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Brian Eno and Peter Schmidt (1975)

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John Cage interview excerpt

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ACT ONE

A country road. A Tree. Evening.

Estragon, sitting on a low mound is trying to take off his boot. He pulls at it with both hands, panting. He gives up, exhausted, rests, tries again. As before.

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ACT ONE

It is Central Park; a Sunday Afternoon in summer; the present. There are two park benches, one towards either side of the stage; they both face the audience. Behind them: foliage trees, sky. At the beginnig, Peter is seated on one of the benches.

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ACT ONE

Scene: An unpretentious dining-room, drawing-room and office combined.
On the right, a door.
On the left another door.
Backstage centre a large window with closed shutters; the space between the slats is, however, wide enough to let in sufficient light. Left centre, a small table strewn with notebooks and pencils. On the right, against the wall, between the window and the right-hand door, a small table with a telephone switchboard on it, and a chair. Another chair also close to the centre table. An old armchair well down stage. There should be no other furniture in the first act, except a clearly visible clock, with hands that move.

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Watch the opening sequences for this film. Note the playful use of material.

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Amelie von Wulffen and Michael Graessner, Pedigree, 1996/1999

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Pedigree, 1996/1999
5:13 minutes
Claymation, in collaboration with Michael Graessner

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Prep Task For Session 2:

Now that you are familiar with the Dragonframe set-up and the space for testing materials, we will use the writing of stage directions, borrowed from theatre, to introduce 3 possible opening of a scene.

In preparation next week each of you should aim to do the following:

1)

Write 3 stage directions for possible opening shot of your film. This padlet has a few examples.

2)

Aim to bring in an additional 3-5 materials that will help you to build a scene based on your stage directions. Make sure you bring in a good amount of materials to work with, which will allow you to be indulgent in your use of materials. You may wish to refer to your tests at this stage, where did problems arise (e.g. Will you need to shoot against a backdrop? Will you require additional materials to obscure the stage?)

3)
If you need to create additional props or scenery for your tests next week, I recommend you do this ahead of the session.

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Write down 3 adjectives that you would ascribe to the theme(s) you have been researching over the summer.

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Working in pairs, choose one of the adjectives from the list that your partner has created. Your task is to create an atmosphere in front of the camera using your objects, materials and lighting that responds to the adjectives that have been chosen. Work as a team on each others' set and create a short animated sequence at the end of each set-up.

Be sensitive to the affordances offered by each object and material.

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Upload your test sequences to the padlet when they are completed.

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We have liftoff! Model Starship is a super-short abstract film directed by moving image artist Max Hattler with sound by Eduardo Noya Schreus.

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