WEEK 1: INTRODUCTION TO DIRECT FILM MANIPULATION (CAMERALESS FILMMAKING)
Film sizes and aspect ratios
What film manipulation looks like - at a glance
Cymatics
WEEK 2: DIRECT FILM MANIPULATION CONT'D (MAGAZINE TRANSFERS, FILM PAINTING, ETC.)
Frame-by-frame drawn on film animation
Magazine and newspaper print magnified
Magazine transfer sample loop
Norman McLaren frames
Rhythmic editing sample 40-frame cycle
Desktop printing on clear leader
WEEK 3&4: FILM PROCESSING (B&W DARKROOM)AND BUILDING REELS.
Film processing example strips
Processing with Caffenol
Building reels for Assignment 1
WEEK 5: MULTI-PLANE SUPER 8 ANIMATION SHOOT
The multi-plane workspace and sample movies.
WEEK 6: THE BOLEX LONG-TAKE
Creating a minute-long continuous take using a 16mm Bolex
Bolex exposure test (using Kodak hi-con 7363 film)
Bolex Anatomy
Loading the Bolex
WEEK 7: 48-HOUR VIDEO RACE
The challenge of making film without a film or video camera
WEEK 8: THE ROUGH THEATER
The Rough Theater
Line Describing a Cone
WEEK 9-11: RECYCLED FOOTAGE: RECONTEXTUALIZATION
Culture Jamming or Artistic Appropriation
A Humament
Co-opting the "revolution?"
Creative Commons
Some culture-jamming videos
WEEK 12: MYSTERY PROP WORKSHOP
Example 1: 3D Filmmaking
Example 1a: More 3D Filmmaking
Example 2: Supery-Dupery Projector Loopery
