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The Roots of Narrative: Lumiere vs. Melies |
Melies Films.
The Lumiere Brothers. First Films.
Maddin, Guy. The Heart of the World. |
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Video Narrative vs. Film Narrative |
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Documentary vs. Narrative |
Kuchar, George. VideoDiary. 1987.
Huyghe, Pierre. One Million Kingdoms. 2001.
———. The Third Memory. 2000.
Islam, Runa. Visit to List Gallery: Rapid Eye Movement. |
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Diaristic Narrative |
Rainer, Yvonne. Film about a Woman Who…
Calle, Sophie, and Greg Shephard. No Sex Last Night. 1992.
Rist, Pippilotti. She's Not a Girl Who Misses Much.
Kim, Sung Kwan. A-DA-DA. |
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Presentations: Assignment #1: Variations on a Scene |
Morin, Robert. Yes Sir Madam. |
Assignment #1 due |
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Production In-class / Lighting and Re-staging |
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Oneiric Video (Dream Narrative)
Presentations: Assignment #1a: Re-staging |
Bunuel, Luis, and Salvador Dali. Un Chien Andalou. 16 mins. 1928.
Deren, Maya. Meshes of the Afternoon.
Tarkovsky. The Mirror. (Excerpt)
Friedrich, Sue. Gently down the Stream. |
Assignment #1a due |
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Minimal Narrative
Presentations: Assignment #2: Dream Sequence Assignment Rough Cut |
Sokurov, A. Mother and Son.
Fassbinder. Petra Von Kant.
Stan Douglas / Jeff Wall / Gregory Crewdson |
Assignment #2 due |
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Beyond the Rules |
Sokurov, A. Mother and Son. (Excerpt) |
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Alternative Scriptwriting |
Ahwesh, and Sanborn. The Dead Man.
Greaves, William. Symbiopsychotaxiplasm. (Excerpt) |
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Editing
In-class Production: The Kuleshov Effect
Presentations: Assignment #2a: Re-editing of Dream Sequence |
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Assignment #2a due |
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Mise en Scene (Production In-class)
Presentations of Assignment #3: Slice of Life Mini-Narrative (Fictionalizing Reality) |
Welles, Orson. Touch of Evil. (Excerpt)
Sokurov, A. Mother and Son.
Bresson, R. Pickpocket. |
Assignment #3 due
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Introduction to Assignment #4: Deconstructing Narrative
In-class Production |
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Individual Meetings |
Gibbons, Joe. From High Art to Lowbrow: The Genius (Trailer) and Other Shorts. |
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Individual Meetings |
Joe Gibbons selected works
Douglas Gordon
Richard Foreman
Eija-Liisa Ahtila |
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Introduction to Assignment #5: Final Project
Narrative Critique |
Child, Abby. Mayhem. 1984.
Muller, Mathias. Home Stories.
Arnold, Martin. Life Wastes Andy Hardy.
Tcherkassky, Peter. Outer Space. |
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In-class Production |
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Presentations: Rough Cuts and Assemblies, Dailies, for Final Project |
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Voice-over Narration and Audio Recording
Demo: FCP Voice-over, Miking Techniques
Presentations: Assignment #4: Deconstructing Narrative Exercise |
Kar-Wai, Wong. Chunking Express. (Excerpt)
McQueen, Steve. LiftOff. |
Assignment #4 due |
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Presentations |
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Narrative Critique |
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The Game of Form
Presentations of Final Project Works-in-Progress |
Robbe-Grillet, A. Last Year at Marienbad. |
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Voice-over Narration |
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Presentations: Assignment #5: Final Project Presentations |
Final Project Screening |
Assignment #5 due |