Friday, January 18, 2013

JANE ROBERTS DREAM PROJECT


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  1. NCBPJanuary 19, 2013 at 10:51 AM

    I thoroughly enjoyed Jane's Dream Project, and it prompted me to think about my own thoughts about dreams and how mystifying and wondrous they are. In addition, I was smiling as I listened to her beautiful voice. Nell

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    1. ACravanJanuary 19, 2013 at 12:00 PM

      I'll pass along your kind words. Funny the assignments school kids have these days. What delighted me about this were (in equal priority) the script, the images she chose, the editing/synchronization, and her recitation. On the one hand, she was working with very rudimentary (technical) quality "found" materials. On the other, I think she made sensitive and sophisticated use of them. And I think her voice recorded unbelievably well. I hope her teacher "gets" it. I'm advised that some of the other students approached this somewhat open-ended assignment by concentrating on their aspirations rather than the dream-state itself. Did you see Inception, by the way? It's absolutely wonderful. Curtis

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  2. NCBPJanuary 20, 2013 at 10:54 AM

    I don't have any experience with filming or editing, but I was quite impressed with the quality of her production. If her teacher doesn't "get" it, it will be the teacher's shortcomings, not Jane's. I haven't seen Inception, but I will. Nell

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    1. ACravanJanuary 21, 2013 at 4:07 AM

      I really love what Jane did. It made me very happy to see (completely unaware that she was doing it and after the fact) what she accomplished. Inception is a remarkable film, one that most people would need to see (and I think would want to see) at least twice to understand fully. (There's a lot going on there on multiple levels; it's a Chinese puzzle of a movie.) It's very moving and says a lot about dreams and dreaming. Curtis

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