English
We are witnessing the decline of all common media. No, television radio, telecommunications and film are not going to disappear, it just happens that today we have more technology available that allows us to write, record and reproduce information on the web and other types of media. And due to that some governments are concerned about social media and its effects and possibilities.
There is a phenomenon in social networks as well as the means of transmission of information via internet, be it YouTube or any other application to play music which should have us thinking about this amazing change of such sudden and unexpected appearance. The resolution of what we received today on our monitors are not necessarily appropriate, but what is the proper resolution? Sure, the resolution of a vinyl recording is not the same to the resolution of an mp3, of course, this has been discussed before. But what happens with image? Filming does only belong to a larger public domain, well, we do not necessarily agree because not everyone has access to a video camera. Nowadays mobile phones have a whole lot of applications to shoot video at different resolutions and formats, generate effects, edit and other interesting options to let your movie creative passion break out
Perhaps an image of democracy is defined by the same texture, the quality of its display, its same mistakes. We do not talk so vividly when creating a video or following the editing processes, so let´s talk about the image error, the lack of light, wrong angles and lack of a provision of what is and what is not appearing on the screen. Poor quality filming and inexperienced videographers reveal political processes and the understanding of art, in better details today than expected, showing the way in which culture is divided.
It is possible that today there are no more democratic spaces left than experimental video, and that experimentation is already present in your house. The factor of immediate documentation can also allow mobile phones to currently be used to write about the abuses recently shown during the marches and camping, as well as demonstrations and protests of different global movements Thus, tools that apparently only had a limited use become a necessity for political activism. Documentation processes from video and mobile phones are a unlimited possiblity
The Experimental Film Week of Madrid will present a series of short films made with mobile phones, in fact, among many other goodies for fans of the best of non mainstream cinema, there will also be a special section dedicated to film in Afghanistan, so its more than a recommended festival and I assure you it will be the best film festival you can see those days. For more information about the festival, various sections, authors and projection sites, visit the following website:
http://www.semanacineexperimentalmadrid.com/
Nothing better than getting apartments in Madrid and be part of this important week in cinema.
Translated by: Marc
