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Alternative Perspectives 1

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Course unit code:
311MAP1
Course unit title:
Alternative Perspectives 1
Mode of delivery:
zápočet
Range:
12/S
Type of course unit:
Study plan Animovaná tvorba - bakalář – optional subject
Study plan Dokumentární tvorba - magistr – compulsory optional subject
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Level of course unit:
Year of study
předmět nemá určen ročník studia
Semester when the course unit is delivered
zimní
Number of ECTS credits allocated:
2
Garant předmětu:
Henry Lyman HILLS
Name of lecturer(s):
Henry Lyman HILLS
Study Objectives:

Introduce world quality non-narrative and experimental films to students.

Mode of delivery:

Seminars, screenings, discussion

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

None

Recommended optional programme components

Recommended films

Course contents:

Alternative Perspectives is an intensive viewing class, focusing principally on films that are not seen in other classes in this school, being principally radical, non-narrative, experimental films, sometimes long and often difficult, although certain classic silent and early sound films, which are frequently discussed but rarely viewed, will also be explored, insofar as they represent some of the most innovative departures in film history in the practices of montage (Intolerance) and sound design (Vampyr). As the primary focus of this class is analysis based on the direkt experience of projected works, attendance is mandatory.

classes:

1a. Friday, November 12, 10:00-13:00 FAMU Projection Room

2a. Friday, November 12, 17:30, Ponrepo, visiting filmmaker Ken Kobland with program of 16mm films

3a. Saturday, November 13, 9:00-12:00 Classroom 3

4a. Saturday, November 13, 13:30-16:00 Classroom 3

Study materials:

Recommended films

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

European early film; 20´s avant-garde:

Etienne Jules Marey

the Lumieres

Georges Melies

Emile Cohl

Segundo di Chomon

Ferdnand Leger BALLET MECHANIQUE

Rene Clair/Francis Picabia ENTR´ACT

Charles Dekeukleire IMPATIENCE

Henri Chomette 5 MINUTES OF PURE CINEMA

JEUX DES REFLETS ET DE LU VITESSE (Plays of Reflexions & Speed)

Len Lye TRADE TATTOO

Paul Leni REBUS-FILM No. 1

class 2a Guest filmmaker KEN KOBLAND presents 16mm work at Ponrepo

class 3a Guest filmmaker KEN KOBLAND presents recent work on video

class 4a - Abstract Film

Walther Ruttmann

OPUS 1 (1921)

WEEKEND (1928)

Hans Richter FILM IS RHYTHM (?1921?)

Viking Eggeling SYMPHONIE DIAGONALE (1924)

Oscar Fischinger

SPIRALS (1926)

STUDIE Nr. 7 (1931)

ALLEGRETTO (1936-43)

RADIO DYNAMICS 3

Mary Ellen Bute

DADA

ESCAPE (Synchromy # 3)

Harry Smith

Robert Breer EYE WASH (2 versions)

Jordan Belson SAMADHI

Lis Rhodes DRESDEN DYNAMO (1971)

Mike Leggett SHEPHERD?S BUSH (1971)

Assessment methods and criteria

Students must keep a JOURNAL of experimental films they see, both in class and outside. This should include sufficient information to convince me that you have seen the films, plus commentary indicating that some of what you have seen has given you some thoughts. Plagiarism from the internet is not acceptable and will result in failure and ridicule. These are due (by e-mail) the end of the last week of classes. If you use Windows, please send as PDF file.

Language of instruction:
English
Work placement(s):
Pracovní stáž není u tohoto předmětu zavedena.
Course web page:
Note:

HENRY HILLS (http://www.henryhills.com/)

a 2009 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellow, has been making dense, intensely rhythmic experimental films since 1975. Owing to a

personal involvement in film scenes in San Francisco in the 70?s & 80?s & in New York from the 80s to the present, and his activities as a curator, he has a personal relationship with almost all the major figures in the Experimental Film movement. He is intimate with the evolving concerns and thus can present a first-hand history, both anecdotal and theoretical. His own work, which seeks abstraction within sharply-focused naturalistic imagery, the eternal within the temporal, and the ethereal within the mundane, promotes an active ttentiveness through a relentlessly concentrated montage. He brings a long association with various other art scenes as well, including ?language? poetry, the ?downtown? mprovised music scene, and post-Judson postmodern dance. His work is in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art, was included in the Whitney Museum ?The American Century: Art and Culture 1900-2000? program, and screened in last year?s New York and San Francisco film festivals. A DVD of his 5 selected 16mm films is available on Tzadik (http://www.tzadik.com/) and his feature-length theater document JOHN ZORN/RICHARD FOREMAN - ASTRONOME - A NIGHT AT THE OPERA has just been released (also Tzadik). He is currently working on a multi-screen HD installation based on footage shot on his train commute between Vienna and Prague.

KEN KOBLAND (http://www.kenkoblandfilms.com/home3.html)

has been actively producing films and videos since the early 1970s. Through metaphor, provocation and association, Kobland often explores the historical meaning, critical context, and received notions of a particular site or place. He has also collaborated on a number of films with the legendary NYC experimental theater company The Wooster Group. He worked for many years as a cinematographer, shooting films on Louise Bourgeois, Chuck Close, and Joan Mitchell. He has received support from the Rockefeller and Guggenheim Foundations, the American Film Institute, the NEA, DAAD, etc. He lives on the Bowery in New York.

SAUL LEVINE (http://saullevine.com/home.html)

a legend of small gauge filmmaking, Levine has taught at the Massachusetts College of Art in Boston for over 30 years, influencing several generations of filmmakers, and programs the longstanding Mass Art Film Society. Since 1964, he has made over 80 films and videos. Levine?s work is noted for its incorporation of splice marks, percussive editing, nconstrained camera movements and spontaneous formal accidents. This distinctive style, informed by a background in the blues, poetry, and radical politics, produces ?exquisitely kinetic,? and often very beautiful cinematic experiences. His work is included in the recently released amazing box set, Treasures from the Archives IV: American Avant-Garde Film, 1947-1986. "Saul Levine is the foremost dissenting filmmaker in America.? -P. Adams Sitney

Schedule for winter semester 2010/2011:
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