ABSTRACT
This chapter describes the film Vibracion De Granada directed by Jose Val del Omar. Poet, musician, inventor, and filmmaker Val del Omar described himself as a "cinemista" or cinema alchemist, who developed several audio and visual devices such as variable-angle lenses, new sound systems, and concave screens among many other experiments. The film is Vibracion de Granada, an idiosyncratic portrait of Granada that avoids the typical motifs of the city symphony: crowds, industrial labor, motorized traffic, et cetera. The film opens with shots of the Alhambra, a moving camera scanning its walls, sculptural reliefs, and its lush gardens with trees, flowers, water works, and fountains. The film uses more and more longer shots, giving us a better view on the environment with shots of shop windows, children, blacksmiths, a loom, a woman doing needlework, and a market—through a bird cage, we can see some pedestrians.
