Monday, September 9, 2013

Critical Response Questions

1. In Section XV it talks about how films have become one of the largest art forms to actually mobilize the masses, and how it grabs ones attention by creating something exciting for the viewers to watch. While this all very true, it also discusses how films can sometimes require no attention at all and viewers can be often times absent minded. My question would be, why is that films create such an impact on peoples thoughts even though of all forms of art, it takes the least amount of attention from the viewer?

2. One of the biggest topics talked about in this article was the concept of reproduction. There is reproduction of all things: paintings, drawings, photos, films, and even movies. Now a days there are spoofs that can sometimes be considered a reproduction. At what point have we made quantity more important than quality? and At what point is reproduction illegal?

1 comment:

  1. Perhaps society as whole is becoming more attention deficit, where as a collective hivemind, they do not need to pay a lot of attention to get all of the content of a piece. Ha. With film-video, a lot of the material to 'understand' a work is placed right in front of the viewer, where with a more still image, the content must be analyzed and understood.

    It is funny to have seen reproduction get more 'legal' over time, as it just cannot be contained. Recently, attempts to employ DRM (digital rights management) have clearly failed. I believe the 'illegality' of a mass produced work of art will conveniently enough be more enforced as technology advances. The better the tech, the more we can reproduce it. But also, the better, the better chances had that people will be 'caught'.

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