Hi all,
The final for your first assignment is due next week (autobiographical / essay). Please make sure you bring these in—complete narrative, in sequence, with sound / in-formed by your 3 words—. 'Quicktimes' are preferred as they are easier to view. Make sure you include a slate at the beginning or end of your piece with the project name and your name (a slate is usually a black or white screen with text on it). We will allow 10 minutes to upload all work on my station for review.
Some of you have not presented work as of yet, needless to say this sets you behind in our process and ultimately plays against you, so make sure this is resolved with resonant / cohesive work next week. If you need feedback use this blog, that's what it's for, however it should not replace or stand in for work that is due each week.
There were improvements to your pieces today; all have potential but some still feel like fragmented studies. Now is the time to actualize that potential. I am looking for eloquent, evocative and unified narratives that immerse us into their language, mind, space and emotional landscape. Claire's project is a great example of the caliber of work I am looking for (setting examples is not ideal but I feel it can help here). Her piece speaks for itself, carrying time & thought within it. It is a reference as to how verbal & cinematic language converge in an autobiographical essay that presents us with a 'state of being,' a glimpse into someone else's reality through an articulated point of view that requires no further description. You are all capable of this, push it.
Keep in mind the readings we have discussed and the work samples we have reviewed: ask yourself, does this work make me momentarily 'forget' time? does it carry me within it? Is this something I am happy putting my name next to?
In relation to spoken or voice over segments (essay) and their image counterparts please take a look at this film:
"2 or 3 things I know about her"—Jean-Luc Godard.
This film is quite fantastic in how it is narrated by a silent and almost suspicious voice, its use of landscape as an extension or contraction of human emotional space, and its discussion on language, being and sensuality. It also poses the question: who is speaking to whom? who constructs this story? what role does the camera play in unveiling or concealing people and events? etc
I am available for feedback, reviews and any questions you might have
As my good friend Jenna Didier says "Let's make something beautiful"
Thank you,
carolina
nb: I will post more work samples here in the upcoming days. You will receive a reading assignment next week.
nb2: Claire: would it be possible for you to post your piece here? if not in totality then excerpts, for people who were not able to make it today...thank you
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