These words, uttered by the wise and famous King Solomon, were exclaimed thousands of years ago in frustration. It was the dissatisfaction of breathing the same air over and over again; The irritation of hearing the same instruments play the same tunes in the same rhythms; the disgruntled soul longing for neoteric poetry, fresh entertainment and something or anything new. The sun rises and the sun falls. Yet the moon, with its cool blanket, continues to give us hope that the next day will be better than the last. Each morning’s sunrise is followed by the disheartening fizzle of the yet another sunset. So as the new moon begins to erase our fears of hopelessness in anything new, we must ask ourselves a question. If these feelings, that were promulgated thousands of years prior to our own, are still prevalent in our minds today…why are you further dismayed at the sunset rather than awed by this ancient ritual?
You may be wondering how this is related to film or even my company Storied Productions. That’s a great philosophical question! This blog will help us analyse this particular art of story telling regarding film and video. Let us take an objective look at movies together and consider two things. The first being that you already know the plot. Lets not get caught up in the cliché of being “original”. Rather, lets talk about how creative the story tellers are as they’ve worked hard to tell the million year old story. The second consideration I will ask of you is to observe the technology and acting skills of the hundreds of people involved in one film. Let’s look into the philosophical, economic, and emotional implications of films and ask ourselves…if there is nothing new under the sun, how can I better enjoy the things that are?
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