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Reading the promo I was excited to pre-order this item as soon as it was offered on Amazon. I eagerly awaited it, expecting from the promotion blurb an innovative science fiction movie (my favorite type of movie). The promo is misleading, likely to make an otherwise noncommercial movie commercial. I was disappointed on the SF-movie front but delighted on another: my love for all forms of art, particularly that which unexpectedly takes me to a place I've never been. On that front I was amazed and even stunned, truly enjoying a "prototype" which I hope sets a new, higher bar for other abstract artists.
Ok, for those still reading, let me tell you a short story that will shed light on what I just said. I was recently upgrading my VR (virtual reality) system and had something startling happen. In my 360-degree home room, I accidently did something to turn my wand into a futuristic, punk-rock type paint brush. Punching buttons to see what they'd do, I began squirting ribbons and tubes of various colors IN THE AIR in front of me: where they floated rock-steady in zero-G. The globe-like construct had brilliant colors that merged and blended with each other. I'd never seen anything like this before. It was fascinating. I wasn't just using a 3D platform for regular art but producing a NEW FORM of art: where gravity is left behind allowing novel constructs. Indeed, zero-G added a whole new dimension!
In a similar fashion, Prototype (to me) embraces 3D not just as a way to enhance flat art making it appear "more real" (which, don't get me wrong, I dearly love) but also as an essential element in producing the art itself. Prototype has no narration, no clear story line, no compelling action, and no character arcs. Viewers expecting such will be disappointed. Instead, there are marvelous 3D constructions composed of (amongst others) historical pictures, stacked moving images, mysterious surging elements, and a threateningly thrumming score. Most of all there's the startling contrasts of interweaving black and white elements which are often entrancing. As with all great art, strong emotion is invoked by the interplay of clashing pieces, not just superficial easily understood expected commercial frameworks.
Let me tell another short story. Some years ago I was experimenting with sound engineering and began recording odd noises, mixing them together in strange ways. I went so far as to record an album I called "Clang", thinking I'd invented a new form of music: going back to the basics of noise and rhythm. Although I used this concept in a futuristic science fiction book, years later I pulled out the disc and listened to it again. From the perspective of years in the future, I realized the experiment was best labelled as "crap." Fortunately, few people had heard it other than me. I simply didn't have the expertise or skill to take the concept to a compelling level.
Those believing the promo and purchasing this 3D blu ray movie are to be excused for having the same reaction: "crap." Yet Blake Williams definitely possesses the skill and expertise that (for the discerning viewer) elevates this format to the level of high art. The best art indeed requires at times an effort on the part of the viewer to persist, understand, and appreciate subtle interactions. This work is best viewed by art students, practitioners, collectors, and connoisseurs seeking the relationships beneath superficial reality...or who just love wonderful 3D effects! Projected in the best 3D on a large wall screen with full surround sound turned up high, I found Prototype to be mesmerizing, immersive, and transformative.
As to the name "Prototype" I had various thoughts as I was watching it. It could have been a prototype machine on an alien world taking random screen-grabs of Earth trying to understand us strange humans. Or, it could have been a time-machine thousands of years in the future snatching pieces of ancient human history. Or, it might just be a brain-recording machine on the head of a hippy in the 1960's popping a massive dose of LSD. Yes, It could be all of that. Or the title could indicate a path forward for reinvigorating 3D from an almost dead home artform to a vibrant new art medium.
Yes, 360-degree virtual reality (VR) is immersive and pervasive. Yet it still has great technical limitations. Although I enjoy VR, it lacks the crystal clarity of the large-screen 3D blu ray format. The latest helmets (which I have) sport smaller and smaller pixels, but which STILL present the dreaded SCREEN DOOR blurring (since the screen is right up against one's eyes) plus dispersed download formats that greatly limit the immersive experience. The home-use 3D blu ray format offers brilliant detail that does not detract from but rather enhances one's seated reality.
One more point. As a reviewer of 3D with a large 3D blu ray collection, I usually look for the technical elements that make the flat 2D images look more believable: additional detail, separation, depth into screen, and protrusion out of the screen. Blake Williams has all of that here in spades, but does something even more interesting: relishes and embraces the imperfections. The scan patterns of old TVs, the spots on old photographs, the blurs of hurtling layers, the blobs of barely recognizable people and animals, the fury of a storm all grab you by the throat and drag you into their realm. Chaos and destruction construct a new, visually poetic beauty. "Prototype" is a unique experience which I hope will have many sequels and will be embraced by other daring artists. Bravo!
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