{"id":1125,"date":"2024-05-08T21:18:09","date_gmt":"2024-05-08T21:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aperture.byu.edu\/?p=1125"},"modified":"2024-05-08T21:19:20","modified_gmt":"2024-05-08T21:19:20","slug":"crystal-rain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aperture.byu.edu\/?p=1125","title":{"rendered":"Crystal Rain"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Crystal Rain<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

by Bridger Moss<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Artist’s Statement<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

It has taken me quite some time to do so, but over the years that I have spent studying the
many ways that cinema can deliver a heightened narrative experience, I have come to realize in
part that filmmaking owes much of what it has to offer in terms of narrative quality and
characteristics to its predecessors dated throughout the long history of the arts. Just as Sergei
Eisenstein states in his article \u201cDickens, Griffith, and Ourselves [Dickens, Griffith, and Today],\u201d
I, too, \u201chave always derived comfort from repeatedly telling myself that our cinema is not
entirely without an ancestry and a pedigree, a past and traditions, or a rich cultural heritage from
earlier epochs.\u201d For this project, I took great inspiration from two unrelated pieces of rock music
that date back over four decades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


For some time now, these two songs from a generation or two before my own time have
been circulating through my consciousness and providing me with certain visions that I can only
see the medium of animation bringing to fruition. Taking inspiration from both the lyrics and
instrumentals of \u201cCrystal Ball\u201d by Styx and \u201cPurple Rain\u201d by Prince, I created the surrealist yet
minimalistic collection of GIFs I call Crystal Rain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


The first two thirds of this collection reflect largely on the lyrics of \u201cCrystal Ball\u201d where
we see a squiggly figure \u201cwalk the straight and narrow line\u201d and \u201cthink that everything was
fine.\u201d These periods of time can last however long the viewer wants or feels like they should.
Eventually, the ball of crystal that the figure has been seeking is born from his breaking heart and
aching body. Overall, this song by Styx is one of existential distress, which is why I made these
first few GIFs to give the feeling of hopelessness. Though, after destroying the object that left
him empty in his center, a storm is summoned, filling the void within, making him firm and truly
whole.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Head Editor<\/strong>
Spencer Norton<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Project Manager<\/strong>
Laura Calkins<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Section Editor<\/strong>
Lille Knudsen<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Faculty Review<\/strong>
Benjamin Thevenin<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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