The Perfect Human

Today was our first session back of the new year and we were introduced to a piece of experimental film called 'The Perfect Human' shot entirely in black and white. I think that the original short film does the justice of showing us that the perfect human, in the end is not infallible - shown by his emotion at the table when he describes how alone he is at the end.

The Five Obstructions is quite a humorous take that in essence humanises the two film-makers, and shows that there is more to film making than what is shown on the film. The last obstruction shows that Lars has been all along pandering to the whim of a filmmaker with essentially writers block and shows in the end that he is the perfect human, perfect film maker and this can be interpreted in a number of ways. 

With this in mind we have been given our own set of obstructions for our experimental films. This includes only having one protagonist, and having no narrative in the film. No narrative is something that I struggle with, yet I think that it will help to expand my abilities. Also working in a group with Amy and Isabel who have different skill sets to me will help me in that aspect.