Sunday, May 1, 2011

Remix Vid.

The future is the past, the present, and yet to come. Years ago, when the filmmakers of this modern era had been born, they looked to our present as the future. It is my opinion  that they took the political and social issues of their era and combined them with themes that they found interesting in order to craft overall films that have culturally impacted us. Rather than just saying that it is of traditional vs. contemporary, or old to new, the video more combines traditional home video footage shot on both super 8mm and 16mm film during the early 1960's, along with the recorded "Rice" speech by Kennedy. Near the end of the video, some major motion picture clips are introduced. The overall theme and subplot of the major films were mainly influenced by that of the social and political issues of the late 50's and 60's. A big topic of course being the moon and space travel. Their was a nation wide obsession with ufo's, aliens, and the moon during that era, which would come to have an overall huge impact on the filmmakers who grew up in that day and age. Their films, all well made, captured the eyes of the nation and managed to inspire many of us.


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