Nam June Paik Quote

"TV has been attacking us all our lives - now we can attack it back" - Nam June Paik

Thursday, April 12, 2012

RIVER BEND FILM FESTIVAL


Thursday (7:30 p.m. – 11 p.m.) – FREE
Our annual free Thursday night screening is 7:30 p.m. – 11 p.m. in room 1001 in Weikamp Hall at Indiana University South Bend, which is sponsored by the Ernestine M. Raclin School of the Arts.  View some work by the college’s New Media students, a variety of shorts, and the feature Finding Xanadu: The Life & Films of Samuel W. Truss, a student-produced mockumentary chronicling the life of an Indiana filmmaker.

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

THE REST OF THE SEMESTER

DOCUMENTATION AS A WORK OF ITS OWN
Your last assignment is to document your work at the River Bend Film Festival and Edit together your documentation to critique on April 24th.


FINA-S 300 SCHEDULE:
April 10th: Tips on documenting work (Click here for PDF)
                    in class work time to Polish final pieces.
                    http://seeinginvideo.com/Work.html
                    http://unseensignals.com/unseen/work.html
April 13th: SETUP TIME IS 12PM at the Century Center.
                    If everyone could meet at NS 031 at 11:30AM to load 
                    TV's and equipment into trucks and cars.
                    Show opens at the Century Center at 6PM.
April 14th: TAKE DOWN | CLEAN UP is at 8PM-9PM Saturday night.
April 17th: In class work time to edit documentation of work.
April 24th: TIMELINE EXTENDED for 
                   NARRATIVE Extra Credit to TODAY
                   FINAL CRITIQUE TODAY
                   (Critique of final documentation of your 4th assignment.)
May 1st: NO CLASS --- FINAL PAPER DUE TODAY by NOON. 
                 I will not except late papers. Late papers will receive a Zero.
http://riverbendfilmfest.org/

OPEN SCREENING +10 EXTRA CREDIT


2012 OPEN SCREENING
Come and show off your VIDEO WORK!!
All you need to do is show up with a quicktime on a thumb drive or have it posted to YouTube or Vimeo. All students, staff, and faculty are welcome to come and show work in progress and or finished pieces. If you have any questions please email:

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

ASSIGNMENT 4 (100 POINTS)

Your last assignment is to research and develop a piece both conceptually and technically. The output of this final self directed piece will be then to install, present, exhibit, and document the show at the Century Center Down town on Friday April 13TH... LETS CREATE SOME VIDEO!!!!! 

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

MORE EXPERIMENTAL SCREENS

50 extra credit assignment: Experimental Narrative & Documentary
You are to watch the majority of videos below in the two posts and then develop your own narrative/documentary and show the piece during the next open screening. 40 points will be given for the finished piece and 10 for showing at the screening. Email me with finished piece by April 24th.

I TRY TO BREAK THE OLD RULES OF EDITING - EIJA-LIISA 

Splitting
Screens,
Splitting
Spaces, 
Running time
as real time
and then as
distorted time
are things that
have always
obsessed me
about cinema.
The interesting
thing about
cinema 
is its potential
for nonlinear
timing.
-Mike Figgis


Bruce Conner - A Movie


Pipilotti Rist

EXPERIMENTAL NARRATIVE - DOCUMENTARY