this reading was interesting. i remember thinking a lot in class about the idea of adding the grit. adding the human mistake in the synthetic sounds. I kind of thought of this in terms of Hollywood. Im not sure if this is the point he was trying to get across but none the less this is what i got out of it. The grit is the spectrum of experimental methods of film making and the synthetic is The norms of Hollywood. You have to add in the "grit" to make a successful film. Experimental ideas and techniques are often bleeding into Hollywood big production videos. You can make a model and guide lines to produce a "successful" film all you want but its never going to produce 100 percent success. Innovation or grit is a part of the equation. MAybe this is just my corny interpretation of a small part of his argument, but thats what i got out of it.
As for my experiences with the rough theater in terms of music shows i have had a great deal. From middle school through high school I often went to basement or back yard shows. Most of the bands played hardcore music. It was a great time in my life. The basements were always moldy dark and had terrible acoustics. It was as rough as i had ever seen as a 15 year old kid. Kids drinking, people getting bloody noses.
As for experiences with an actually theater type venue when i was younger my friends and i filmed and edited skateboarding videos. This is how i actually got into the production aspect of film. So we would film for months at a time taking trips to philly and NYC since they were only two hours each from my home. Each town around me had their own "Crew".The TRC, LBC, GIMR NQS and so on. and we were all filming and making videos at the same time. After completing a video each crew would throw a premier party invited all of our friends, girl friends, collaborators and such. Those were some of the best parties I have ever been to to this day. Drinking around a TV in back yards or basements on lawn chairs drinking with your friends, Being nervous for your part to come up. hearing everyone yell for you when ur last trick comes up. It really was an awesome feeling
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Great examples, here. Interesting point about Hollywood vs. experimental. I do think bigger budgets inhibit experimentation and thus tend to take the roughness and grit out of a film (unless, as you say, a "rough" idea has been proven in an experimental film - or I would add, a narrative but super low-budget/low-risk film).
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