Maya Deren "The Very Eye of Night"

While watching this video in class, I was awed by the simplicity of the video. With todays computers we can do much of what she did with a few simple keystrokes. And yet it was such a feat for her to hand cut the film and by hand do all the animation of the stars and dancers. There was a distinct hand made feel to it that made it actually more interesting then when we use computers to pull off the same effects. The computer is more mechanical and it does things more precisely; you could see the random shaking in her hands.

It was an engaging video that captured my attention.