Class 1 – January 26
Intro to Class, Course & Instructor
Student Past Experiences and Goals
Persistence of Vision: Intro to the Camera Arts
Review Syllabus
Setup Vimeo, Tumblr & FreeSound Accounts
* Lecture Notes
Watching:
Lumière Brothers – Workers Leaving the Lumière Factory, 1895
Lumière Brothers – Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat, 1896
Georges Méliès – A Trip to the Moon, 1902
The Smashing Pumpkins – Tonight Tonigth, 1996
Lev Kuleshov – The Kuleshov Effect, 1929
Alfred Hitchcok – “Pure Cinematics”
Chris Marker – Sans Solei, 1983
Gasper Noé – Enter the Void, 2009
Ridley Scott – Blade Runner, 1982
Jean-Luc Godard – Breathless, 1960
Assignment:
Read: A Lecture — Hollis Frampton
Do: Assignment 1 -Your favorite movie, television show or social media channel and WHY. Watch your favorite movie, tv show, music video or social media channel. Take notes of the position of the camera: describe the different light, colors, characters, anything you see in the individual frames. Pick a sequence that strike you.
Share: Post at least 6 images from the sequence (in the original order) to your blog. Describe why you chose this particular movie and sequence of images. In your post include your #name and #assignment 1. Be prepared to discuss in greater depth your observations and decisions in class.