What does the moving image tell you about the still photographic image?
The moving image provides a journey to the still photographic image. When referencing iconic imagery, such as the famed ‘Tank Man’ of Tiananmen Square, the moving image gives extended knowledge to the events leading to this loan man standing before a column of Chinese armour. The sequence following afterwards shows some of his fellow protesters ushering him away.
How distinct do you see the still and the moving image now a days?
With the age of Snapchat and Instagram the use of imagery blurs the lines between still and moving. Susan Sontag said that ‘to photograph is to impart importance on that thing’. Yet, as a teacher, I see young people taking snaps of the most mundane of things in the pursuit of maintaining ‘streaks’. Although surrounded by photographs, our desire to see moving images is ever present. The decline of print media and the rise of obtaining our news from social media makes the moving image just as important. Are they distinct from each other? The line is increasingly blurred.
Do the practical similarities outweigh the theoretical differences?
The discussion around still and moving imagery needs to move with the way technology has altered our way of consuming imagery. Still images would be found on newspapers, magazines and billboards. While moving images were reserved for TV and Cinema. Today, with us all having a screen in our pockets, the line between still and moving has become blurred and undefined unless looking for it.
How might you use moving image within your own practice?
Moving image has featured in my past practice waining in recent years due to an increasing use of analogue film methods. A problem with moving imagery is the time taken in post production where a 3 minute video could often require a couple of days of post production work.
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