Revised Syllabus

Due to the snow day and technical issues with some of your cameras, I've made some changes to the syllabus. The due date of the Multiple Personalities project is now 03.26.10, and some of the Origins of Cinema presentations have been moved. This still gives you a good amount of time to work on your final project, we just have one less field trip. Revised syllabus is below.


F 3/5 Session 6
-Cinema presentations
Lola: Fritz Lang's Metropolis (1927)
Suzette: Dziga Vertov's Man With A Movie Camera (1929)
-Fine cut of Multiple Personalities project due (in FCP)
Please arrive with your project fully edited (divided into split screens with accurate timing) and ready to apply filters, effects and/or transitions as needed. We will go over how to apply them, as well as how to export your project for DVD.
-Homework: Final cut of Multiple Personalities. Research export settings for your camera (full quality QuickTime file).

F 3/12 Session 7
-Cinema presentations
Daniel: Dali + Bunuel's Un Chien Andalou (1928)
Joanne: Charlie Chaplin's Modern Times (1936)
-Final Multiple Personalities sequence due.
-Lecture/Demo: Exporting, Mastering to DVD in iDVD and posting video to youtube
-Homework: Mastered DVD of Multiple Personalities. Read “WETUBE” by Mark Grief and be prepared to discuss in class.

F 3/19 Spring Break NO CLASS

F 3/26 Session 8
-Critique Multiple Personality projects
-Introduce Final Project: Personal Narrative
Due 5/7 (rough cut due 4/23). Narrative: the representation in art of an event or story.
Create a personal narrative using material and ideas developed in your sketchbook. This can be linear or non-linear, and incorporate stop-motion animation. Final piece must have a total run time of 3-5 minutes. Though not required, you are encouraged to work in teams.

-Lecture/Screenings:

Video as Narrative
Brief introduction to non-linear narrative, alternative ways of telling a story
"Meshes of the Afternoon" by Maya Deren
"Peel” and "Passionless Moments" by Jane Campion
"Garden of Earthly Delights" and "Commingled Containers" by Stan Brakhage

Intro to Stop-Motion Animation
Scenes from “William Kentridge: Drawing the Passing”
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Scenes from “Alice,” dir. Jan Svankmajer

-Discussion: “WETUBE”
-Homework: Drawings for Personal Narrative, 18 x 24.

F 4/2 Session 9
-Cinema presentations
Hannah: Welle's Citizen Kane (1941)
Bunny: Bergman's The Seventh Seal (1957)
-Individual meetings about final projects, review footage
-In-class work time
-Homework: Start shooting footage for Personal Narrative.

F 4/9 Session 10
-Field trip: “Marina Abramovic: The Artist is Present” at MoMA (free + subway fare) OR the Whitney Biennial ($12 + subway fare)
-Homework: Finish shooting footage for Personal Narrative.

F 4/16 Session 11
-Cinema presentations
Zach: Fellini's Satyricon (1969)
Robin: Tarkovsky's The Mirror (1975)
-Individual meetings about final projects, review footage
-In-class work time
-Homework: Rough cut of Personal Narrative.

F 4/23 Session 12
-Cinema presentations
Tyson: Truffaut's The 400 Blows (1959)
Amanda: Kurosawa's Dreams (1990)
Lisandra: Miike's ... ?
-Class critique of rough cuts
-In-class work time
-Homework: Final cut of Personal Narrative.

F 4/30 Session 13
-Review Mastering to DVD
-Individual meetings
-In-class work time
-Homework: Master final project to DVD.

F 5/7 Session 14
-LAST CLASS: Critique of Personal Narrative projects