Koyannisqatsi was created in 1982 by Ron Fricke, Michael Hoenig, Godfrey Reggio and Alton Walpole, with Director and Producing also by Godfrey Reggio.
It's name comes from Hopi Indian language and means "Life out of balance".
The video shows destruction and chaos throughout the world, by showing a series of clips from chaotic streets, to rubbish filled roads, to busy new yorkers. It gives off the impression that the creators of this film, are trying to send the audience a message, that if the world doesn't help one another out now, then the future will become more crowded and damaged.
The name of the film is almost exactly what you think of, when you are watching Koyaanisqatsi; Life out of balance. The way in which life is making no sense and has confusing connotations.
The audio in this film is made up of non-digetic sounds mostly, with music composed by Phillip Glass.
Questions posed by this film is why? Why is this 86mins of footage so important to us? Why does this all look familiar?
The editing in this film is made up of photography, by using both slow motion photography and time lapse photography.
The slow motion photography is used to get the audience to really take note of what is happening in that clip. It's where the filming or photography is grouped and the timing is slowed down, so the clip itself is stretched out in time, and has more of an affect on the audience. With the clip being slowed down, the audience are able to understand the effects of what is being shown to them.
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