Friday, July 29 2019
The Valdosta School
To: recipient
Re: Driving wow
@tmulligan
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Aha! moments are fewer and rather between, but there are numerous clever techniques that can foster epiphany. Momentary insight is better than its alternative.
As Jim Jarmusch acknowledged about his black and white film Dead Man, stripping away a layer of familiarity (removing an expected aspect of reality) can expose otherwise overlooked relationships— even reveal an underlying truth.
Perhaps predictably, there are contrived and artificial as well as more graceful, organic means of accomplishing this effect in the classroom.
Muting the audio to emphasize visual storytelling
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Turning off picture to emphasize a sound mix
https://hyperallergic.com/376807/louise-lawler-screens-a-movie-with-no-images/