Ryan Ryersen 11/28/17 Daily Log Blog

Today in class we watched the end of the short film called Feast. All of the groups had to pick a particular aspect of the film to focus on. Yesterday we were told to merely watch the movie therefore, this time we would try to focus on a certain part of the film. Many groups focused on various parts of the film such as the music during the film or the composition of the film.  My group on the food in this film. After a discussion with our groups we crafted claims pertaining to our object and the film. In our group, one of our claims was “The type of food the man is consuming is reflective of his mood in that scene.” This claim is rather general, but some groups had more specific claims. This was the first step so our claims were pertained exclusively to the movie. Applying claims to outside world things was part of our second step in which we constructed themes.. After we established claims about the film itself, we then began constructing themes. We started by differentiating between abstract and concrete ideas. We said that an abstract idea is present yet not tangible, nor easily interpreted or quantifiable. Examples of abstract topics include but are not limited to love and greed. Conversely, concrete ideas are things that are either tangible or easily interpreted. Examples are food or sound. Using these topics we then crafted a theme regarding a theme that pertains to one of these topics. One example of a theme is “Empathy can overcome jealousy and can lead to more acceptance to change in a relationship.” This theme pertains particularly to two abstract ideas which are empathy and jealousy. These are considered abstract because empathy and jealousy cannot be put into a numerical format nor can they be interpreted by any of the five senses. In this instance, relationship takes a concrete format as it is referring to the physical relationship. With that being said it is possible for words such as family and relationships to be both abstract or concrete depending on context. We then reviewed what we will look for in our third viewing.
An example of this process used in an extracurricular manner is in another movie. For example, I have seen Interstellar twice and in the second viewing I noticed many things that I did not pick up on the first movie. One topic that I noticed had an incredible importance in Interstellar was time. I realized that time had an impact on literally every part of the film from the setting, to the plot, to the sound, to the characters, to the organization of the narrative and everything in between. A claim I could make pertaining to time is that when is that while Cooper in his crew were on Miller’s planet, time was drastically dilated, therefore the few hours that Cooper and his crew were on Miller’s planet translated to 23 years on Earth. (Link 1)This claim pertains exclusively to the movie. A theme that pertains to the world outside of the film is that time always continues forward, regardless of dilation, therefore you should be deliberate with the time that you do have. If I watched this for a third time I would look for specific evidence to support this theme.
Link 1-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoLkabPK3YU