links to further reading:

Relation of Shot to Shot Editing from "Film Art", Bordwell & Thompson

Archeology of Composting:Cinema by Lev Manovic

Final Project:

The ideas that inform your final video piece will to be derived from your personal inquiry and structured by the exercises of words, diagrams, research and drawings.

The final piece should include concepts covered in class. The video may be narrative in form, but you may take other approches. As art students, you are encouraged to explore alternative representations of time, and the expressive qualities of form, color, sound, timing and movement.

Your final piece may be a discrete video or it may also be a part of a larger project, installation, performance, ect.

The final video piece should be approximately 3-5 minutes.

The final video piece should include clear examples of cinematography, interesting camera shots, use of transitions, effects.

The content of the piece is to develop out of your investigations and interests.

A sketch book/ production/ process book is required for this assignment. This notebook will be handed in on the 2nd to last class. This book should include all sketching and thumbnail thoughts, notes about camera shots, logging notes, timelines, ect ect.

A DVD of the final assigmnet will be required at the last class.

A DVD of all the other videos mades for the class and any other files of picts of drawings, sketch books ect. as well as videos up on vimeo will required.

In class presentation

Title, precedence/inspiration, short description, storyboards, animatics:

1.) title your final project- Write a statement describing your final project.

What kind of piece, Narrative, abstract, montage, How will you handle concepts of cinematography?

What is the overall mis en scene of the piece? mood?

What kind of camera shots will lend themselves to the description of your piece? Explain the style of shooting?

What kind of editing will you choose?

Is there use of effects? in editing or during filming? why?

How will sound be structed within the overall effect of you piece?

How are color and light to be considered?

Who is your audience?

What artist(s) or genre(s) are precendence?

Are you adapting a story or inventing a story? If there not a story in the traditionial sense? what is it? - describe.

Collect written statement answereing the questions above.

2.) review timeline from now till end of semster, with dates and work plans

3.) reviewdrawing/diagram of words and their relationships. draw on 18" x 24" paper- bring to class

4.) review storyboard - make a rough cut story board. draw on 18" x 24" paper- bring to class

5.) reviewresearch find an artist(s) or "work(s)" that is of interest to you, and will have something to do with your final project. collect articles, images, bookmark websites. be prepared to talk about itin your presentation. bring to class-show us.

8.) review animatics

9.) if you are still missing work- it MUST be done by next week.