Non-fiction film

Choose a non-fiction film technique presented at the lecture:

cinema verite

propaganda film

compilation video

documentary essay

Describe what you saw in your selected example.  How does this example work with the technique?

Melanie Manos - Performance Art

Melanie Manos

Performance Art

Yesterday Melanie presented a lecture about many different types of performance art.  Select one the artists she presented.

Describe what you saw. Why did you choose this work?  How does the performance work as as artwork, what does it express?

Some of the examples she showed:

William Wegman, (singing stomach)

Marina Abramovic, “Rythym O” and various pieces

James Luna, “Artifact”

Coco Fusco and Guillermo Gomez[Oena, “Couple in a Cage"

Chris Burden, “Shoot”

William Pope L, “The Great White Way, 22 Miles, 9 Years..."

Adrain Piper, “My Calling Card”

Improv Everywhere, Flash Mob at Grand Central Station

Melanie Manos, various pieces

Jessica Frelinghuysen, various pieces

Hope Tucker

Yesterday, Hope Tucker showed us several films from her obituary project.

The Sea is Still Around Us (postcards, landscapes, text and audio)

Phone Booths (Finland)

Lolo Ferrari (breast implants)

Projects about Howard Hughes films and about the nuclear accident in Spain.



Select one of her films or projects. Describe what you saw and heard.
Comment on why you chose thipiece and the techniques Hope Tucker uses
to convey her ideas.

45 Minute Film School

45 Minute Film School

Yesterday, Professor Andy Kirshner described several filmmaking techniques.

Eyeline Match from "Out of Sight" by Steven Soderbergh with Jennifer Lopez and George Clooney

Kuleshov Effect

Graphic Match

Jump Cutting from "Breathless" (1960, France) by Jean-Luc Goddard with Jean-Paul Belmondo and Jean Seberg

Describe what you saw, what does this technique do, why does the director want to use this technique.

Jessica Frelinghuesen

Jessica Frelinghuysen showed us several short animations.

Select one or two them.  Describe what you saw and heard. What the ideas behind these works?  How does she use stop-motion animation as a collaborative medium?

Jessica showed:

1. Creativity
2. Showreel
3. The History Series
...  of the Pillow
...  of Hiding
... of Smiles
4. Elephant Trap
5. UM Snowflakes
6. "Fears" and "Greed"

Jeff Scher is a painter and experimental filmmaker. His work is in the permanent collection of numerous museums, among them the Museum of Modern Art, and has been screened at film festivals around the world, including opening night at the New York Film Festival. He has also created work for HBO, PBS, the Sundance Channel and, most recently, a music video for Bob Dylan. A selection of his films, “The Best of Times,” was just published as an iPhone and iPad app. Mr. Scher teaches at the School of Visual Arts and at N.Y.U. Tisch School of the Arts. Music for Mr. Scher’s videos in The New York Times are by Shay Lynch.

Yesterday Jeff Scher presented a number animated shorts including:

1. Spring City
2. Fly By Night
3. Summer Hours
4. You Won't Remember this Either
5. Shadow's Dream

Select one of his animated shorts and describe what you saw and heard.  How does Jeff's work define an experimental approach to film? How did you respond to his work?

Jeff Scher is a painter and experimental filmmaker. His work is in the permanent collection of numerous museums, among them the Museum of Modern Art, and has been screened at film festivals around the world, including opening night at the New York Film Festival. He has also created work for HBO, PBS, the Sundance Channel and, most recently, a music video for Bob Dylan. A selection of his films, “The Best of Times,” was just published as an iPhone and iPad app. Mr. Scher teaches at the School of Visual Arts and at N.Y.U. Tisch School of the Arts. Music for Mr. Scher’s videos in The New York Times are by Shay Lynch.

Yesterday Jeff Scher presented a number animated shorts including:

1. Spring City

2. Fly By Night

3. Summer Hours

4. You Won't Remember this Either

5. Shadow's Dream

Select one of his animated shorts and describe what you saw and heard.  How does Jeff's work define an experimental approach to film? How did you respond to his work?