Marina Rosenfeld

http://www.ubu.com/film/rosenfeld_teenage.html

I am on 2 extreme ends of the spectrum when it comes to there being sound or no sound in a video. The "Teenage Lontano" is a video where sound makes the video come alive. The tone of sounds shift and intensify as the video progresses. There is also this eerie feel to the video. Rosenfeld was sure to make the sound the central focus for the video by eliminating any extra/unnecessary imagery in the film; the teenagers were highlighted by simple yellow lighting in a straight line. The shots of the teenagers were not distracting from the sounds being created by the teens. I had a hard time figuring out if the sounds were only from the teens or were other sounds coming from something else...

It was a audibly interesting video. The ambiguity in the beginning of wondering what the sounds were and where they were coming form, was enticing enough.


Lontano means "as from a distance" in Italian, I believe.
Lontano is also the name of a contemporary orchestra would entered the music scene in the 1970's
Here is a link: http://www.lontano.co.uk/

Sade G