Mr. Vigalondo's visual style in Marisa was very off-putting to me in what I thought at first was a bad way. The rapid changing of this character gave me an uneasy feeling that I couldn't quite place, but my mind associated with the scary and unknown. It didn't seem like a love story, like the brief introduction suggests. It seemed more like this story could be being told by a psychopath who mistakes all his victims for the same lost lover. Some of the shifting shots were technically very well done. If those zooms during the shifting shots weren't done in post, they sure look like they were. I was so intrigued by the weirdness of Marisa that I had to go check out some of Vigalondo's other shorts (Sunday and This One, For The Lady, Extraterrestrial) to try and understand his body of work a little better. Each film did the same thing to me. I had to watch it a second time to try and figure it out, but I did so almost begrudgingly, as each of his films made me so uneasy. His style pulls you in and pushes you away simultaneously, all while making you so uncomfortable...in a good way...I think.....
"Marisa" by Nacho Vigalondo was something unique. I love foreign films, I believe the spanish language sounds so beautiful when spoken by someone who actually uses the language and so this was no different. At first, the short shots of women mixed with locations was a bit overwhelming and made it difficult to process what exactly was going on. After a minute or so my brain kind of re-adjusted and I began to make sense of it all. I believe "Marisa" is a story of a man whom he loves, yet he doesn't want her to change.. What the change is I am still not quite sure of, is it change how she feels for him, or is it more broad in the sense that it is change of who SHE is.. one quote I really enjoyed, (that I guess the writer for the Short of the Week did too) was "I COULD FIND MARISA BY HER POSITION IN RELATION TO THE EARTH’S AXIS. BUT NOW EVERYTHING WAS MUCH MORE MORE COMPLICATED… TO FIND HER I HAD TO LOCATE THE EXACT PLACE AND THE EXACT MOMENT AS WELL."
"Marisa" by Nacho Vigalondo was an incredibly interesting piece of work. For the technical aspect of the short, the DP did a very good job finding decent shots with good exposure and quality. The voice over may have been a bit loud, but still not overbearing. The director made good use of many people, and finding them to be not too similar in characteristics to give the best portrayal of the idea behind the script as possible. I did find that the captions moved much quicker than my eye wanted it to. If felt very rushed, but I believe that had a lot to do with the language the story was being told in. As far as the actual story line, I'm not so sure I was a huge fan. There was draw to the male character in his search for Marisa, and a draw to figure out what it is about Marisa that makes her the way she is. However, there was little to no resolution. The story did not have much of an end other than, I'm always searching for her, even though I got over the fact that I will likely never see her again.
"Marisa" by Nacho Vigalondo was a different and interesting short. I felt like it was very rushed with the fast speaking and the fast subtitles. It made it feel very unnatural and somewhat uncomfortable. I'm also not entirely sure what the storyline was trying to convey. It was very short and vague, leaving me uncertain on what exactly the short was trying to show. However, I did like how good the editing was when it came to placing the people in the exact spots that they needed to be in when switching between characters. I also think that they found some pretty nice locations to film. Overall, this short was very different from most other films I have watched, but it was not one of my favorites. Since it was so different and kind of weird, I felt uneasy while watching it.
This was a very strange idea, which ended up being really neat. The story was a great one, which had me interested from the start. On the other hand, the way it was filmed did not intrigue me. It went with the story, but it was rough. The continuous cuts were needed to further the story, but it was annoying. The amount of actresses they had to recruit must have been a lot, and pretty hard. The location's of the story are simple, much like how it is filmed. This film is really story based, the story behind it is better than the film itself. Overall if someone was more story oriented than picture oriented, I would recommend this.
Nacho Vigalondo did a great job with this unusual story line. It was very hard to understand this short because of the captions. I'm not very fond of them. It takes away from the shots. I have to watch it twice to appreciate the story line as well as the shots taken. The cuts from girl to girl was a unique way to express how she was changing personalities. I particularly did not care for this short. I respect the piece it just wasn't that interesting to me. I rarely pay attention to the editing part of a piece, but I paid attention this time because of the different editing techniques learned in class. I didn't realize how much time it takes to edit a piece.
Mr. Vigalondo's visual style in Marisa was very off-putting to me in what I thought at first was a bad way. The rapid changing of this character gave me an uneasy feeling that I couldn't quite place, but my mind associated with the scary and unknown. It didn't seem like a love story, like the brief introduction suggests. It seemed more like this story could be being told by a psychopath who mistakes all his victims for the same lost lover. Some of the shifting shots were technically very well done. If those zooms during the shifting shots weren't done in post, they sure look like they were. I was so intrigued by the weirdness of Marisa that I had to go check out some of Vigalondo's other shorts (Sunday and This One, For The Lady, Extraterrestrial) to try and understand his body of work a little better. Each film did the same thing to me. I had to watch it a second time to try and figure it out, but I did so almost begrudgingly, as each of his films made me so uneasy. His style pulls you in and pushes you away simultaneously, all while making you so uncomfortable...in a good way...I think.....
ReplyDelete"Marisa" by Nacho Vigalondo was something unique. I love foreign films, I believe the spanish language sounds so beautiful when spoken by someone who actually uses the language and so this was no different. At first, the short shots of women mixed with locations was a bit overwhelming and made it difficult to process what exactly was going on. After a minute or so my brain kind of re-adjusted and I began to make sense of it all. I believe "Marisa" is a story of a man whom he loves, yet he doesn't want her to change.. What the change is I am still not quite sure of, is it change how she feels for him, or is it more broad in the sense that it is change of who SHE is.. one quote I really enjoyed, (that I guess the writer for the Short of the Week did too) was "I COULD FIND MARISA BY HER POSITION IN RELATION TO THE EARTH’S AXIS. BUT NOW EVERYTHING WAS MUCH MORE MORE COMPLICATED… TO FIND HER I HAD TO LOCATE THE EXACT PLACE AND THE EXACT MOMENT AS WELL."
ReplyDelete"Marisa" by Nacho Vigalondo was an incredibly interesting piece of work. For the technical aspect of the short, the DP did a very good job finding decent shots with good exposure and quality. The voice over may have been a bit loud, but still not overbearing. The director made good use of many people, and finding them to be not too similar in characteristics to give the best portrayal of the idea behind the script as possible. I did find that the captions moved much quicker than my eye wanted it to. If felt very rushed, but I believe that had a lot to do with the language the story was being told in. As far as the actual story line, I'm not so sure I was a huge fan. There was draw to the male character in his search for Marisa, and a draw to figure out what it is about Marisa that makes her the way she is. However, there was little to no resolution. The story did not have much of an end other than, I'm always searching for her, even though I got over the fact that I will likely never see her again.
ReplyDelete"Marisa" by Nacho Vigalondo was a different and interesting short. I felt like it was very rushed with the fast speaking and the fast subtitles. It made it feel very unnatural and somewhat uncomfortable. I'm also not entirely sure what the storyline was trying to convey. It was very short and vague, leaving me uncertain on what exactly the short was trying to show. However, I did like how good the editing was when it came to placing the people in the exact spots that they needed to be in when switching between characters. I also think that they found some pretty nice locations to film. Overall, this short was very different from most other films I have watched, but it was not one of my favorites. Since it was so different and kind of weird, I felt uneasy while watching it.
ReplyDeleteThis was a very strange idea, which ended up being really neat. The story was a great one, which had me interested from the start. On the other hand, the way it was filmed did not intrigue me. It went with the story, but it was rough. The continuous cuts were needed to further the story, but it was annoying. The amount of actresses they had to recruit must have been a lot, and pretty hard. The location's of the story are simple, much like how it is filmed. This film is really story based, the story behind it is better than the film itself. Overall if someone was more story oriented than picture oriented, I would recommend this.
ReplyDeleteNacho Vigalondo did a great job with this unusual story line. It was very hard to understand this short because of the captions. I'm not very fond of them. It takes away from the shots. I have to watch it twice to appreciate the story line as well as the shots taken. The cuts from girl to girl was a unique way to express how she was changing personalities. I particularly did not care for this short. I respect the piece it just wasn't that interesting to me. I rarely pay attention to the editing part of a piece, but I paid attention this time because of the different editing techniques learned in class. I didn't realize how much time it takes to edit a piece.
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