How many pictures of yourself have you seen? How many people do you know only through pictures? Photographs are so commonplace in today’s society that we can’t imagine a time when there weren’t any, when the only representations of people one encountered were paintings or etchings and these were of famous [...]
Jonathan Caouette’s first feature film, Tarnation is made entirely of imagery produced using amateur recording technologies–home movies, snapshots, photo booth pictures, etc.. A ‘tour de force’ of ‘autobiographical’ filmmaking, as well as a heartbreaking documentary on the filmmaker’s mother, the film offers striking testament to the important role amateur recording technologies play in our [...]
This class introduces students to pre-cinematic entertainments and technologies with a view to understanding the social function and cultural value of entertainment.
The following material provides a background on Vaudeville and Early film as well as examples of the types of spectacle each produced.
Throughout the post you will find links to other related sites [...]
D.W. Griffith Judith…
Dziga Vertov, Man with a Movie Camera
Editing
options for editing:
the straight cut
the fade
the dissolve
the wipe
the iris
Editing + Space
cross-cutting allows two sequences at two different locations to be presented at the same time; the effect creates suspense and speeds up the narrative.
Editing + Time
most films don’t represent [...]
Singin’ in the Rain (Stanley Donen/Gene Kelly, 1952)
Besides being an incredible musical all on its own, Singin’ in the
Rain is also a kind of tour through the history of the musical as
a genre. The film begins as an imaginary Hollywood studio is
forced to adjust to the coming of sound to motion pictures in
the 1920s. Don [...]
Production path:
open and title a new project in Photoshop, dimensions 66 cm (width) and 11cm (height), 72 or 150 pi, transparent background; the title should include your name and the name of the piece
digitalize and/or open all the images you’ve collected for the project and manipulate as you want
size them to fit into the image [...]
Film>TV
Impact of TV on Film production
Television: Marshall McLuhan;War + Peace in the Global Village; Marshall McLuhan on the Today Show;
debate with Norman Mailer on CBC; McLuhan Probes TV Medium; The Medium is the MEssage; or The Medium is the MAssage;
Neil Postman on TV Amusing Ourselves To Death
The Cinéma Vérité MovementCinéma Vérité was a television-style technique of recording life and people [...]
We are meeting at the Museum of Fine Arts this week for a tour of the Warhol Live show. The group entrance is on 2200 Crescent Street. The fee is $6.00 per student. Please bring cash! See below for meeting times. PLEASE ARRIVE EARLY!
Wednesday, October 15 @ 1:00 (PLEASE ARRIVE 10 – 15 MINUTES EARLY)
Thursday, [...]
This week we will be visiting the Musee d’art contemporain de Montreal (185, rue Sainte-Catherine Ouest -angle Jeanne-Mance) to see the Sympathy for the Devil exhibition. Attendance is mandatory. The tour starts at 12:00/noon. Please come a few minutes in advance. Cost: $3.00
