Chapter 2

    Within Chapter two of our class textbook, Moving Pictures: An Introduction to Cinema, the information I've learned a lot of new information. What facinated me the most was that movies are 24 or more frames per second. The reason that knowledge piqued my interest was because this is something I should've pieced together sooner. As I've already discussed in my introduction blog, not only do I love animations, but I know how to make them as well. Part of knowing how to make animations is understanding the process and lingo, which is where I first learned about the term FPS, or frames per second. Animations are made frame by frame and then played either fast or slow based on the FPS the artist chooses. Typically my animations are 15 fps, as that is what I learned to use in my animation class. 

    Considering animations typically consist of drawings while movies are made using video cameras, I assumed that movies did not consist of individual frames. Yet, if played at a fast speed, an animation can flow smoothly as though it was filmed. Not only that, but under the photo app when one plays a video, it is a flowing line of individual shots. Although this does not change the way I view movies and TV shows, it confuses my brain. For example, this video of a hungry caterpillar that I recorded consists of individual shots as shown in the screenshot below.

   

    Some other information that intriged me was explicit vs implicit meaning. Explicit meaning is the obvious meaning of a film, painting, etc. It's what the viewer sees, and is intended to be obvious. Implicit meaning, on the other hand, is the hidden meaning behind a film or a piece of art. Another term for implicit meaning is the theme. 

    When creating film, directors typically have a specific theme in mind that they are going to. In my Visual Writting class, we are learning that viewers make meaning when it comes to art. So, I wonder if that same logic applies to films as well. Everyone has their own perceptions on things, meaning one person can see a film and think one way while someone else may see it a different way. Therefore, is implicit meaning determined by the viewer?