Monday, April 19, 2010

6by1 part deux

If I were to design a second six by one I would probably assign a time lapse photography assignment in the first week and give the class all semester to work on it. they could condense footage from the entire semester or just from a week or a day. It wouldn't matter which route they took only that it be done by the last class. I would also probably make it more like a 2 minute film-making class. One because I think 6 by 2 sounds cooler and because I think we could have more ambitious projects with two minutes to play with. I would also throw in some classical animation for the students to try, because we never touched on it in six by one. I think I would make another rhythmic edit project, but with this one the order of the cuts be up to the filmmaker only that there would be no cuts longer than 30 frames. Also some 5, 10, 15, and 20 frame cuts in the film. There would be a project where the students would have to make a film using still pictures that they find on the internet. The other projects would be strictly film-based. Films would be made on 16mm, super 8mm, and 8mm. There would be specific dates along the way when these would be worked on. A development day, a screen day, a manipulation day, a cut day, and then a final screening day. A multi-media project would be fun, students would have to generate a performance. Film could be used, but other elements would be required to add into the performance. Live actors, light shows, live musical accompaniment. Something that would bring the process of art making to the forefront of the event. Another project would have to use the flicker effect.

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