Week 5 - Feb. 25th (Viewing) - "Author of Piece"

After viewing “Two Dogs and a Ball” I see that the authorship qualities fall greatly upon the person holding the ball off camera. I think this is a blunt demonstration of exactly how the director/cameraman can control the “actors” (in this case dogs). I think this same piece could be viewed as authored by the dogs themselves if the ball wasn’t revealed at the end showing that they in fact were locked in looking at that object held by the director. “One Black/One White” is a better example of how the dogs are more of the authors than that director is. In that film the dogs control what is happening and what they are doing whilst the director is simply observing their actions. This sort of control by the black and white dogs shows more of an author-like quality by the dogs themselves. The dogs fixated on the ball are being completely controlled by the director, who in this case is more of the author.