Joan Jonas - Vertical roll video 1972

Joan Jonaes film featured her in self as a stationary manican that the focus is on her body and the parts in which it details. Joan Jonas preforming on her body being distabilized by a vertical roll featuring a violent hammer hitting sound as the vertical roll hits the horizan of the frame. Joan Jonas used one camera to film herself and displayed that image on her TV and then used a second camera to film the image on her TV. In order to achieve the vertical roll she simply twisted a nob which was a feature on her tv at the time. This style of filming interest me and infact reminnds me of when i was younger and would film an image on TV in order to portray a different story. Joan Jonas created a different type of experiance by simply twisting a nob on her TV and adding a hammering sound to the vertical roll. I enjoyed viewing this film because it made me remember my earlyer days as a film maker exploring the much like Joan Jonas did for this peice.