Koyaanisqatsi

Deconstruction of Koyaanisqatsi (Godfrey Reggio, 1983) by Natalie Bakeer Koyaansiqatsi is paced and sequenced in an interesting manner. The way the shots are sequenced, affect how people think and feel about the film. The pace of the shots, along with the powerful score, by Phillip Glass, determine the feelings viewers get as they watch it. Sometimes Reggio decided what to shoot only after Glass came up with the music that would end up energizing Reggio’s films. Reggio chose to shoot unscripted footage, shooting anything he thought looked good, and then worked on editing it into an hour-long film. It took 7 years to shoot, edit, and release this film (1975 – 1982). Plot The film starts out with calm wide shots and close ups of nature such…

1. Koyaanisqatsi: Life out of balance, 1982, directed by Godfrey Rerggio; music composed by Philip Glass (in 5 minutes, usually a 85 minutes film); http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSTTOO5-xSI Koyaanisqatsi is a visual concert of images set to haunting music. I personally did not see a plot in the more modern way, but there are definitely scenarios, this video gave the power to the viewer to give value to the images and music. The video uses a technique of extensive time lapse photography,…

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slowly fading away the farther into the future the Time Traveller goes. This novel portrays machinery in a more progressive way. It allows the Time Traveller to make amazing new discoveries about the future of earth. It also is used as a tool for advancement and freedom of the once working class from the burdens of the upper class. Technology is used for gain and freedom. The enslavement of machinery is also observable within the life of the Eloi and the ultimate demise of the Time…

The songs I choose are Drupad Indian music; Georgian chanting; troubadour music; Handel: Messiah, Hallejuah Chorus; Bob Dylan, Like The Rolling Stone; Glass: koyaanisqatsi section and John Luther Adams: The Light that fills the world The Dhrupad music is chanting Vedic hymns and mantras. In the background there is string instrument playing in lower sound than the chanting completing it. It can be used as prayer, meditation and yoga. The Georgian Chant is liturgical music chanted in the church…

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