Cinemedia: Journal of the School of Cinema

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Issues

Woman dressed in white surrounded by red feathers

Mika Ninagawa: Lavish Excess

A Video Essay by Aaron M. Kerner

A girl, a woman, and a green eye in a red color scheme

Arachnophobia

A Film by Pavel Koshukov

People sitting waiting for the Muni Train in SF

Traveling While Standing Still

Commentary by Daniel Miramontes

1 | Cinema of Distraction

Woman dressed in white surrounded by red feathers

Mika Ninagawa: Lavish Excess

A Video Essay by Aaron M. Kerner

Excess might be another form of distraction. Excess in this video essay refers to those cinematic elements that fall outside narrative meaning/content—namely, aesthetic embellishments. And these embellishments, which are typically addressed to the body of the spectator, very well might distract from the narrative content.

A girl, a woman, and a green eye in a red color scheme

Arachnophobia

A Film by Pavel Koshukov

Arachnophobia presents a dream as a series of images placed over a larger image. The quick succession and abstract nature of the images gives an impression to the viewer of what the nightmare is about, but not a clear definition. It could be said that the visual experiences of a dreamer are close to watching a cinema of distraction.

People sitting waiting for the Muni Train in SF

Traveling While Standing Still

Commentary by Daniel Miramontes

As Slavoj Žižek observes, this situation is like drinking diet coke; people pursue the promise of this artificial thing even if it is just a representation, an idea of the real thing, which can never be fulfilled. They “drink the nothingness itself . . . in effect merely an envelope of a void” (Žižek).

3 different shots of turning on lamps and the time 6:50

Layers

A Film by Anthonia Onyejekwe

Layers is an experimental hybrid using a strong narrative driven plot that has four frames of simultaneous action occurring on the screen.  This short film has a similar approach to Mike Figgis’ Timecode (2000).