I watched the three original videos, clean, shack, and impression, before bed last night. The were thought provoking for sure. I found an analysis of these videos on the np4np forum pasted below:
Incase there are any new members that haven't read them already, here are some pretty good threads regarding the videos: impression.avi (http://www.normalpornfornormalpeople.com/inde...
normalpornfornormalpeople.com
Incase there are any new members that haven't read them already, here are some pretty good threads regarding the videos:
impression.avi
shack.avi
useless.avi... well, this one is kinda silly
clean.avi... and this one is kinda skimpy
And to make it even
simpler for everyone, here are some solid gold analyses from mod Hoodoo:
impression.avi
Hoodoo wrote:
Time for a video break down!
The absence of the woman - We notice right away that our actress is missing. She had been spending her time trying to feed herself unable to reach fulfillment. In her empty, faceless state I saw an endless self serving cycle with no reward. If we follow this same metaphor it is likely that she "starved to death."
The child - The child at first seems out of place. I didn't expect to see her in this video. Her's is the only voice we hear and the only face we see. She becomes the symbol of innocence, distraught and lost.
The audio -In addition to the girl's voice, we hear this repeated skipping and a distorted voice (probably belonging to the man). The skipping refers to a repeated action. The man tries to interrupt the skipping with his own voice but the skipping continues. His own voice becomes distorted as a mark of his dehumanization caused by his repeated actions.
The masked man - The masked man is our star. He lives in anger and shame, a lonely place only interrupted by a few flickers of innocence (the child). He struggles alone, unable to help himself. He knows that him and people like him are responsible for the absence of the woman.
The relationship to shack.avi - This is very much a cause and effect relationship. In shack.avi the man seemed to be in a powerful position before, watching the woman and standing proud. In this video we see the result of these actions over time.
Hoodoo wrote:
The animal is only there long enough to get a flash of its shape. This happens while the man is having his moment on the stairs. I think the idea is that "suppressed animal instinct" (Dr. V has talked about it) is no longer being suppressed at least for that quick moment for him. The animal instinct was released momentarily. I think this is fitting because of the throwing of the chair, and the emotional body language. I also consider it an interruption much like the man's voice in my previous explanation.
shack.avi
Hoodoo wrote:
Lets break this down into pieces and analyze it into sections.
The masks - They serve in this video to hide the actors faces and prevent the woman from eating.
In relation to the site, I think they serve as a metaphor for the anonymous nature of the internet. I'll get to the eating later.
The woman - It's important that we recognize this person as female. Her leg is exposed and her hair is down. She is not only being watched by us (All of us, multiple times), but by a person outside. She is putting on a peep show if you will (something that is put into perspective in this video).
Her actions - They are senseless. She tries to feed herself but can't because of the mask. She can't reach fulfillment. In her empty, faceless state I see an endless self serving cycle with no reward.
The shack - We find ourselves looking into a dirty, ugly place. The windows are open. Any passerby could look in if they wanted to. Sound familiar?
The Audio - We find ourselves listening to a WWII broadcast of a war-related nature. This audio is important information, but was it difficult to listen to? Wasn't the woman awfully distracting? I had to watch this video a few times before actually listening to the audio and comprehending it in full. The idea being presented is that the constant presence of abnormal porn clogs up an educational and important resource. It becomes a distraction from important things.
The person in the window - The person in the window is there to watch the woman. We don't hear them speak, she doesn't even look at that person. We have the same part in the video. We watch her as the figure looking in does. This person becomes another anonymous viewer of a bizarre yet far away spectacle.
Now when this information is assembled I believe it should be much clearer to everyone. This is a way of seeing the abnormal porn viewer. Is this not essentially what they are doing? This was a well thought out approach to something simple. It had to be. It had to be present in a complex way that would actually make us think carefully and fully about the act of watching abnormal pornographic material.
Hoodoo wrote:
I never got the feeling that she enjoyed her situation, or that she was at harmony. I found her situation to be difficult and sad, being watched by the man outside and by us. I think her position is degrading and dehumanizing.
clean.avi
Hoodoo wrote:
For me Clean.avi was about the ridiculousness of having sex with things rather than people. The idea of the sex doll for instance. Trying to pleasure an object while pleasuring yourself.
In this case the man is blindfolded rather than wearing a mask. The blindfold lets him interact with the object without having to face it as an object.
The sound can be very off-putting. What's making the sound is never shown. I looked at it as a way of giving sexual sounds (moaning, grunting, etc. to an object). When you look at that sink and the man interacting with it, there's something very bizarre about it. If the sink were exchanged with an object we were more familiar with being used in that way, it wouldn't seem so off. It's about putting that into perspective, for me at least.
