects
· Real shapes and real objects
2. What is your overall impression of the mood of the work?The mood of the work, in my opinion is unique in the way that it is very repetitive, and feels quite ‘controlled’.
3. Watch and listen for visual cues, sound cues and editing
At the start, it had a black screen, but with sounds of factory/machine work in the background. It is a sound cue for the clip to start and open with a factory scene.
1. Notice the visual language used by Matreyek (e.g colour, line, quality of movement, shapes, use of scale etc.)
The whole movie was done in a rough, black and white effect. The lines were dark and defined, with the movement of shapes quite rough in some areas; for example, when the hand at the top was moving and went down, at the start. The use of scale is fairly out of proportioned for examples, the spanner and man, and blender and man. Throughout the movie, everything is fairly repetitive also.
2. Notice the sounds, list these identifying their type and quality
The sounds throughout the clip are one of factory and machine noises, along with in one part computer dial-up. It is very busy, with many different of these noises at once. It really gives the essence and mood of a factory by just using the sounds.
Interpretation:
1. What is your interpretation of the work?
I think that the movie is about manual labour in a factory and repetition in our day- to -day work lives.
2. Survey friends and family- what do they think the work is about?
Family members who have seen the movie agree with my interpretation that our lives have become quite controlled and the movie shows this repetition, as well as the manual labour to work machines rather than machines to do it themselves etc.
3. Who do you think is the intended audience for Matreyek’s work?
I think that the intended audience is society as a whole. I think from my interpretation of the fact that society, and workers doing manual labour and the repetitive days all seem to fit into the fact that it is aimed to the people of the community and society in who can relate or understand to this meaning.
4. How does visual language inform your interpretation?
The visual language of movement in particular, and the repetition of the doings are main factors of my interpretation. This was due to the fact that those large main factors were the base of what I thought the clip was about and the meaning behind it all.
5. How has Matreyek used sound with the animation images to create meaning?
The sound throughout the clip is ultimately factory and machine noises, which most sound effects are often repeated when the animation repeats also. Both these factors help create the meaning of manual labour and repetition in the workplace.
