Daybreak in Udi

I viewed the film about two weeks ago.

At a silent moment, I would reflect and came up with thoughts about the contents. My strongest image that I conjured up is the man who directly works with the village people. He sits at a desk and have a dialogue with individuals. At the moment, I visualize myself having a presentation with the readers of my words. Often times, we are vessels. We contain certain elements or particles which stills within our matter and spill or pour out what we need to sustain or feed into the world. He speaks to the solutions on how the village people can improve their lives. I speak to expose the world of documentaries to others and my impressions and thoughts about the art of repeating and depicting a story.

Throughout the film, the man struggles to convince and help the village through problematic issues. He pours out his suggestions. They either accept or continue to reject the obvious. Eventually, they trust his ideas and implement. I found the fascination of seeing the facial reactions. We read the acceptance immediately. Eventually, the stoic, straight, and serious face melts into a softness. I would like ask myself to do an experiment. I would like to study human faces. I have a friend in Seattle who studied faces for numerous years. She has the innate ability to read people within seconds or a glance at a photo or in live mode. I asked her on how she has these incredible perceptions. She told me that one day she decided to start reading people's body language and their facial expressions. She analyzed their behaviors and tied them in with the actions. She still participates in the act. At times, I would ask her if a certain person is a certain stature or guilty or merely a genuine human being. There are times when I do not ask because I rather be in the oblivion. I rather see life give the outcomes. The accuracies of her intepretations are correct. I gave her a set of photos. The photos contained people whom she had no connections or she never met through our mutual friendship. She would look at one photo at a time. She would give me a verbal paragraph about each person. She pinned 100% of the personality, behaviors, desires, and occupations. I never met this person of caliber. I admire this ability.

In future documentaries, I will study the subjects. I hope to determine their motives. This film really protrayed the reactions of the village.

I also wanted to talk about the change. I think on normal stances - we often reject what changes will leave an open spot for us to heal or fill. I find people, cities, towns, organizations, and cultures keep closed because once there is a beginning - the building starts and completely lays stagnated. The gap closes and does not allow the complete passage. How can one analzye a situation and split open the situation; work into new methods into the old methods, and leave the open wound? One has to seal the situation and remain close and monitor; time (the beauty) will heal the situation. What happens if the new and old do not mesh. The surgery repeats its self. One is not completely skilled by through time and precision. One is skilled. This is what plays into trust and faith. One cannot detemine futures if the resources relies in someone. As the man in the film tries to help the people, you can see how the circulation is closed. Once the character gently opens and works with in the inner workings, the opening widens. I find this method works in small increments. I would like to fit these analysis with urban design. How much do we rip open a landscape and replace past breakdowns with modern materials? Can the systems within the system handle the open wound? Will one fatal mistake destroys the original fabric and thread of city's existence? One has to use models. One can only predict a few matters not all. All inputs are not all outputs.

I will revisit the human being analysis and the opening of a solid, substantial situation in futher details as more documentary films are viewed. At this time, the timeline of viewing films follows in sequential order. How can one break the timeline and change course?

The Secret Land

The footage showcased the success of the U.S. exploration of Antarctica. A map was drawn about the whereabouts of two different fleets of the mission. The narration gave detailed information about how they prepared and went through the process of mapping and documenting new territory. It took me a week to write a passage on this viewing. My memory is quite foggy yet remember a remarkable impression that the film left me at the end. I love seeing the risk and determination that the U.S. made a priority to encounter new continents and bring back new data from new species and topography sites.

I will give a philosophical standpoint. When ones explores new territory with past knowledge yet use up-to-date tools or knowledge and complete an assignment, one gains respect and makes a mark in history. One must remember to gain almost all of knowledge of the past on a subject. Then one uses risky instruments. Then one analyzes and publishes findings unknown and will add to the all the knowledge. I think that this is beauty in the best quality of life. You can repeat a pattern but repeat the newest, best pattern. This film emphasizes this thought. I recommend this film in ways on how we see or discover a new idea or site for the first time. Then we take everything in site into our memory. We become engaged. Then we follow a path. This film became a stepping stone for mappings, new species, military importance, and an early way of environmental issues filming. I would love to write a thesis with this film as a reference.