Cinergy with video essayist Kevin B. Lee

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Subject guarantor:

Ondřej ZACH

Name of lecturer(s):

Ondřej ZACH

Learning outcomes of the course unit:

The aim of the masterclass and following practical modul with Kevin B Lee is to extend the horizons in the context of film essays, visual storytelling, film analyses and creating a film essay based on the film „The Firemen's Ball“.

Mode of study:

workshop

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

-

Course contents:

During a practical lecture with Kevin B. Lee will student analyse one film („The Firemen's Ball“) and then they will create and edit own video essays based on the film and their chosen subject.

Students should have a brief knowledge of the concept of video essays itself. Students should have access to computer workstations (preferably Mac) with movie editing software (Adobe Premiere preferred, or Final Cut Pro). FAMU International is able to provide some work stations with software.

Schedule:

9. 2./ 18:30 - 20:00 / Kino Pilotů / discussion with Kevin B. Lee and screening of his work.

10. 2./ 9:30 - 16:30 / FAMU / screening of examples of video essays to discuss approaches + screening of „The Firemen's Ball“ and discussion how to perform a video essay on it. Students work in teams of 2-3 to develop their ideas and execute them for the remaining time.

11. 2./ 9:30 - 16:30 / FAMU / Working, editing video essays in teams.

12. 2./ 9:30 - 16:00 / FAMU / Working, editing video essays in teams + Screening of student video essays based on the film „The Firemen's Ball“

Recommended or required reading:

A list of the best representations of his work.

https://vimeo.com/channels/kevinblee

The best video essays of 2017 selected by Kevin B. Lee.

http://www.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/sight-sound-magazine/polls-surveys/annual-round-ups/best-video-essays-2017

10th anniversary of video essays.

https://vimeo.com/220432625

Assessment methods and criteria:

100% attendance and 100% participation for all events.

Course web page:

Note:

Kevin B. Lee is a filmmaker and critic who has made over 360 video essays exploring film and media. His award-winning Transformers: The Premake was named one of the best documentaries of 2014 by Sight & Sound Magazine and played in several festivals including the Berlin Film Festival Critics Week. In 2017 he was the first Artist in Residence of the Harun Farocki Institute in Berlin. He was Founding Editor and Chief Video Essayist at Fandor, supervising producer at Roger Ebert Presents At the Movies, and has written for The New York Times, Sight & Sound, Slate and Indiewire. He teaches at the Merz Akademie in Stuttgart, where he is launching a new Cross Media Publishing curriculum.

Schedule for winter semester 2017/2018:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

Schedule for summer semester 2017/2018:

Date	Day	Time	Tutor	Location	Notes	No. of paralel
09.02.2018		18:30–20:00	Ondřej ZACH		Lecturer: Kevin B. Lee	paralelka 1
10.02.2018		09:30–16:30	Ondřej ZACH	Room No. 1 Lažanský palác		paralelka 1
11.02.2018		09:30–16:30	Ondřej ZACH	Room No. 1 Lažanský palác		paralelka 1
12.02.2018		09:30–16:00	Ondřej ZACH	Room No. 1 Lažanský palác		paralelka 1

The subject is a part of the following study plans: