Love this! When I was in film school and had to watch long slow paced screenings (Tarkovsky :P) I constantly grappled with the fact I could watch it in 1.5x speed or I could sit and actually ruminate with the art that took so long to create, and experience it the way it was intended to be experienced.
We were expected to watch the screenings multiple times, the first watch was never sped up since pacing is something we were expected to analyze. When I had to rewatch a film in order to write/discuss it I would increase playback speed.
I’m lucky that most of our screenings were in lecture, but the extra long screenings were expected to be watched on our own time. Watching a 3 hour film twice takes up a significant amount of time, most undergrad students had difficulty managing that
Love this! When I was in film school and had to watch long slow paced screenings (Tarkovsky :P) I constantly grappled with the fact I could watch it in 1.5x speed or I could sit and actually ruminate with the art that took so long to create, and experience it the way it was intended to be experienced.
Interesting - as this was artistic content that you did have to “get through” for school. Did you end up speeding it up? 😅
We were expected to watch the screenings multiple times, the first watch was never sped up since pacing is something we were expected to analyze. When I had to rewatch a film in order to write/discuss it I would increase playback speed.
I’m lucky that most of our screenings were in lecture, but the extra long screenings were expected to be watched on our own time. Watching a 3 hour film twice takes up a significant amount of time, most undergrad students had difficulty managing that