modern experimental and expanded film
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LG: To build a portfolio of case studies on Experimental and Expanded Film makers with a focus on more modern directors
SC: to comment confidently on spectatorship and set your own agenda for this exam question
In this unit we will look at the work of a number of more modern Experimental film makers.
As you watch the films the main questions to ask are:• Who watches experimental film?• Where do they view them?• What kinds of film or video are watched? Can you see any patterns in the more modern experimental film. Can you see any influences from the earlier experimental films you have watched?• How are spectators challenged?
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LG: To build a portfolio of case studies on Experimental and Expanded Film makers with a focus on more modern directors
SC: to comment confidently on spectatorship and set your own agenda for this exam question
Sam TaylorWood (born 4 March 1967 in London) is an English filmmaker, photographer and conceptual artist
Breakthrough 1994 with the work Killing Time in which four people mimed an opera score. From that point multiscreen video works became the main focus of TaylorWood's work.
Video works Travesty of a Mockery and PentUp in 1996.
In 2002, TaylorWood was commissioned by the National Portrait Gallery to make a video portrait of David Beckham sleeping.
In 2008, TaylorWood directed a short film Love You More, written by Patrick Marber and produced by Anthony Minghella. The film includes two songs by Buzzcocks and features a cameo appearance by the band's lead singer Pete Shelley.
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LG: To build a portfolio of case studies on Experimental and Expanded Film makers with a focus on more modern directors
SC: to comment confidently on spectatorship and set your own agenda for this exam question
In August 2008 TaylorWood was chosen to direct Nowhere Boy, a biopic about legendary Beatles singer, John Lennon. The 53rd annual London Film Festival has selected Nowhere Boy to be its closing presentation on October 29, 2009.
In February 2009, Sam TaylorWood, collaborating with Sky Arts chose to interpret Vesti la Giubba from Pagliacci.
She commented: "I’m really happy to be involved in such a great project. I think by capturing one of opera's most moving moments in a film short, we have put a modern spin on the aria.
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LG: To build a portfolio of case studies on Experimental and Expanded Film makers with a focus on more modern directors
SC: to comment confidently on spectatorship and set your own agenda for this exam question
Video installation combines video technology with installation art.
It is an art form that utilizes all aspects of its surrounding environment as a vehicle of affecting the audience.
Its origins tracing back to the birth of video art in the 1970s.
It has increased in popularity as the means of digital video production have become more readily accessible.
You will find video installation in a range of environmentsfrom galleries and museums to an expanded field that includes sitespecific work in urban or industrial landscapes.
Popular formats include monitor work, projection, and performance. The only requirements are electricity and darkness.ments.
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LG: To build a portfolio of case studies on Experimental and Expanded Film makers with a focus on more modern directors
SC: to comment confidently on spectatorship and set your own agenda for this exam question
One of the main strategies used by videoinstallation artists is the incorporation of the space as a key element in the narrative structure.
This way, the wellknown linear cinematic narrative is spread throughout the space creating an immersive ambient.
In this situation, the viewer plays an active role as he/she creates the narrative sequence by evolving in the space.
Sometimes, the idea of a participatory audience is stretched further in interactive video installation.
Some other times, the video is displayed in such a way that the viewer becomes part of the plot as a character in a film.
A pioneer of video installation was Nam June Paik whose work from the midsixties used multiple television monitors in sculptural arrangements. Paik went on to work with video walls and projectors to create large immersive environments.
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LG: To build a portfolio of case studies on Experimental and Expanded Film makers with a focus on more modern directors
SC: to comment confidently on spectatorship and set your own agenda for this exam question
In time No one will remember our work Our life will pass like the traces of a cloud And be scattered like Mist that is chased by the Rays of the sun For our time is the passing of a shadow And our lives will run like Sparks through the stubble. I place a delphinium, Blue, upon your grave
THE FINAL LINES ...
DEREK JARMAN
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LG: To build a portfolio of case studies on Experimental and Expanded Film makers with a focus on more modern directors
SC: to comment confidently on spectatorship and set your own agenda for this exam question
Derek Jarman's 'Blue'
Interview with Steve McQueen
Nam Paik June Venus
Graham Nichols Installation Artist
Peter Greenaway on his film 'A Zed and Two Noughts'
Attachments
Peter Greenaway on his film 'A Zed and Two Noughts'
Graham Nichols Installation Artist
Nam Paik June Venus
Interview with Steve McQueen
Derek Jarman's 'Blue'