Reading Response 2

1. Identify the article you have selected and why you chose it.

The article I read was Sprin Anne Whiston's The Language of Landscape. I selected this article because I thought it looked interesting. I would like to be a camera man at some point so I figure a quick little article about landscape would give me another perspective on filming an object and it's importance on a film.


2. What are the main points of the essay?

The article starts off by saying of how the word landscape has changed in the past century. It had started off as an idea and an identity to a place and to humans but has changed into describing an nature area. She believes that it should go back to its old meaning. She talks about the importance of landscape to people in history and to cultures throughout the world. What can be grown, whether or not an area is fit to live in, can all be seen from landscape itself. Not only that but how it is also dangerous consequences and has destroyed cities and people over the years.



3. How are the ideas or arguments in this article relevant to your own practice as a media artist?

The articles ideas and arguments in the article show the importance of nature and what you can learn from the landscape. If I go to an area I can learn about a culture and region just on its landscape. If I use the landscape correctly I can film from different locations to get different shots and use those to shape a film to how I or a director wants it to be.