Voltage Controlled Filmmaking

In Voltage Controlled Filmmaking, students will learn: sound synthesis and sound design basics using Film/Video's ARP 2600; video synthesis basics; and how to make the two interact, via both control voltage cross-patching and by manually composing image in response to sound and vice-versa. We'll cover such topics as oscillation, filtering, feedback, triggers & gates, luma-keying, sequencing, modulation, mixing, and wavefolding, performing and recording improvisations as a group to familiarize ourselves with each mechanism. Through such practice, we'll learn to apply these to our work technically, conceptually, and metaphorically (e.g. narrative/aesthetic oscillation). In addition to creating new images and sounds, we will also process existing ones, including clips brought in by students, tapes found in the studio, and live audio and video. Students will leave the class having made a short video work engaging with techniques and themes explored in the course.