The two interactive movies, The Wilderness Downtown and Pine Point, tried to get the reader/audience involved in the action. In the Wilderness Downtown, the interaction was personal. We were required to put in our home address, so that the film could obtain images from google maps. If the film was about some random house it would't have made much sense or have made as much of an impact. Most people have a feeling of attachement to the place that they call home, wich induces emotional feelings. This film tried to play on those feelings to give the reader a more moving experience.
Pine point was different, but was similar in its goals. The interactive film was not as personal, but still ignited feelings from the audience. Since the film was about someone else's home, Pine Point, people still feel like it is a sacred place. They feel the pain people must have felt when the town was abandoned, and their old lives lost. The film was interactive because the audience was able to click on the various links to open pictures and things about the old town. This may remind people of a scrap book, something else personal in many people's lives.
The spaces represented in Pine Point a The Wilderness Downtown are technically real spaces. The space that we observed the movies from was a reflection of the real space, like the reflection of a person in a mirror. It is a representation of a real space, a hologram. In the case of Pine point, the space has undergone a drastic change since it has been abandoned. The space is less inhabited, and is becoming overgrown by nature and natural spaces. The actual amount of physical space is about the same as before, but the space has been transformed into new things. For example, old buildings may rot and turn into dirt, but the essence of the space does not disappear, only to be recycled as organic matter for plant growth etc. On the old photographs Pine Point is preserved in its original form. Since photographs are a reflection of light off of a real space, the essence of the original space is captured in the pictures. So, a reflection of Pine Point lives on in the photographic records of the original space, allowing the audience to understand what it is truly like.
I agree that even though a space may no longer technically consist of buildings that were there a hundred years ago, but the concept that go hand in hand with that space still are upheld. Just as like how Pine Point no longer literally exists, it still serves as a space through memories and personal experiences of those who lived or visited there.
ReplyDeleteI agreed Wilderness Downtown tried to play with our feelings and emotions by bringing up our homes. I also liked how you brought up how Pine Point was not personal, but still had the same goal of bringing up emotions from the audience. Good job!
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