The assignment? In 5 minutes write a stream of consciousness about an experimental film set to jazz music. Here are my sleep-deprived musings after watching the film:
This film is what sounds would look like could the mind watch them as well as hear. Not the eyes. The eyes are shut. Instead the minds eye leads us through colorscapes that invoke though of autumn leaves and warm beaches. But as we watch the sounds become harsher, more forced, more mysterious, the colorscape is devoid of brightness. There is harsh contrasting of black and white, like monsters come to steal the rambunctious happiness of the sound-created world
In this world there are graceful movement of bright colors. A dance of sorts. but in the dark, the movement is slightly different. The objects are more linear and appear to have teeth or claws. Darkness and light of the mind. Seeing without using eyes. If ears had eyes, this film is what would be seen.
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Music is not simply another random sound wave vibrating the smallest bones in the human body. No. Music is something inspired by one person's life which can convey beauty, joy, pain, loss, hopefulness, and regret. Music reaches to the very core of who we are. Whether there are lyrics or not, music is a way of saying what we may be afraid to say. But rather than conveying some grand unsaid message, the filmmaker shared with us a feeling associated with the music. The crescendos and diminuendos of the jazz band rising and falling through our ears and into our chests. The film was simply an enhancement to music, adding onto the feeling as opposing to attempt manipulation of feeling. Something not often found in modern music videos, as perhaps this experimental film may be loosely labeled.
As I often like to say, "Without life there would be no music, and without music there would be no life."
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