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57. St Peter, Satterleigh
2 months ago
This is a fair copy of the first segment of what I hope will turn into a much longer sequence of visits to some of the 'redundant' churches in the South West.
The idea and some of the style was suggested to me by Antonioni's great late short The Gaze of Michelangelo but as the church itself reminded me a little of the one Bergman uses in Winter Light and the poor light conditions left my raw footage quite grainy, I've opted to go for a high contrast black and white presentation.
The music is Thomas Tallis - Blessed are those that be undefiled.
All comments gratefully received.
The entire Lost Church material so far is collected here - vimeo.com/album/143622
For more information on the church see visitchurches.org.uk
The idea and some of the style was suggested to me by Antonioni's great late short The Gaze of Michelangelo but as the church itself reminded me a little of the one Bergman uses in Winter Light and the poor light conditions left my raw footage quite grainy, I've opted to go for a high contrast black and white presentation.
The music is Thomas Tallis - Blessed are those that be undefiled.
All comments gratefully received.
The entire Lost Church material so far is collected here - vimeo.com/album/143622
For more information on the church see visitchurches.org.uk
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All in all I think this would work better with the figure removed.
It is he that is redundant.
It's interesting because I am planning on doing a version without the figure so we'll see how that turns out, though I worry that without him all we'll be left with is a series of unconnected images. As such whilst I'm inclined to agree he adds little in terms of image or tone, he is the unifying conciousness of the piece as well as the source of much needed movement. In addition I'm hoping that as the sequence progresses the necessity of his role will become clearer.
I'm sorry you don't like the dissolve to zoom out transition, I was rather taken with it. I'll see what it looks like without it.
Cheers,
b