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FACTORY

Artist: Miwa Matreyek's

Miwa Matreyek’s piece of work conveys many different meanings to the viewers through visual language. One way it is interpreted is that Miwa is trying to show in an abstract way in which in todays working society the labour required it very boring stuff. In our days technology is so advanced that they have found a system or machine to do everything for us that there is no skill or fun involved in work anymore. The cost of life is extraordinary and people are forced to work everyday with no freedom and no fun.

The film “Factory” shows the day off a working factory. The whole film is black and white and has very much detail using different shades of greys. The style of animation is very complex and it looks like some form of iStop with the use of Photoshop as well. Each element in the factory looks like an individual photo that has been edited and placed to form a working system. This shows that lots of little things put together can create a bigger and better overall result. This is simular to the running of a factory itself. All the different station and element come together to form the overall product.

Right from the beginning of the movie with the workers going into work their body gestures tell us they are not happy or excited to be there as they are walking fast in a straight line into the building.  The colours are very dull and plain however there are quite a lot of detailed objects in the background, which includes the smoke coming out of the building. As they enter the building it shows people at work. One lady looks like she is in charge of several computers and machines. Her movement on the computer is repeated several times. This gives us an idea on how repetitive and boring the work must be.

Now in modern days as technology has increased machines and computers do a lot for us however it leaves us with a very boring simple job. The very busy and detailed background in the factory gives the impression with a complicate busy workplace that there is a lot to get done. However the abstract side of the film creates a more humerous affect on the workload and overall film. The hand in the background is acting like a mechanical claw this portrays a metaphor. Matreyek is trying to interpret the way it used to be. Before all these machines were created to pick up and transport things such as the mechanical claw, everything was done by hand, which was hard labour. The workers aren’t complaining however it has just made the workforce a boring place to be forced to work at. Towards the end section a man is using the gigantic spanner to fix a problem. Usually a spanner is a smaller item, and this spanner that is being used is bigger then himself. This is implying that for big jobs you need a big tool to get the job done. In this section Matreyek has added a more humorous aspect of the workforce.  

Matreyek as obviously thought out this film very thoroughly as when you look closer there is so many meanings that it portrays from the use of visual language and the overall point of the film.  Overall it is a very clever film in the fact that it is so detailed yet such a simple idea. Every part of the movie is there for a reason and Matreyek has done a very good job portraying these messages.

Describe

DIGITOPIA MOVIE REFLECTION

• How did the film make you feel? (Excited, intrigued, happy etc)

To be honest this film made me feel really sleepy. The music was very calming. I was also really confused on what was going on.

• In your opinion, what was the most striking element of the film?

The film was mostly black and white and the only colours that you could see were blue and red. This really brought out the things in colour and made a statement that they were important and significant t the movie.

• List three other things that you found interesting?

-      the body was shown inside

-      the title of the movie was very weird

-      the word utopia was repeated throughout the whole song

• What meaning did you think the artist was trying to convey?

Somehow this movie made me think of docters and hospitals. I think it was the colours, sad music and the diagrams of the body and the blood moving.

• What is your overall impression of the film’s mood?

My impression is that the film is very sad and depressing.

• Did sound play an important part in your response to the film?

yes it was a very important element in the film as it set the mood for the whole movie.

• What comments can you make about the animators technique? (i.e. was it simple, complicated, smooth, jerky etc)

I think that the animators technique was quite simple. Also the movements were very plain and a bit stop start so a bit jerky. It wasn’t really a well flowing movie.

• Do you think that this animation would have been well planned?

No maybe not as it was quite random and simple. Maybe they would have had an idea on what they were going to do the movie about but they didn’t actually full on plan which bits for which parts.

FACTORY MOVIE REFLECTION

• How did the film make you feel? (Excited, intrigued, happy etc)

This movie made me feel very intrigued on the detail and content shown in the parts of the film. I was very interested of how they possibly put that much element in.

• In your opinion, what was the most striking element of the film?

The most striking element of the film was the odd factor of the hand interpreted as a claw. I was shocked as it was a very weird part added.

• List three other things that you found interesting?

Something I found interesting was the fact that all the elements in the movie had a real life factor to them. I’m not sure if that was really good cartooning or actual real pictures used and edited.

• What meaning did you think the artist was trying to convey?

The point of the movie was to show how olden day factories operated. It had a few little metaphors show in a way. Like the hand was acting like a claw.

• What is your overall impression of the film’s mood?

My impression of the films mood is it is very serious. Also it gives me the feeling at the work going on is very busy and rushed.

• Did sound play an important part in your response to the film?

No not really. There was only a few sound affects which just impacted the movement a little more.

• What comments can you make about the animators technique? (i.e. was it simple, complicated, smooth, jerky etc)

it looked very complicated. The movements had a more jerky feel to them. I think that most of this movie would have been made with IStop because of the jerkinish.

• Do you think that this animation would have been well planned?

Yes I think it would have been planned very well. All the little parts of every sing bit would of needed to be thought out and discussed otherwise the meaning of the movie would not of made sense.