The document provides tasks and instructions for students to explore film and video art on the Ubu web site, analyze selected films, develop ideas for their own short film relating to a theme, and begin pre-production preparations like booking camera equipment, locations, talent. Students are asked to write descriptions of films they watch, develop a digital scrapbook, and propose their film idea and execution plan to share with Tim by the following Friday.

1. GROUP
B
CLEAN
UP
YOUR
PRIMAR
Y
HARD
DISK

2. PRESENTATION
MUSIC FROM ANOTHER GENRE

3. UBU web
http://www.ubu.com
Film/video art &avantgarde music

4. http://www.ubu.com/film/tiravanija_jg1.html
-one man standing uncomfortably in
one place against interesting background

5. http://www.ubu.com/film/hanak_radosti.html - stills/mix B/W surreal

6. http://www.ubu.com/film/
NOW
Browse the films
Choose one
Watch at least 5 mins
Make notes
Present brief description
describe what it does,
what kind of effect it has,
what images/sounds resonate,
how the sound and vision work together.
Task 1:
Write 100 words – see above – for next monday

7. Berger's films
http://www.ubu.com/film/berger_seeing2.html
-intro section, contemporary images compared to old paintings.
-Details.http://www.ubu.com/film/berger_seeing4.html
-- examines commercial art - reappraisal of advert images,
-placing them in different context - bricolage

8. 'publicity abuses realities of public figures, events and struggles...’ (Berger)
YOUR FILM IS PROMOTIONAL

9. EXPLAIN YOUR THEME

10. SCRAPBOOK

11. Tim’s scrapbook

12. Tim’s scrapbook

13. Masks
make up
Newspaper
Faces
Details
tie in stills with movie?

14. http://youngdirectoraward.wordpress.com
/2012/09/16/so-you-want-to-make-a-fashion-film-
visionary-festival-curator-diane-prenet-shares-
her-pointers-on-how-to-make-a-film-with-style/

15. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJIqnXTqg8I
So messed up I want you here In my room I want you here Now we'

16. Iggy Pop
Sado masochistic hints
Misogynistic
Dangerous
Violent
Self-referring commentary
on modeling/fashion pr

17. Self publicist
Briefly fashionable
On the make
Potty mouth
Bisexual
New york

18. Authentic
Non pretentious
Craftsman
Timeless/nostalgic
Soppy
Anti image

19. Soul
Authentic
Energy
Associated cool – down with black people
Knowledge of pop history
Over-used

20. Transient
Uncool
Democratic
Popular
All the family

21. Task 2 – watch John Berger’s films
Task 3 – watch Daisies –
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAZae9TMxzU
Task 4 - (by friday) send Tim your idea for film –
why you chose this idea –
how it relates to theme –
how you will execute the film
(in detail, IE: what camera you shoot on/with and where you will get it –
what sound/music you will use –
models? extras? –
location(s) –
use stills? –
use green screen? –
approximate length –
approximate schedule)

22. Task 5
find out how to load in footage to a Mac or your own laptop
Direct from camera?
From memory card?
Via online?
Needs to be compatible with iMovie – use MPEG clipstream to format
Task 6
Send Tim url for your digital scrapbook
Task 7
Bring in physical scrapbook for next week

23. BEGIN ORGANISING YOUR FILM
BOOK CAMERA HIRE
LIGHTS
LOCATIONS
MODELS
PEOPLE
ACTORS
COMPILE IMAGES
MATERIALS (IE: BACKDROPS? PROPS?)