Blog Response: Bazin Article

This article was informative of a certain form of cinematography. Bazin was a man who was "married" to cinematography and the technique thereof in a spiritual sense. As referenced in the article he believed that the ones who filmed or photographed the world around them were preordained to reveal the recurring beauty of reality. He was concentrating on the pureness of the filmed image as one that shouldn't be touched or stained by an individual's ideologies or biases. He was not a fan of montage because it eluded to a cause, whether it be plain as day or somewhat sheltered within the images of the film. He was a avid participant in the movement known as personalism. It envisioned or admired the right of the creative individual to use their own will and right to make choices and take risks in life. I believe that Bazin eluded to a purer and more simplistic/natural form of cinematography. He believed in the capture of time and space - or the mummy complex as he called it. I agree with this aspect of photography and cinematography alike in that I enjoy points in time where certain details that are often overlooked are recorded and put into spotlight, if not only for a brief moment in time. It is often today that our society has grown tired of reality because I believe that roughly 1 out of every 3 movies produced today either have computer generated effects or are 3 dimensional. This is a direct opposite to the ideology of Bazin. The conscious choice to create something entirely abstract from reality is an ideal of the producer or the person who created the film, leaving the viewer to be capsulized by this set ideal. However, with realistic films, unless shot in a unique manner, the viewer may become bored with reality and wonder why they purchased a ticket. Bazin's ideology was based on the pure and untouched image. In society today, that image has all but disappeared behind the foggy glass of the tv.