FPFV612
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Shadowlands
Course Long Title
Shadowlands
Subject Code
FPFV
Course Number
612
School(s)
Academic Level
GR - Graduate
Description
Shadowlands:
Capturing the Uncanny in 16mm
Film has a remarkable ability to capture invisible, indeed mysterious energies and emotions of time and place within its emulsion. One might interpret this as spectral or mystical, sorcerous or sublime. This class will encourage students to explore the many experimental techniques of 16mm in order to investigate the mysterious terrain where the familiar becomes the unfamiliar and vice versa.
As a starting point, students will be asked to present a poem or a short prose, a haiku or a letter that offers content for exploration into the uncanny. This text will serve as a basis for visual, philosophical and psychological interpretation. Students will be encouraged to experiment with advanced and creative tools of 16mm filmmaking: double exposures, time lapse, matting, speed and motion changes, the use of mirrors and lenses and different types of screen projections. The class will include presentations, screenings, discussion and critique. There may be a class shoot as well.
Pairs of students will be provided with a 100' roll of film at 2 different times during the semester.
Ultimately the class will explore the question: how can we capture the energies of a moment or the residues left behind or the hauntings of a landscape or that which is hidden in plain sight?
Capturing the Uncanny in 16mm
Film has a remarkable ability to capture invisible, indeed mysterious energies and emotions of time and place within its emulsion. One might interpret this as spectral or mystical, sorcerous or sublime. This class will encourage students to explore the many experimental techniques of 16mm in order to investigate the mysterious terrain where the familiar becomes the unfamiliar and vice versa.
As a starting point, students will be asked to present a poem or a short prose, a haiku or a letter that offers content for exploration into the uncanny. This text will serve as a basis for visual, philosophical and psychological interpretation. Students will be encouraged to experiment with advanced and creative tools of 16mm filmmaking: double exposures, time lapse, matting, speed and motion changes, the use of mirrors and lenses and different types of screen projections. The class will include presentations, screenings, discussion and critique. There may be a class shoot as well.
Pairs of students will be provided with a 100' roll of film at 2 different times during the semester.
Ultimately the class will explore the question: how can we capture the energies of a moment or the residues left behind or the hauntings of a landscape or that which is hidden in plain sight?
Registration Restrictions
RGAFV - School of Film/Video Students Only