Thursday, December 6, 2012

Video Installation Art

Select an artist from the video installation lecture

Pipilotti Rist
Nam June Paik
Bill Viola
Gary Hill
Michal Rovner
Krystof Wodzicko

Describe the work and why you chose this.  How does this artist use video installation as an art form?

Thursday, November 29, 2012

David Small

David Small, author of  "Stitches"

How does David Small's "Stitches" succeed as a time-based work in exploring memory?
Describe David Small's "Stitches".
Questions to think about.
What is a graphic novel and how does it differ from a comic book?  What is the significance of sequencing images?

Thursday, November 8, 2012

Performance Art

Performance Art

Select an example of performance art

(you may select another artist that was presented at the lecture)

1. Improv Everywhere - Frozen Grand Central

2. James Luna - American Indian artifact

3. Marina Abramovic - Imponderability

4. Miele Ukeles - Hartford Wash

5. Yes Men - Impersonating Corporations

Describe what you saw.  How does this artwork challenge the viewer in a way that differs from a conventional artwork and how does it utilize the performative and live aspect.

Thursday, November 1, 2012

Jessica Frelinghuysen

Collaboration

Comment about the nature of collaborative work.  What are the features of working with other people.  Why is it important to collaborate.  Why is collaboration such an important aspect of filmmaking?

Thursday, October 25, 2012

Non-fiction Film

Choose a non-fiction film technique presented at the lecture:

cinema verite
propaganda film
compilation video
documentary essay

Describe what you saw in your selected example.  How does this example work with the technique?

Thursday, October 18, 2012

Sarah Christman


Sarah Christman
Brooklyn College

Post Production Workflow

"Dear Bill Gates"
"As Above, So Below"

Select one of the works that Sarah Christman presented.

Describe what you saw. Describe what techniques she uses to express her ideas artistically and personally, yet still communicate information such as history and data.

Thursday, October 11, 2012

45 Minute Film School


Yesterday, Professor Andy Kirshner described several filmmaking techniques.

Eyeline Match from "Out of Sight" by Steven Soderbergh with Jennifer Lopez and George Clooney

Kuleshov Effect

Graphic Match

Jump Cutting from "Breathless" (1960, France) by Jean-Luc Goddard with Jean-Paul Belmondo and Jean Seberg

Describe what you saw, what does this technique do, why does the director want to use this technique.