COMMENT ON THE VIDEO "SMOKE"

Related to the video “Smoke”, we can extract different morals, being these

relevant in the teaching field.

Thus, analyzing rigorously each part of the video, we can notice all the meanings it hides.

But, first of all, we will describe the two key points of the video from our point of view:

First, when the man who is seeing the project notices that all the pictures are apparently the

same. It is because all the pictures were taken in the same place, at the same time and from

the same angle (from a corner).

However, as the author’s Project said, they are not the same. As sun rises each morning

everything is different from the rest of the days: the temperature is not the same, people are

not the same, people’s  clothes are not the same, the illumination is not the same….
Everyday we notice any change, however small it may be. Thus, a place that seems to have
no movement, no change it is totally the opposite, but unfortunately society doesn’t realize it.

Linked to this idea of change, we see primordial to mention the Heraclito's change theory. This greek philosopher established that everything is dynamic, everything becomes (stop being one thing to be another) so nothing is permanent in reality. He explains it with the following example: “nobody can bathe twice in the same river, because the second time we bathe in it the water is no longer the same", we can no longer call an object that is now different (the river) with the same name.

Then, another key point of the video is when the album’s creator told the other man to
pass the pages slowly and to look each photograph with attention, without dismissing
any detail.

                                    

What is the aim of creating the album? It is clear that what the man pursues is to reflect this idea: “the world is constantly changing and we reject any sort of change without valuing the details of our daily life apart from going too fast and thinking that we will live forever”.

                   

Afterwards, if we transfer this meaning to the teaching field we can conclude that as

everything is in constant change, as we said before, we have to observe slowly and carefully

each detail. We should pay attention to the several problems that students can present as well as

as noticing any change in their behavior and attitude. Sometimes we don’t take it into account

and when we are going to realize this kind of conducts it is too late (e.g. bullying).

        

In conclusion, we would say that in order to contribute to this change, as teachers we should
innovate in every lesson and, by this way, we will reach motivation in our students.