1. Look: Go to MoMA and see "Quay Brothers: On Deciphering the Pharmacist's Prescription for Lip-Reading Puppets" http://www.moma.org/visit/calendar/exhibitions/1240. Be prepared to discuss in class.
2. Draw: Come up with some preliminary ideas for a stop-motion animation project where your hand is evident. We'll be discussing these references and more next week: http://introto4df12.blogspot.com/2012/09/stop-motion-animation.html.
3. Document: Post your project to YouTube http://introto4df12.blogspot.com/2012/09/fcp-exporting-and-uploading-to-youtube.html.
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Stop Motion Animation
Stop motion (also known as stop action) is an animation technique to make a physically manipulated object appear to move on its own. The object is moved in small increments between individually photographed frames, creating the illusion of movement when the series of frames is played as a continuous sequence. Clay figures are often used in stop motion for their ease of repositioning. Motion animation using clay is called clay animation or clay-mation.
"Darkness, Light, Darkness" 1990 dir. Jan Svankmajer
"Alice" 1989 dir. Jan Svankmajer (excerpt)
"Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story" 1987, dir. Todd Haynes
*There are only a few instances of stop-motion here, but the use of inanimate objects to play live characters functions in a similar way
Openly gay, experimental filmmaker Todd Haynes burst upon the scene two years after his graduation from Brown University with his now-infamous 43-minute cult treasure "Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story" (1987). Seizing upon the inspired gimmick of using Barbie and Ken dolls to sympathetically recount the story of the pop star's death from anorexia, he spent months making miniature dishes, chairs, costumes, Kleenex and Ex-Lax boxes, and Carpenters' records to create the film's intricate, doll-size mise-en-scene. The result was both audacious and accomplished as the dolls seemingly ceased to be dolls leaving the audience weeping for the tragic singer. Unfortunately, Richard Carpenter's enmity for the film (which made him look like a selfish jerk) led to the serving of a "cease and desist" order in 1989, and despite the director's offer "to only show the film in clinics and schools, with all money going to the Karen Carpenter memorial fund for anorexia research," "Superstar" remains buried, one of the few films in modern America that cannot be seen by the general public.
"Automatic Writing" 2003, William Kentridge
"Mound" 2011, Allison Schulnik
Gotye - Somebody That I Used To Know (feat. Kimbra)
Oren Lavie - Her Morning Elegance
"Darkness, Light, Darkness" 1990 dir. Jan Svankmajer
"Alice" 1989 dir. Jan Svankmajer (excerpt)
"Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story" 1987, dir. Todd Haynes
*There are only a few instances of stop-motion here, but the use of inanimate objects to play live characters functions in a similar way
Openly gay, experimental filmmaker Todd Haynes burst upon the scene two years after his graduation from Brown University with his now-infamous 43-minute cult treasure "Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story" (1987). Seizing upon the inspired gimmick of using Barbie and Ken dolls to sympathetically recount the story of the pop star's death from anorexia, he spent months making miniature dishes, chairs, costumes, Kleenex and Ex-Lax boxes, and Carpenters' records to create the film's intricate, doll-size mise-en-scene. The result was both audacious and accomplished as the dolls seemingly ceased to be dolls leaving the audience weeping for the tragic singer. Unfortunately, Richard Carpenter's enmity for the film (which made him look like a selfish jerk) led to the serving of a "cease and desist" order in 1989, and despite the director's offer "to only show the film in clinics and schools, with all money going to the Karen Carpenter memorial fund for anorexia research," "Superstar" remains buried, one of the few films in modern America that cannot be seen by the general public.
"Automatic Writing" 2003, William Kentridge
"Mound" 2011, Allison Schulnik
Mound by Allison Schulnik from garaco taco on Vimeo.
Gotye - Somebody That I Used To Know (feat. Kimbra)
Oren Lavie - Her Morning Elegance
Video: 1990s-Present
Chris Cunningham 1997 "Only You" Portishead http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohDDxCdm9Oo
http://vimeo.com/channels/153296
Pipilotti Rist 1996 “Sip my ocean” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VTkxwNJHHs
1997 "Ever is Over All" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a56RPZ_cbdc
http://www.ubu.com/film/rist_ents.html
Gillian Wearing 1997 “2 into 1” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7y5uvyhHgc
Shirin Neshat 1998 “Turbulent” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCAssCuOGls
Tony Oursler 2003 "Coo" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBYaVAPvNh0
http://www.ubu.com/film/oursler.html
http://www.tonyoursler.com/ Interview: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-s4xzB5D2Q
Diana Thater “Rare” 2008 http://vimeo.com/19218073
“gorillagorillagorilla” 2009 http://vimeo.com/19215391
“Chernobyl” 2010 http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=sNzwQBa_9R8
Marilyn Minter “Green Pink Caviar” 2009 http://www.greenpinkcaviar.com
Ryan Trecartin http://ubu.com/film/trecartin.html
“The Re'Search (Re'Search Wait'S), 2009-2010” 2009-2010 http://ubu.com/film/trecartin_research.html
http://vimeo.com/channels/153296
Pipilotti Rist 1996 “Sip my ocean” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VTkxwNJHHs
1997 "Ever is Over All" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a56RPZ_cbdc
http://www.ubu.com/film/rist_ents.html
Gillian Wearing 1997 “2 into 1” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7y5uvyhHgc
Shirin Neshat 1998 “Turbulent” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCAssCuOGls
Tony Oursler 2003 "Coo" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBYaVAPvNh0
http://www.ubu.com/film/oursler.html
http://www.tonyoursler.com/ Interview: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-s4xzB5D2Q
Diana Thater “Rare” 2008 http://vimeo.com/19218073
“gorillagorillagorilla” 2009 http://vimeo.com/19215391
“Chernobyl” 2010 http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=sNzwQBa_9R8
Marilyn Minter “Green Pink Caviar” 2009 http://www.greenpinkcaviar.com
Ryan Trecartin http://ubu.com/film/trecartin.html
“The Re'Search (Re'Search Wait'S), 2009-2010” 2009-2010 http://ubu.com/film/trecartin_research.html
10.06.12: "Question for Revolution and Universal Brotherhood" exhibition
Please attend the "Question for Revolution and Universal Brotherhood" performance, reading, and discussion on Saturday, October 6th from 4pm - 8pm. There will be a 2 hour dance performance by one of the BFA seniors followed by a closing reading with discussion led by Isaac and other curators. Some of the readers include Andrea Geyer, Heather Love, Mira Schor and Jack McGrath.
For more info:
http://nobetty.net/4d/f12/QRUB%20Press%20Release.pdf http://nobetty.net/4d/f12/QRUB%20poster%20FINAL.pdf
Location: Aronson Galleries, 66 Fifth Avenue, New York
Gallery hours: Open daily 12:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. and Thursday evenings until 8:00 p.m.;
closed all major holidays and holiday eves
Admission: Free
Info: Please contact 212.229.8919 or visit www.newschool.edu/sjdc
Monday, September 24, 2012
Installation Spaces in Fine Arts
New Guidelines:
Presentation Space #1 on the 5th floor is for MFA use only.
Studio #4: Only BFA seniors who share a studio in 403 will be able to book studio #4 on the 5th floor for the rest of the year. Exception: MFA Open Studios (+plus one week in advance of) and MFA mid and end of year reviews.
Meeting Space B on the 5th floor is available for all BFA and MFA students.
Installation Space A on the 4th floor is available for all BFA and MFA students.
All installations spaces on 4+5 will be available for BFA use during their mid and end of semester reviews and the books should also be blocked out to reflect that.
To ensure that installation spaces are all vacated as they were found, students will check installation spaces both IN and OUT with FA student workers and any spaces not painted and returned to good order and also within required time frame will lose rights to book it out again.
Presentation Space #1 on the 5th floor is for MFA use only.
Studio #4: Only BFA seniors who share a studio in 403 will be able to book studio #4 on the 5th floor for the rest of the year. Exception: MFA Open Studios (+plus one week in advance of) and MFA mid and end of year reviews.
Meeting Space B on the 5th floor is available for all BFA and MFA students.
Installation Space A on the 4th floor is available for all BFA and MFA students.
All installations spaces on 4+5 will be available for BFA use during their mid and end of semester reviews and the books should also be blocked out to reflect that.
To ensure that installation spaces are all vacated as they were found, students will check installation spaces both IN and OUT with FA student workers and any spaces not painted and returned to good order and also within required time frame will lose rights to book it out again.
Thursday, September 20, 2012
FCP: Nesting
To apply a filter or change the speed of all of your images you will need to NEST your sequence. This turns your many clips into one clip.
To nest a sequence:
-create a new sequence in your Browser (File>New>Sequence)
-double click to open it in the Timeline
-from the Browser, pull your original sequence down into your new sequence, it will appear as a single clip
-to make edits to your nested sequence that require the Viewer, remember to hold down the Option key when you double click to get your nested sequence to appear in the Viewer
To nest a sequence:
-create a new sequence in your Browser (File>New>Sequence)
-double click to open it in the Timeline
-from the Browser, pull your original sequence down into your new sequence, it will appear as a single clip
-to make edits to your nested sequence that require the Viewer, remember to hold down the Option key when you double click to get your nested sequence to appear in the Viewer
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Video: the 1980's
Dan Graham 1982 “Rock My Religion” http://vimeo.com/8796242
Bruce Nauman 1970 “Live/Taped Video Corridor” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IrqXiqgQBo
1985 “Good Boy, Bad Boy” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VugLUa47sLI
1992 “Anthro-Socio” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyiZD4Q3Mdk
Mark Pauline / Survival Research Lab http://srl.org/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeNdH2ByfCM&feature=relmfu
The Guerilla Girls http://www.guerrillagirls.com/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvUKPhT5jHA
Bruce Nauman 1970 “Live/Taped Video Corridor” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IrqXiqgQBo
1985 “Good Boy, Bad Boy” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VugLUa47sLI
1992 “Anthro-Socio” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyiZD4Q3Mdk
Mark Pauline / Survival Research Lab http://srl.org/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeNdH2ByfCM&feature=relmfu
The Guerilla Girls http://www.guerrillagirls.com/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvUKPhT5jHA
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