Experimental Film

Catalog description

Facilitates the exploration of 16 mm motion picture film as material and methodological fodder for artists. Students use original, found, and hand-altered footage to create projects of their own design. Covers basic techniques including camera operation, film exposure, and analog editing practices. Explorations also include in-class experiments, readings, discussions and screenings. For upper-division undergraduate and graduate art students attracted to the material and theoretical issues embodied in film and who are curious about how film might inform their own ongoing advanced artistic pursuits. Graduate level focuses on the development of a personal approach.