to the beat

I thought that "To the Beat" by the Scratch Film Junkies was a really interesting film. I don't know a lot about experimental films and havent seen that many but have recently started trying to watch more. I'm usually more into narrative films but i really liked the use of color in "To the Beat." In parts of it, it was almost like the many different colors and the random objects that were thrown in there really were moving to the beat of the soundtrack. I also thought that it was interesting how at some points there was tons of stuff going on on the screen and there were colors and objects coming from everywhere and at other times it was almost still and the majority of the screen was black with very little other colors. One part that really stuck out for some reason was when the screen was black except for red bars. i dont know why that sticks out so much almost a week after watching it but it does. i dont know if it was on the screen for longer than most of the other images or what...anyway, at one point it seemed like the only colors that were on the screen were colors in the blue/green/turquoise family and when the music changed, so did the colors, to more pinks/purples/reds. i really liked this part because pink is my favorite color and so i really liked the combination of those colors. i think that if i had been working on this film, i would have added more of these colors or had them on longer or something....just cause they're my favorites and whenever I'm working on projects those colors tend to show up a lot and are the ones that I pick to use first. i thought it was really cool how when it went from the different color families, the music did seems to change to an extent. There was also some red and yellow thrown in later when the music changed again that reminded me of fire. i also thought it was interesting how people were added in randomly in between the long parts of color there would be random, usually short flashes of people. At some points it was like they werent even there with all of the jumping and the jump cuts; the flashes of them almost within the colors. While in most films, the people are the main focus whether its for a narrative film or a documentary on someone, it always seems to be what the focus is. in this, the focus wasnt on the people but on the color. I found myself listening to the music a lot more because i wasnt worried about missing what a character was saying or someone doing an interview. there was no dialogue at all and the only hint of words was the few words that appeared on the screen at the end..."mean not a thing" i think is what it was. i also think that the upbeat music went very well with all of the bright colors. i also think its interesting how they started the film with the image of the man and it ended with the only words in the film. like it took him all that art to get out those few words...or maybe the art was the story and it can mean not a thing to you but it meant something to that filmmaker that made it. or maybe it didnt mean that much to him compared to other things that hes done. but it does mean something to somebody. doesnt everything mean something different to somebody out there?