St. Louise Reaction

"St. Louise" seemed like more of a thrown together film, as opposed to "Begone Dull Care." The music was used differently as well. The music did not move with the images.  It seemed like they used magazine transfer for part of the film, specifically when you could see pieces of paper or pulp on the film. The film was an interesting use of the music video format, in that music videos are generally very produced, contain images of the band, and follow a story format. I liked that the video was expressive, it seemed to fit the tone rather than the beats of the music. Using scratching and film manipulation fit with the rock n roll feel of the song.

I loved the vibrancy of the blues and greens, as well as the cutout shapes. The palm trees were clearly punching. I am curious as to how they made such clear letters on the films, although they could have been punching or magazine transfer as well.

The use of blocking out images on developed film was really cool. It seemed as though they were using bleach but I am unsure of this. It added variety to the film which seemed dominated by the use of paints and oils at first.

The patterns with the scratching were particularly well done, they moved together and transformed very clearly and made an interesting image.

Overall, I think this was an interesting and fun film to watch, though not as accomplished as "Begone Dull Care."