Love's Refrain

I would like to investigate further into Love's Refrain. In response to Frampton's formula I said that this film is about patterns. I also noted that it could be about shadows and groups also. I say this because it is what I saw most in the film (obviously). The patterns showed up everywhere -the repetitive shapes of fences, the reflective strips on the semi trailer, lights (many I could not make out their source). Groups of birds, leaves, flowers were everywhere as well. As soon as I noticed one -I couldn't stop noticing them everywhere. I would say this definitely took me into an understanding of the film. I'm not sure if that's what Dorsky's intention was, but the film became so much more meaningful to me when I had a place to take it. I took it to a personal place because I felt more involved once I had something to look for. I kept wondering if I was putting too much thought into it, or if maybe I was tapping into something that Dorsky wanted me to.
After this exercise, I would say I definitely think Frampton's formula is useful. I got more involved in the film when I was participating by constantly observing it rather than just sitting back and passively waiting for it to affect me. However, I am not sure that I would want to apply the formula if I was watching a narrative film because if I am busy watching for what appears most I will probably miss most of the development. Although, to contradict myself, it would be easy enough to just look back on the movie and recall by memory what appeared most.