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.

Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Jodie Mack

Please add a comment about the presentation of Jodie Mack.  Select a work and describe what you saw.  Comment on how you reacted to this work and why you chose it.