Discussing Frampton's Formula

For this blog assignment, I chose to evaluate the film "Love's Refrain". Since Frampton's formula is based on whatever you see most in the film is what the film is about (which makes logical sense) it does however pertain to, as Kevin said in class, the sound aspects of the piece. For me when I see a silent film, I tend to hear the sounds of what is going on as though I'm auto-correcting it to make it seem right to me. It reminds me how the brain fills in the blind-spot in your eyes so that you see fluidly.

Anyways, if I were to choose a word to describe this film it would be silence. Sadly, in contrast to Frampton's formula, I'm not sure if this can be related to the film overall because it's like saying, "I saw the screen the most, therefore that's what the film is about." However if this silence therefore make me hear a distinct sound repeatedly throughout the film, shouldn't that be what I believe the film to be about. In conclusion, I think that Kevin's statements are what really disprove Frampton's formula because it can be looked at in many layers and ways. In order for the formula to work in my opinion there needs to be boundaries such as within the film or within the viewing space.