ARTS 2065 Working with Image & Sound 2014 Now is a good time to switch off your mobiles What is a storyboard and why use it? Ex.1 Who am I ? Take a piece of A4 paper Using the whole sheet draw a comic-style sequence 3 cells max Theme who am I ? Have a beginning, middle, end Make it outrageous, big & dramatic The story in images should make sense without dialogue Ex.1 cont. Who am I ? Give your comic sequence to the person sitting behind/in front of you. Introduce yourself Insert big voice bubbles and fill them in Pass on to a third person sitting next to you. They need to let you know if it makes sense Introduce yourselves & DISCUSS Who? Dr Greg Dolgopolov Course Coordinator Contact Details If you have any questions come & see me for an appointment or to discuss matters put ARTS 2065 in subject heading Working with Image & Sound: is an introductory production course It is not really a theory course It is a pre-production course for developing concepts & the imagination Image & Sound literacy & experiment Image & Sound Develop a film & media audio-visual creativity -- working low tech & lo-fi Encourage creative collaborations & teamwork Introduce basic videomaking techniques and film grammar Generate a bunch of ideas and concepts for future development Fire up the imagination Provide a framework for realising your unique stories & concepts Warning! This warning may offend! YOU may be shown material or discuss ideas that you find offensive This course is unsuitable for children Ideas Combine theory & practice Learn to use some equipment & software Figure out which is the best means of production and distribution Experiment with storytelling & image and sound production Develop unique content and challenging ideas for future production Pitched at Film students and Media students different skills that will ultimately add to better teams Course Outline Photography & image literacy Film Grammar: framing, shots, camera Designing films for Sound and soundscapes Editing Scriptwriting Adaptation Portfolio My Philosophy Teams Cross-skilling = multi-skilled Experimentation Story is King 2 year process Festival ready outcomes Workshop exercises & portfolio All course work needs to be presented and archived on your portfolio site This includes work for submission, your pre- production materials and a selection of your in- class workshop exercises. Ex 1 Ex. 2 Ex. 3 Ex Assessssssment Photo-Essay / Digitale (Solo) Due Week 5 A stills exercise using photos and your own voice to tell a factual, emotionally powerful story (2 mins) Exegesis (500 words) Submitted online on your portfolio website and as a.mov file on disk Daniels Shirley Matilda Scriptwriting & Script Doctoring (Partners) Write your own original short fiction film script Length: strictly 8 pages. 2 pages: log line, synopsis and production vision Script may contain only ten lines of dialogue. Theme: SYDNEY 2020 Week 7 You will script doctor your partner's script - Write up detailed commentary & constructive feedback Week 9 Submit your script and the accompanying feedback. Your partner submits their script and your feedback. Adapting a Classic (Group Production) As a group you will select, pre-produce and remake a classic Hollywood scene of your choice (5 minutes max). As a shot-for-shot remake you will need to stick to the script, the shots, the mise en scene, but you can change the meaning or the inflection. Individual Exegesis (500 words) The Shinning Details Workshops 90mins Start this week Start your portfolio site today Put up a film on your site and link back to moodle site that is the ONE film you would recommend Screenings Chauvel Cinema & Cinematheque Monday Paramount Cinema Surry Hills Mu-Meson Archives Kinema mumeson.org 8pm weekdays ART Gallery of NSW - Free ! Wednesdays 2pm & 7.15pm, Sundays 2pm Domain Theatre, Lower Level 3 This is the kind of kitschy 1970s trash that makes cult film fans weep with joy. Opening with a mundane scene of a girl skating down a suburban sidewalk, we finally cut to when skating was "happening" (i.e., 1979) and hear non-stop disco music as a typical romance is acted out at the local roller rink. Flip Wilson is the DJ, Ruth Buzzi offers ridiculous comic relief, Scott Baio is a young roller skating stud, and Patrick Swayze is the dark bad guy who challenges our hero to a skating duel. See it to believe it! We bet the soundtrack LP goes for top dollar these days. Preparation Buy Course Reader NOW! Bring camera or camera enabled mobile phone for the next few weeks Photo-essay/digitale start thinking about a great idea Adaptation Proposal ideas now. What do you want people to think/feel/say about your idea? Figure out what you need to practice or learn in order to realise your idea Download celtx.com its FREE!!!! Get hold of and start learning hwo to use Adobe Premiere Lars Von Trier The Five Obstructions Doco or Experiment? Directed by: Jrgen Leth & Lars von Trier. Denmark (90 min) 2004 Director Lars von Trier assigns five different impediments to Danish experimental filmmaker Jrgen Leth. In each of the assignments, Leth is to remake his 12-minute 1967 film The Perfect Human Hands-on Introduce a hands-on approach to telling stories and exploring ideas: Prepare concept outlines, storyboards & soundscapes Introduce effective creative workflows Capture and generate images and sounds Experiment with existing images and sounds Investigate the editing process Learn new software Develop documentary and cross-platform concepts Write a short script and design your project Figure out production logistics & budgeting Reading 1: Andrei Tarkovsky Most famous Russian filmmaker since Eisenstein metaphysical preoccupations provoked ongoing hostility from the Soviet authorities Visionary approach to cinematic time & space. commitment to cinema as poetry Sculpting in Time cinema's capacity for capturing time long takes that allowed time to flow through an individual shot. contemplative, imagistic style emphasised the integration of characters with the world around them, both through their positioning in the frame and through slow, probing camera movements. Stalker (1979) Sculpting in Time Proposed a cinema based on the rapt observation of the present moment as opposed to a plot-driven preoccupation with what will happen next. Rhythm over montage Focus on cinema as art and not as message Objectives To explore the creative and communicative possibilities of film, video and other audio-visual technologies Present a wide range of audio & visual examples, from cinema classics to the latest music videos and a range of short and experimental films Explore the creative potential of sound and image with an emphasis on film grammar, photography and the development of original concepts Act as a preparation for 3 rd year Video Exercise & provide a hands on approach to making sense of film theory