There are filmmakers we love and then there’s Michael Bay. Even if you dislike him (as I do), Bay has something valuable to teach us about visual perception. This is an exploration of “Bayhem” — his style of camera movement, composition and editing that creates something overblown, dynamic and distinct.
For educational purposes only.
For further reading/viewing, I recommend
Letterboxd user sydney’s review of Bad Boys 2: http://bit.ly/1iZe7SX
Michael Bay watches West Side Story: http://nyti.ms/Vg7ErY
Werner Herzog Talks About Wrestlemania & Anna Nicole Smith: http://bit.ly/VfQ9Iu
Music:
The Sound Defects - Take Out
Leonard Bernstein - West Side Story Overture
Radiohead - I Might Be Wrong
"We are Really Visually Sophisticated and Totally Visually Illiterate! We can process visual information at a speed that wasn't common before. But thinking through what an image means... Not so Much! " These words pinned by film blogger Tony Zhou in the video above, are synonymous with what I've come to witness in many modern day films and photos. We can easily look at an image in awe of its hue, grandor, or locale. Yet how often do we see images that compel us to ask how #AMoment was captured. When we decipher the authors composition of a scene, we break down the fourth wall, and the veil between spectator and spectacle is torn. This four dimensional outlook is what I strive for. Welcome to Robinsuanne.com!