Taylor Rients A Pentagram Response Week 6

The opening imagery about the dreams immediately made me think about filming children (or objects/things that cannot consent). I had a professor at SMU who did not allow us to take picture of children, animals, etc. because they could not consent to having their photograph taken. I think in 2019, documenting children/family members on video or photographs is prevalent and not many people talk about this issue of whether or not these kids can consent.

Frampton goes onto discuss the center piece of film or art (the focal point). The example that Frampton uses is from Mount Fujiyama in Japan and discusses how it was the focal point across many different artistic forms and is a key to recognizing Japanese work (in some cases). Frampton argues that everything has a focal point (whether it is dialogue/action/non-action) and this leads the piece to have that creative freedom to explore other ideas of cinematography.

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