Takeshi Murata

The footage we watched appeared to use the datamoshing technique that we aim to achieve, especially when compared to Le Grice’s ‘Berlin Horse’.

The sound in this piece is also very different, and creates more of a beat, with a heavy tribal influence. We intend to use this type of beat in our film, in order to create a flow and a rhythm; something we feel will be necessary in order to keep people interested in Master/Copy, and to ensure that it doesn’t just become a collection of datamoshing seemingly at random intervals.

Upon watching Takeshi Murata’s work, we noted that the original video footage is barely recognisable. It is almost impossible to work out what the original content was.

Although this is quite an attractive idea, and one that we could use in later projects, we feel that this is not the suitable technique for this current project, as we are wanting the viewer to be able to distinguish between the clips and witness the correlations that we are hoping to achieve.

Something we did realise whilst watching this work, is how much the movement of the original video affects the moshes and final outcome. Certain movements, such as quick and slow, vertical or horizontal create different patterns, depending on their individual action. We will experiment with different movements in our original clips in order to make something that is both visually striking and relevant.