No Country for old men (Coin Toss) (Visual Studies)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLCL6OYbSTw

I picked this clip out of No Country for Old men, because of how simple and dramatic it is, with how other than the establishing scene of the gas station it’s all set in side, with the camera mostly only changing from their faces when they are talking or to capture their emotions or reactions to the situation, as well as that the dialog is also simple in some ways but also very suggestive, he doesn’t directly say what’ll happen if he loses the coin toss but the way it’s filmed and the attitude of the actors tell you everything you need to know without bluntly saying it, which is why I’m using this video I like the subtle style of it, and how it doesn’t directly say what’s happening, and the simplicity of the scene works really well and is a style I like.

Confessions (Independent Research)

This is a body of work which I found on the internet about confessions of people that are in Vegas either visiting of work there, often the confessions are something that people wouldn’t normally share, the idea of the work was to turn the gallery into a place where people contemplate anonymity, vulnerability trust and understanding, the idea behind the work was based on Shinto Shrines and other religious places where secretes could be shared, with this idea in mind the artist created a place where people could write and submit their confessions on wooden plaques in voting types booths, the artist then hung them on the gallery walls over the course of the work so that they ended up building up over time much like that of Shinto shrine prayer walls, then also painted select responses on large canvases.

I particularly like this work just because of the way the information is gathered and displayed, the wooded plaques have a really simple look to them, but also makes it look somewhat more precious because of the fact that thin wood can be fragile. And also the fact that it’s the individual’s hand writing, making it more personal to them and giving the viewer a small idea of who the person was, as well as these I like the narrative be hide the work the idea of gathering secrets, or confessions, giving people a glimpse into what other people are doing and thinking.

http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2uMfwQ/:My5yr!4o:mVNShKOo/candychang.com/confessions/