Su Fredrich is a filmmaker who created experimental films that are combined with narratives and documentaries. In the first clip that showed, Chapter 3: Gently Down The Stream #3 that she finished in 1981, recalls her dreams. It a silent, black and white film because she was not interested in sounds but rather getting her point across to the audience. Based on the film, she did not used dream sequences that were common in Hollywood movies, which had slow motions. Instead she made the film more of a fast motion that cuts back and forth to different scenes of her dream. She incorporate a number of unusual text in between scenes so that our own voice could be heard as we were reading it. I think her format worked, this was the first time I watched a silent film that was so meaningful and interesting. The symbols and characters used were a bit weird but they add power to the film and made the text even stronger. Although it was a silent film, I think it engage the audience to see the bigger picture the dream. …show more content…
She made this film in black and white to reflect the past. Instead of making this film all silent, Fredrich used sounds that she thought was appropriate. She created pauses between the sounds, to accommodate both the auditory and visual senses of the audience. I like the fact the she used real images to convey her story. To make the film more of a little girl experience, a little girl voice was heard off screen telling the story. I think a younger voice was a perfect way to make the film realistic. Both the images and the voice made the film more intense. They allowed the audience to understand the impact her father had her behaviour, and could use her personal experience to relate to their lives and fatherhood in