film and video

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

The idea of point of view comes up frequently in this class. How is this depicted in different kinds of…

Posted on: April 22, 2014
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Open Works Proposal #1 – Alyson Cardenas

Initial Idea: 4. Have participants sit in a pitch black/dark room with only a set of headphones (noise cancelling). Play…

Posted on: April 21, 2014
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Richard Serra – Films

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVHcSXPfb_M Hand and Process Series (1968) Hand Catching Lead, de Richard Serra, 1968, 3' Hands Scraping, de Richard Serra, 1968,…

Posted on: April 17, 2014
By: John Roach
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Point of View – Gollum

Notice how the movement of the "camera" in the beginning of this clip sets up the understanding that when the…

Posted on: April 2, 2014
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Dexter – TV Show Opening Sequence – Morning Routine

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ej8-Rqo-VT4

Posted on: March 31, 2014
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Sound Rhythm and Editing

The creation of rhythm in film is often a combination of image and sound. Sound can play an important role…

Posted on: March 31, 2014
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Jump Cuts

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KUVwKp6MDI

Posted on: March 31, 2014
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Time in early cinema – NYC

This is the subway from 14th Street to Times Square - 1905 This is the way the earliest cinema experiments…

Posted on: March 31, 2014
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Groundhog Day

Groundhog Day is a 1993 American comedy film directed by Harold Ramis, starring Bill Murray, Andie MacDowell and Chris Elliott.…

Posted on: March 31, 2014
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Chantal Ackerman – Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975)

A singular work in film history, Chantal Akerman’s Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles meticulously details, with a…

Posted on: March 30, 2014
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DSLR tips on Lynda.com

Here are some chapters from a few Lynda.com tutorials that might be helpful. Note that you won't be able to…

Posted on: March 30, 2014
By: John Roach
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Harold Edgerton and slow motion and high speed photography

Here's an informative and pretty goofy film focusing on the photographer and high speed innovator Harold Edgerton that shows how…

Posted on: March 17, 2014
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Saul Bass – Storyboard for Psycho shower scene

Here's a video that places the cells from the Saul bass storyboard from the Alfred Hitchcock movie Psycho, next to…

Posted on: March 17, 2014
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Speed and editing – time passing – Shaun of the Dead

A brief example of Edgar Wright''s quick-cut / frantic-zoom style. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YY6mymW4oA

Posted on: March 12, 2014
By: John Roach
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La Jetée – Chris Marker

http://vimeo.com/46620661 Sadly the opening is cut, but you'll figure out what's going on quickly enough! La Jetée "The Jetty" is…

Posted on: March 12, 2014
By: John Roach
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Christian Marclay – The Clock (2011) + Telephones (1995)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cOhWtyXGXQ Christian Marclay's The Clock is a cinematic tour de force that unfolds on the screen in real time through…

Posted on: March 10, 2014
By: John Roach
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The Kuleshov Effect

The Kuleshov Effect is a well-documented concept in film-making, discovered by Soviet film editor Lev Kuleshov in the 1920s. Kuleshov…

Posted on: March 8, 2014
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Touch the Sound – clip

documentary which explores the connections among sound, rhythm, time, and the body by following percussionist Evelyn Glennie, who is nearly…

Posted on: March 5, 2014
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