Tuesday October 7, 2014
Today we will spend time in class reconnecting to the videos, readings, and references from the past few weeks. We will review Download Helper and Adobe Premiere Pro. We will also have an opportunity to screen your homework cut-ups, and talk about your in-progress work. See the plan below:
IN CLASS:
SCREENINGS:
Screen segment from Sonic Outlaws
Read/review William Burroughs, “The Cut Up Method”, listen to Burroughs audio clip
Review selections from Elisa Kreisinger, popculturepirate.com
DEMO:
Review Download Helper (see prior post or in class handout)
Review Premiere: The Basics (see handouts for basics)
HOMEWORK:
1) If you haven't already, export your homework cut-ups (based on the 30 second transcription) as H.264, to the appropriate Vimeo preset (probably SD Vimeo 29.97. If is is HD, use HD Vimeo 720p 29.97). Upload the videos to Vimeo and post to your blog. If you don't already have a vimeo account, sign up for one here.
2) Begin working on your final project, due for critiques beginning on October 21th. Your final project will consist of a cut-up/ mash-up made from 2-5 sources (with no more than 2 video sources). It should run between 3-5 minutes in length. It must be a video edited in Adobe Premiere Pro.
Your final project should land somewhere between the references we looked at in class, and your own unique vision and perspective. Your final project must have a clear message or intent. This method of working is best applied to critiquing or radically altering something's meaning, so start there. For example, "I really dislike this well-known politician and wanted to make it sound like he was paranoid about the apocalypse," or "I wanted to make this person protesting gay marriage sound like they wanted to get gay married," or "I think advertising has been brain washing us since the 1950s and I want to point that out," or "Reality tv is trying to kill us, and here is proof," or "I wanted to mash up this serious film noir starring Humphrey Bogart with this goofy b-horror movie about giant teenagers to see if I could make a new movie about civic responsibility." Use your humor, style, and critical lenses.
For next week, I want you to work your 5 sources. If you want to change what they are, do it. For next week, you must have three different, working sequences in your project file. You should have one main sequence, and two experimental sequences. Think of these experimental sequences as magical places where absolutely anything goes and nothing makes sense. GO WILD. ABANDON ALL LOGIC. Try all the filters and effects.
Next week in class, we will do more in-progress screenings, and have some time to discuss things one-on one, and some work time.
GENERAL NOTES: Be bold and experimental. You should choose things that you don't like, disagree with, wish were different, or want to change. Do not choose your favorite things, something you like very much, or something to which you feel close affection. There is much more potential to radically change something to which you have a bit of distance or distain. Consider using old (historical) footage. Speeches and talking heads are good places to start. Don't limit yourself here, gather options. But do not choose movie trailers. Do not choose something that you agree with or respect, unless you want to try to radically alter the message. This method is best applied to things which you want to point out how messed up, inherently broken, or already fractured things are. Remember: FORM IS FUNCTION.
You may find it useful to plan your video before you make it, or not. Try out different methods of working and see what works for you. This is also why I want you to have multiple sequences, to try out different styles of editing. Be prepared to talk about your different working methods in critique.
Some very helpful resources:
Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/movies. HIGHLY SUGGEST using the internet archive to find your source material. It is free and you can very easily download from the hundreds of thousands of moving image files on there. I recommend checking out the "Ephemeral Films" or the "cultural and academic films" sections.
Download Helper: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/video-downloadhelper/. Download helper is a plug-in for the firefox browser that will help you appropriate video and audio from you-tube like sites. See the previous post for more info.
SCREENINGS:
Screen segment from Sonic Outlaws
Read/review William Burroughs, “The Cut Up Method”, listen to Burroughs audio clip
Review selections from Elisa Kreisinger, popculturepirate.com
DEMO:
Review Download Helper (see prior post or in class handout)
Review Premiere: The Basics (see handouts for basics)
2) Begin working on your final project, due for critiques beginning on October 21th. Your final project will consist of a cut-up/ mash-up made from 2-5 sources (with no more than 2 video sources). It should run between 3-5 minutes in length. It must be a video edited in Adobe Premiere Pro.
Next week in class, we will do more in-progress screenings, and have some time to discuss things one-on one, and some work time.
GENERAL NOTES: Be bold and experimental. You should choose things that you don't like, disagree with, wish were different, or want to change. Do not choose your favorite things, something you like very much, or something to which you feel close affection. There is much more potential to radically change something to which you have a bit of distance or distain. Consider using old (historical) footage. Speeches and talking heads are good places to start. Don't limit yourself here, gather options. But do not choose movie trailers. Do not choose something that you agree with or respect, unless you want to try to radically alter the message. This method is best applied to things which you want to point out how messed up, inherently broken, or already fractured things are. Remember: FORM IS FUNCTION.
You may find it useful to plan your video before you make it, or not. Try out different methods of working and see what works for you. This is also why I want you to have multiple sequences, to try out different styles of editing. Be prepared to talk about your different working methods in critique.
Some very helpful resources:
Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/movies. HIGHLY SUGGEST using the internet archive to find your source material. It is free and you can very easily download from the hundreds of thousands of moving image files on there. I recommend checking out the "Ephemeral Films" or the "cultural and academic films" sections.
Download Helper: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/video-downloadhelper/. Download helper is a plug-in for the firefox browser that will help you appropriate video and audio from you-tube like sites. See the previous post for more info.
Tuesday September 30, 2014
1) IN CLASS: Adobe Premiere Demo. Follow along. Use class time to realize at least one of your homework cut-ups into video form. Export this video for vimeo. Upload to vimeo and then to your blog.
1). IN CLASS: Watch the 1995 film Sonic Outlaws by Craig Bladwin (click here). It will provide you with some historical precedents for the mash up, give you an idea for the range and scale of what is possible (from a song to a feature length film and more), and give an example of the potential for artworks to push the boundaries of law and politics.
After viewing the film, please write a short, thoughtful reflection on the film and post it to your blog. Email me the address to your blog if you haven't already. This is due before class next week, and will count as your participation grade for this week. Some things to think about in your response:
- What is this film about?
- What tactics is the filmmaker using in the making of this film? How is this similar and/ or different from other films you are familiar?
- How does this technical approach relate to the conceptual content of the work?
- Provide a specific example from the film and discuss it.
3) HOMEWORK: Your final project, which will be due for critique in a few weeks, will be an expansion of the homework assignment from this past week. You will be responsible for mashing-up/ cutting-up two, found sources in order to radically change their meaning. Your final product should be between 2-3 minutes in length. For homework, please get started by researching your source material, and begin assembling possible sequences in Premiere Pro.
For next week, I would like you to identify examples (at least 5) of sources that you would like to change through radical editing. Bring these files and laptops to class. You should also begin assembling these sources into at least 3 separate sequences. These are sketches. Be bold and experimental. You should choose things that you don't like, disagree with, wish were different, or want to change. Do not choose your favorite things, something you like very much, or something to which you feel close affection. There is much more potential to radically change something to which you have a bit of distance or distain. Consider using old (historical) footage. Speeches and talking heads are good places to start. Don't limit yourself here, gather options. But do not choose movie trailers.
To edit your project, you will use a process very similar to what you did for homework. You will log, plan, and then edit your work into an edited video project using Adobe Premiere Pro. We will go over this in class, and you will watch a Lynda.com video for homework this week.
Some very helpful resources:
Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/movies. HIGHLY SUGGEST using the internet archive to find your source material. It is free and you can very easily download from the hundreds of thousands of moving image files on there. I recommend checking out the "Ephemeral Films" or the "cultural and academic films" sections.
Download Helper: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/video-downloadhelper/. Download helper is a plug-in for the firefox browser that will help you appropriate video and audio from you-tube like sites.
3) HOMEWORK: Watch Lynda.com tutorial for Adobe Premiere Pro. We will be working in Premiere Pro from here on out, so I will expect to become very familiar with this platform. Please take good notes. I will be emailing and uploading hand out guides for you all today.
Please watch this video:
Premiere Pro CC Essential Training with Ashley Kennedy: http://www.lynda.com/Premiere-Pro-tutorials/Premiere-Pro-CC-Essential-Training/170630-2.html
Watch Chapters 1 (Getting to know the Premiere Pro Editing Environment), 2 (A Quick Introduction to the Basic Premiere Pro CC Workflow), and 8 (Basic Audio Editing). This is about an hour and a half of video to watch. We will be applying the techniques in class next week when we start editing in-class. Feel free to get a head start if you want to try it out. Feel free to watch more lessons and become experts.
HOMEWORK DUE MONDAY SEPT 29, 2014:
READINGS:
ASSIGNMENT:
PAPER EDIT FOR MOVING SOUND AND IMAGE
STEP ONE:
Use the internet and/or your personal archives to find a video clip of a historically significant moment in popular culture. This could be a speech, a monologue, a performance, an interview, a lecture, a scene from a movie or television show, etc. It must have synched video and audio. The subject(s) of the video must be speaking clearly, understandably, and recognizably.
Make sure to bookmark this video for later. We will come back to it next week.
STEP TWO:
Choose a 30 second fragment of that clip to transcribe. Transcribe it.
STEP THREE:
A. Make two copies of your transcript.
B. Paste one, un-edited copy into your notebook/journal/sketchbook.
C. Take the other copy and cut it up. Rearrange it. Make new meaning. Repeat things. Re-mix.
(NOTE: You do not need to use all of it, but you must use some of it. The goal is to change the meaning of found language through editing alone.)
(NOTE: You do not need to use all of it, but you must use some of it. The goal is to change the meaning of found language through editing alone.)
D. Make at least ten new sentences from your cut-up transcript. Copy them into your notebook.
STEP FOUR:
Bring to class next week: your laptop with Adobe Premiere Pro, your notebook with this completed assignment in it, and your bookmarked video.
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