While there is no narrative content in the film, it exists to exemplify the essential features of the artform, film, by performing a reflection on itself (178). The feature this film is exploring is movement. Gehr does so by taking still shots of a hallway and alternates between them creating the illusion of movement. The film itself is set up to provide an original philosophical idea to emphasize the necessity of movement in film, thus it is contributing to philosophy of the nature of film (174). The film Night Table, aims to reach the conclusions as Serene Velocity, by mimicking the technical style, but it presents a new idea in how the movement is presented. Night Table, takes a collection of shots between an exposed lens to a night sky and a covered lens on a table, and alternates between them, however, visually, the shots are entirely black. This presents the idea that if the perception of movement is necessary for a film or if it merely needs to be
While there is no narrative content in the film, it exists to exemplify the essential features of the artform, film, by performing a reflection on itself (178). The feature this film is exploring is movement. Gehr does so by taking still shots of a hallway and alternates between them creating the illusion of movement. The film itself is set up to provide an original philosophical idea to emphasize the necessity of movement in film, thus it is contributing to philosophy of the nature of film (174). The film Night Table, aims to reach the conclusions as Serene Velocity, by mimicking the technical style, but it presents a new idea in how the movement is presented. Night Table, takes a collection of shots between an exposed lens to a night sky and a covered lens on a table, and alternates between them, however, visually, the shots are entirely black. This presents the idea that if the perception of movement is necessary for a film or if it merely needs to be