Week # 3 - Film & Video

“The language of the camera is the language of our dreams” -James Baldwin

Read
Ray Carney
Peter Watkins on the role of the monoform
is interesting but a bit of a difficult read. It is not required for this class.

Read the Dorsky handout.

Assignment
Shoot a short personal narrative in the spirit of the ‘5 images to evoke a feeling’ exercise we did the first class. Edit to illustrate the sub-text.

Resources
Abbas Kiarostami - Close Up, ABC Africa
Peter Watkins - Punishment Park
Marlon Riggs - Tongues Untied, Color Adjustment
Frederick Wiseman - Titicut Follies
Werner Herzog - White Diamond
Mohsen Makhmalbaf - Moment of Innocence
Errol Morris - Fog of War, First Person Singular

Watch

Stan Brakhage film Window Water Baby Moving: