Course Guide :
Assignments :
Assignment 1 – Installation Proposal. 1 min video, 1 A4 PDF, due Aug 7.
Assignment 2 – Projection Mapping Installation, in class presentation, 3xA4 PDF, due Sep 25.
Assignment 3 – Video Documentation. 1 min video, 1 A4 PDF, due Oct 9.
Selected Film Scenes :
La Jetee (Chris Marker, 1962) – Opening sequence (Trailer for full film)
(See also : ‘La Jetee’ | Critics’ Picks video based analysis by The NYT, + Terry Gilliam on La Jetee)
The Shining (Stanley Kubrick, 1980) – Steadicam hallway shot (Trailer for full film)
Blade Runner (Ridley Scott, 1982) – Opening scene (Trailer for full film)
Rabbit Proof Fence (Philip Noyce, 2002) outdoor scene (Trailer for full film)
Upstream Colour (Shane Carruth, 2013) (close up sequence) (Trailer for full film)
Moonlight (Barry Jenkins, 2016) – swimming scene (Trailer for full film)
Or one of these animations:
Rabbit (Runwrake, 2005) (Any part of it)
The External World (Animation by David O Reilly, 2011) first minute
Please Say Something -(Animation by David O Reilly, 2009) first minute
What is Projection Mapping?
projection-mapping.org/whatis
Lots of examples : S-V-M + A Forest of Projects
And some specific projection mapping examples and approaches:
Cityscape 2095 , Mécaniques Discursives +Mécaniques Discursives “Framed Series” – (Narrative installations) by Legoman (FR).
3Destruct (Audiovisual synchronisation, layering of light) ,
Onionskin (formal geometry explorations),
+ The Ark (Mapping onto organic shapes, Oaxaca gardens, Mexico) – all by AntiVJ
SuperEverything, APB: 9th Innings + Book of Changes, Installation overview + Live Cinema Overview – all by The Light Surgeons (UK).
Transinfinite by Ryoji Ikeda (JP).
Audiovisual Installation at Splore festival, by Dub Module (NZ).
Pompaloose take a lo-fi approach to projection mapping for music videos. See also – Jack Conte.
Projection onto Paper models – by Davy and Kristin McGuire (UK).
RearWindow Timelapse by Jeff Desom (Not projection mapping – but included as an interesting extrapolated composition of cinematic scenes).
What is Cinema?
What is cinematography? Cinematography as a language. (5 min video)
What is the language of cinema?
Examples from books
“Writing, of course, is writing, acting comes from the theater, and cinematography comes from photography. Editing is unique to film. You can see something from different points of view almost simultaneously, and it creates a new experience.” – Stanley Kubrick
(Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/cinematography.html)
A nicely arranged overview of Cinematic principles at Yale uni.
https://collegefilmandmediastudies.com/editing/
“When applied to the cinema, mise-en-scène refers to everything that appears before the camera and its arrangement—composition, sets, props, actors, costumes, and lighting.[2] The “mise-en-scène”, along with the cinematography and editing of a film, influence the verisimilitude or believability of a film in the eyes of its viewers.[3] The various elements of design help express a film’s vision by generating a sense of time and space, as well as setting a mood, and sometimes suggesting a character’s state of mind.[4] “Mise-en-scène” also includes the composition, which consists of the positioning and movement of actors, as well as objects, in the shot.”
– Wikipedia definition of Misc En Scene
http://www.elementsofcinema.com/directing/mise-en-scene-in-films/
http://shohawk.com/mise-en-scene/
Video Editing and Animation Software
We will be focussing on :
Video editing – Adobe Premiere (support files)
Animation and creating motion graphics – Adobe After Effects (support files)
Projection Mapping – Madmapper (mac/pc – $) VPT (mac/pc – free )
RMIT’s Lynda.com Login (Join to access extensive, quality, video tutorials related to our explorations).
Explore Part 1 of : https://www.lynda.com/Premiere-Pro-tutorials/Premiere-Pro-CC-Essential-Training-2015/371692-2.html
(Getting to know the Premiere editing environment)
… and briefly skim through / explore the rest of the available videos, to get an idea of the scope of the software.
Good Adobe Photoshop skills will help learning curves with both of those.
Newish to Photoshop? Explore – Photoshop CC 2017 One-on-One: Fundamentals, especially:
1. Opening an image
2. Getting around
3. Image size and resolution
5. Introducing Layers
9. Making Selections
(And after those, next most relevant : 4, 6, 7, 8,13)
Task for Week 1:
Get a course relevant book from the library and summarise with words and photos on 1 A4 page, a cinematic principle of interest to you.
(Here is a library subject guide to assist RMIT students who are studying in the media, journalism, screen and music disciplines. Exploring the visual art section (video art, public installations etc) will also yield fruitful results.)
Upload to the Week 1 folder.
Task for Week 2:
Find an interesting video essay about cinema and summarise it in a 1 x A4 page PDF
Using 3 x cropped screenshots, and some words to explain what the video essay taught you about an aspect of cinema
Include link for video essay.
Upload to the Week 2 folder.