Part 1: In order of appearance. Matt E., Oliver M., Gigi R., Skip R., Martin H., Landon W.
Part 2: In order of appearance. James G, Collin A., Jason B., John T., Kristen B.
Part 3: Anthony T., Wayne M.
January 18, 2008
Week 16: 49-hour Video Race Videos
Students in UNC-Wilmington's 6X1 class have 49-hours to make a film without a film or video camera (digital still cameras, scanners, etc, are ok) using a mystery prop - in this case - a toy wooden block.
Part 1: In order of appearance. Matt E., Oliver M., Gigi R., Skip R., Martin H., Landon W.
Part 2: In order of appearance. James G, Collin A., Jason B., John T., Kristen B.
Part 3: Anthony T., Wayne M.
Part 1: In order of appearance. Matt E., Oliver M., Gigi R., Skip R., Martin H., Landon W.
Part 2: In order of appearance. James G, Collin A., Jason B., John T., Kristen B.
Part 3: Anthony T., Wayne M.
December 6, 2007
Week 15: 49-Hour Video Race
. . . and the mystery prop is . . .
6X1 students had 49-hours to create a video using a "mystery prop," which had to appear somewhere in their 1 to 3-minute film. The mystery prop was revealed to the students only 2-days before their films were screened. To make things even more challenging, students could not use "any device who's primary service [was] for producing motion pictures" (i.e. video cameras and film cameras). That's right, students had to rely on such possibilities as digital still cameras (still and movie mode acceptable), cell phones, scanners, etc. but could not initially capture their images on strips of celluloid or video tape.
Films were produced by each of the students and screened on a vinyl shower curtain liner tied to two trees in the backyard of the Silva compound.
Earlier in the semester, the 6X1 class discussed the idea of "the Rough Theater," so the shower-curtain-liner-as-movie-screen was merely a manifestation of this.
The screening was part of a larger end-of-semester extravaganza which included installation projects from the experimental class and short documentaries from the doc class.
6X1 students had 49-hours to create a video using a "mystery prop," which had to appear somewhere in their 1 to 3-minute film. The mystery prop was revealed to the students only 2-days before their films were screened. To make things even more challenging, students could not use "any device who's primary service [was] for producing motion pictures" (i.e. video cameras and film cameras). That's right, students had to rely on such possibilities as digital still cameras (still and movie mode acceptable), cell phones, scanners, etc. but could not initially capture their images on strips of celluloid or video tape.
Films were produced by each of the students and screened on a vinyl shower curtain liner tied to two trees in the backyard of the Silva compound.
Earlier in the semester, the 6X1 class discussed the idea of "the Rough Theater," so the shower-curtain-liner-as-movie-screen was merely a manifestation of this.
The screening was part of a larger end-of-semester extravaganza which included installation projects from the experimental class and short documentaries from the doc class.
Week 14: Goodies from the 6X1 Factory
Assignment #4: One-Shot (4 films: 1-minute each)
Film Studies students at UNC Wilmington, create a minute-long take using a Bolex and 16mm hi-con film. The film is then processed and transferred to video. The, shoot, processing and video transfer all take place within 4 hours. A soundtrack is later added.
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Assignment#3: Rayograms/Hand-Processing (4 films: 1-minute each)
Film Studies students at UNCW place various objects and film strips directly on 16mm hi-contrast film stock and process the film, in class. Afterwards, the film is transferred to video, effects are added in places and a sound track is added.
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Assignment#2: Multi-Plane Animation (4 films: 1-minute each)
Students in UNC Wilmington's Film studies department create 1-minute animations using a super 8 camera and a multi-plane animation set-up. Students worked in 4 groups of 3 or 4.
Film Studies students at UNC Wilmington, create a minute-long take using a Bolex and 16mm hi-con film. The film is then processed and transferred to video. The, shoot, processing and video transfer all take place within 4 hours. A soundtrack is later added.
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Assignment#3: Rayograms/Hand-Processing (4 films: 1-minute each)
Film Studies students at UNCW place various objects and film strips directly on 16mm hi-contrast film stock and process the film, in class. Afterwards, the film is transferred to video, effects are added in places and a sound track is added.
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Assignment#2: Multi-Plane Animation (4 films: 1-minute each)
Students in UNC Wilmington's Film studies department create 1-minute animations using a super 8 camera and a multi-plane animation set-up. Students worked in 4 groups of 3 or 4.
November 8, 2007
Week 13: 13th Annual Cucalorus Film Festival
This week, class is at the festival. It's like an all you can eat film buffet.
November 1, 2007
Week 12: Supereee-Dooperee-Projection-Loopery
These next few weeks, the 6X1 class will be exploring film/video as process oriented instead of strictly product oriented.
In other words, the film is also an EVENT which can not be replicated in movie theaters because each experience is different. The audience and participants are one in same.
Getting there isn't just half the fun - it's part of the film itself!
Does this still all sound strangly vague . . .
Well check out one such film event in the series of videos, BELOW: the 1st Annual My-Loop's-Bigger-Than-Yours-athon.
The class was divided into two groups. Each group was to start out by building a 5 foot 16mm film loop.
The goal was to see who could build the longest film loop and have it projecting for a continuously for a minute without falling apart.
Teacherman had to throw the class a few curve balls because the loops just kept growing . . .
. . . and growing. And both groups were unphased by the initial challenge.
The first NEW rule was that the film could not touch the ground.
The end of class kept inching closer and both groups were running strong, despite the new rule.
So Teacherman did a sort of shortest-straw-type game where he wadded up tiny balls of paper. All were blank, except one. On that one was written the word, "BANG!"
Whoever in the group drew the "BANG!" had to sit out. They could help strategize. They just couldn't hold the film as it projected.
So the groups got a little smaller . . .
And thus it was that eventually the Ambitious Chinchillas (yes . . . Teacherman made each group chose a team name) were done in by a broken splice.
And the . . . what was the other group's name . . . the someting Lemonades - was it the Pink Lemonades?
Anyway, the Pink ( . . .?) Lemonades won the loop-off.
But do they have they have the LONGEST loop?
. . . hmm. Perhaps we shall find out next week.
In other words, the film is also an EVENT which can not be replicated in movie theaters because each experience is different. The audience and participants are one in same.
Getting there isn't just half the fun - it's part of the film itself!
Does this still all sound strangly vague . . .
Well check out one such film event in the series of videos, BELOW: the 1st Annual My-Loop's-Bigger-Than-Yours-athon.
The class was divided into two groups. Each group was to start out by building a 5 foot 16mm film loop.
The goal was to see who could build the longest film loop and have it projecting for a continuously for a minute without falling apart.
Teacherman had to throw the class a few curve balls because the loops just kept growing . . .
. . . and growing. And both groups were unphased by the initial challenge.
The first NEW rule was that the film could not touch the ground.
The end of class kept inching closer and both groups were running strong, despite the new rule.
So Teacherman did a sort of shortest-straw-type game where he wadded up tiny balls of paper. All were blank, except one. On that one was written the word, "BANG!"
Whoever in the group drew the "BANG!" had to sit out. They could help strategize. They just couldn't hold the film as it projected.
So the groups got a little smaller . . .
And thus it was that eventually the Ambitious Chinchillas (yes . . . Teacherman made each group chose a team name) were done in by a broken splice.
And the . . . what was the other group's name . . . the someting Lemonades - was it the Pink Lemonades?
Anyway, the Pink ( . . .?) Lemonades won the loop-off.
But do they have they have the LONGEST loop?
. . . hmm. Perhaps we shall find out next week.
October 23, 2007
Week 11: Rhythmic Editing Exercise
5 FRAMES + 15 FRAMES + 5 FRAMES + 10 FRAMES + 5 FRAMES
Repeat variations on the above pattern 43 more times
Add 40 more frames - freestyle
And you have a film that's exactly 1 minute.
October 20, 2007
Weeks 9&10: One-Shot Bolextravaganzahhh!
What a way to finish our stint with film (now, the 6X1 class moves videoward)! Today, the 6X1 class produced 4 one-minute films shot on 16mm, then processed and finally transferred to video - all within 4 hours. Though the class was divided into groups of 3 and 4, the groups intermingled and created tiny films on a grand scale. Blue-afro space cats, sombrero decked guitaristas, brainy monsters and others coexisted in surreal harmony.
The weather was great - a little warm for October - but sunny, really sunny - so sunny that we had to ditch our original darkroom because despite great efforts to black out the windows, sun insisted on peaking through. So we developed film in the guys' bathroom with a couple of tubs of chemicals and a red flashlight.
The weather was great - a little warm for October - but sunny, really sunny - so sunny that we had to ditch our original darkroom because despite great efforts to black out the windows, sun insisted on peaking through. So we developed film in the guys' bathroom with a couple of tubs of chemicals and a red flashlight.
October 17, 2007
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