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Morgan Bailey Photobook Professor Caldwell 2/4/13 Reading Response 3 The movie La Jetee was created by using many single photographs in a row to show the viewer what was going on. Narration was used for the sound. Using photos instead of video took the movie down to its bear essence. Film is just thousands of still photos moving very fast, La Jetee has maybe a photo every second or two. It pulled you into specific moments in time and let you appreciate the narration and message of the movie without having your eyes and brain keep up with fast paced motion. The movie itself even though it used still images still felt like a movie. I think this is because of the age and time the film was shot at. The old school cinema feel of film gives the still images a sense of movement and life already. If this was shot recently I feel it would have more of a presentation feel or that of a power point. Another thing that struck me about the movie was that it took a while to figure out that the photos that were used were taken for the movie and not found photos. I had a completely different sense about the movie until I realized that the photos were taken on purpose. I am conflicted about how I feel about the narration. In one sense it was nice to know what was going on and having the film explained to me. But at the same time I wish I could have just stared at the images without narration and tried to tie it all together in my head. The sequencing of images was what it had to be. It guided

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Morgan  Bailey  

Photobook  

Professor  Caldwell  

2/4/13  

Reading  Response  3  

The  movie  La  Jetee  was  created  by  using  many  single  photographs  in  a  row  

to  show  the  viewer  what  was  going  on.  Narration  was  used  for  the  sound.  Using  

photos  instead  of  video  took  the  movie  down  to  its  bear  essence.  Film  is  just  

thousands  of  still  photos  moving  very  fast,  La  Jetee  has  maybe  a  photo  every  second  

or  two.  It  pulled  you  into  specific  moments  in  time  and  let  you  appreciate  the  

narration  and  message  of  the  movie  without  having  your  eyes  and  brain  keep  up  

with  fast  paced  motion.  The  movie  itself  even  though  it  used  still  images  still  felt  like  

a  movie.  I  think  this  is  because  of  the  age  and  time  the  film  was  shot  at.  The  old  

school  cinema  feel  of  film  gives  the  still  images  a  sense  of  movement  and  life  

already.  If  this  was  shot  recently  I  feel  it  would  have  more  of  a  presentation  feel  or  

that  of  a  power  point.  Another  thing  that  struck  me  about  the  movie  was  that  it  took  

a  while  to  figure  out  that  the  photos  that  were  used  were  taken  for  the  movie  and  

not  found  photos.  I  had  a  completely  different  sense  about  the  movie  until  I  realized  

that  the  photos  were  taken  on  purpose.    

I  am  conflicted  about  how  I  feel  about  the  narration.  In  one  sense  it  was  nice  

to  know  what  was  going  on  and  having  the  film  explained  to  me.  But  at  the  same  

time  I  wish  I  could  have  just  stared  at  the  images  without  narration  and  tried  to  tie  it  

all  together  in  my  head.  The  sequencing  of  images  was  what  it  had  to  be.  It  guided  

the  viewer  along  the  movie.  I  think  I  learned  more  about  narration  from  viewing  this  

movie  than  I  did  with  the  sequencing  of  the  images.  The  sequencing  was  still  bound  

together  by  the  laws  of  film  in  that  it  had  to  make  sense  with  the  plot  and  narration.  

If  the  movie  was  silent  then  the  images  would  be  much  more  focused  on  and  their  

sequence  would  have  a  much  larger  affect  on  the  movie.