Response - April 7th (viewing)

After viewing “Love’s Refrain” my quantitative evaluation revealed to me that the film was about the heat (hotness or coldness) of color. Every shot seemed to either have a hot or cold feel to it expressed in reds or oranges or cool blues. Was it helpful in advancing my understanding of the film? Maybe, I’m not exactly sure why the auteur chose this course of action but I would like to think it represents the hot and coldness of love (basing that observation off of the title of the film). In this way it does take you into an understanding of the film. I think through this relation and use of patterns and reflected imagery it marks a playful gleam at the little beautiful observations in life. The heat of the particular shot helps emphasize this beauty whether it is a subtle green for the grass or hot orange reflection this heat corresponds to the concept of love being based of the little things in life. I think Kevin’s observation for the film is valid (to a degree), but if that is valid then theoretically every film is about a projector sound if it can be heard. Thus, every film that is projected is about tiny celluloid frames being seen. I think this is stretching the concept a bit thin and reaching out too far. If the projector was functioning other than what it is normally built to do or playing variations of sounds I think it is more valid, but if it’s just doing what it is intended to do I think saying the film was about the projector sound is a stretch. I think that the sound of the projector really doesn’t relate to the film at all and is much like a person coughing or sneezing during the film. It’s just an outside sound that happens to be going on during the film. If the projector sound was recorded and tampered with though, then I think it relates completely since it was the artist’s decision to use that sample of sound. So basically what I’m saying is that the sound of the projector can be valid if it was recorded and used, but if it is just the machine functioning how it normally functions it is less valid and relates less to the piece.