FAAS 3219 Moving Image Workshop 動 態 影 像 工 作 坊 (2013/14 Term 1) Class Time: Thursday, 2:30 6:15pm Class Venue: Room 301, Cheng Ming Building, New Asia College I Course Description The course is designed to explore the concepts, aesthetics and techniques of moving image in digital format from both academic and studio perspectives. Both technical and aesthetic issues will be addressed. Aesthetic issues encompass concept, relationship of sound and image, video installation and historical context. Technical topics include techniques of cinematography, non-linear editing, scene visualization and other related topics. Non-linear editing and compositing software will be introduced to illustrate the principles and techniques and to produce the projects. II Learning Outcomes After completing the course, students will be able to: 1. create time-based digital images exploring visual elements such as points, lines, forms, colors, and symbols, in a digital environment; 2. capture ideal video image and sound with digital video and sound equipments for rough cuts and further editing; 3. express abstract and fictional narratives through digital video and sound with a well-planned structure; and 4. make good use of and have good understanding of different digital media which can be integrated in digital moving images. III List of Topics Topic Time-based Image Cinematography Editing Audio and Visual Space and Image Content/ Fundamentals Concepts Experiencing, making and comparing still and moving images Exploration of tools in production process in video making Organization of images (footages) and making narratives Understanding and delivering message through different senses on different layers in video Exploring our moving image filled environments as creative platform IV Leaning Activities Lecture Interactive Project Tutorial Presentation In class In class In class 1 hrs 2 hr 1 hr
V Assessment Scheme Task Nature Purpose Learning Outcomes Workshop outcomes and class To learn the necessary skills for participation (20%) assignments and think independently outcome pt 1-4 in such art practice. Assignment 1 (25%) Multi-channel Video To explore basic elements of moving image making through spatial and outcome pt 1-4 temporal arrangement. Assignment 2 (25%) Single-Channel Video To explore tools in video making and create narrative through deep outcome pt 1-3 observation and well organization. Final Assignment (30%) Independent Project To conclude learning of the course through a well-developed short video work for a precise aim of showing off students themselves outcome pt 1-4 VI Learning Resources 1. Manovich, Lev. The language of new media / Lev Manovich. Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2001. 2. Eric Kluitenberg. Book of imaginary media : excavating the dream of the ultimate communication medium. Rotterdam : NAI ; London : Art Data, c2006. 3. Michael Renov & Erika Suderburg, editors. Resolutions: contemporary video practices. Minneapolis, Minn.: University of Minnesota Press, c1996. 4. Nichols, Bill. Introduction to documentary. Bloomington, Ind. : Indiana University Press, c2001. 5. Renov, Michael and Suderburg, Erika ed. Resolutions: Contemporary Video Practices. Minneapolis, Minn.: University of Minnesota Press, c1996. 6. Hayward, Philip, ed. Future Visions: New Technologies of the Screen. London: British Film Institute, c1993. 7. Media [DVD]. Woodland Hills, CA : Zbig Vision, c2003. 8. Wegman, William. William Wegman: Video Works 1970-1999 [DVD]. Artpix, c2006 9. Whitman, Robert. ROBERT WHITMAN: Performances from the 1960s [DVD]. Artpix, c2003. 10. Mekas, Jonas. Walden - Diaries, Notes and Sketches [DVD]. Blackchair Collection, c1969. 11. Kentridge: Anything is Possible [DVD]. PBS Home Video, c2010. 12. Blader, Enid Baxter. A Film is a Burning Place: Works by Enid Baxter Blader [DVD]. Aurora Picture Show, c2009. 13. Romberg, Osvaldo. Theater of Transparency/ 2000-2010: A ten-year video project by Osvaldo Romberg [DVD]. Slought Foundation, c2011. 14. Bill Viola: I Do Not Know What It Is I Am Like [DVD]. Editions a Voir, c2006. VII Feedback for Evaluation Evaluation exercise will be held at end of the course.
VIII Course Schedule Class Date Topic Requirements Week 1 5 Sept Course Introduction Video as a means for communication and expression Understand the goals in making moving images and what contributes to art development Week 2 12 Sept Basic concepts and theories I: Mise-en-scène Arrangement of composition, sets, props, actors, costumes, and lighting course prepared for workshop Understand how framing changes our ways to observe and understand the world Making a Scene Week 3 19 Sept Basic concepts and theories II: Cinematography Relationship between Camera and Lighting course prepared for Relationship between Cameraperson and workshop Subject-matter Perceiving Space Week 4 26 Sept Video Sound Basics: Relationship between Image and Sound course prepared for Narrative on soundtrack workshop Week 5 3 Oct Critique of Assignment ONE All works for presentation Week 6 10 Oct Critique of Assignment ONE All works for presentation Week 7 17 Oct Narrative in Video Art I: Fiction Drama, narrative with fictional stories course prepared for Narrative Structure in cinematic form workshop Basic editing skills (I) Week 8 24 Oct Narrative in Video Art II: Non-fiction Documentary, narrative dealing with facts course prepared for Topics in independent documentary workshop Basic editing skills (II) Week 9 31 Oct Narrative in Video Art III: Avant-garde Cinema and Experimental Video Understand how editing contributes to the
language and structure of Cinematic Narrative - Basic editing skills (III) Week 10 7 Nov Critique of Assignment TWO All works for presentation Week 11 14 Nov Individual tutorial and editing practice Rough cut of Final Assignment ready Week 12 21 Nov Final Critique All works for presentation Week 13 28 Nov Final Critique All works for presentation Assessment Assignment 1 Multi-channel video Students should experiment equipment for multi-channel artwork as much as they can in workshops and develop a piece of multiple projection installation or multi-channel narrative work with duration more than 3 minutes. The content of the narrative should start from a story, a series of images, a piece of music or a research paper. Students should also pay extra attention to the spatial arrangement and device chosen for artistic creation and be able to illustrate the development from the orignal reference. Assignment 2 Single-channel video Students should start this project from choosing a soundtrack (music, dialogue or monologue) about 3 to 4 minutes long and make good use of production and post-production skills for further developing the soundtrack and creating appropriate image. The video could be fictional, non-fictional, or structural visual experiment. Students are expected to present also his/ her concepts and treatments clearly in critique. Final Assignment Students should make a video artwork, multi-channel or single-channel, for demonstrating his/ her understandings of the mediums, showing creative ideas of using the chosen mediums, and reflecting his/ her learning in the creative process. Contact Details for Course Teacher Name: Mr. Jamsen Law Email Address: jamsen@gmail.com
Details of Course Website http://www.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/~fadept/faas3219/faas3219.htm Academic Honesty and Plagiarism Attention is drawn to University policy and regulations on honesty in academic work, and to the disciplinary guidelines and procedures applicable to breaches of such policy and regulations. Details may be found at http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/policy/academichonesty/. With each assignment, students will be required to submit a signed declaration that they are aware of these policies, regulations, guidelines and procedures. For group projects, all students of the same group should be asked to sign on the declaration. For assignments in the form of a computer-generated document that is principally text-based and submitted via VeriGuide, the statement, in the form of a receipt, will be issued by the system upon students' uploading of the soft copy of the assignment. Assignments without the receipt will not be graded by teachers. Only the final version of the assignment should be submitted via VeriGuide.