Course Info: HACU-0287
| Course | HACU-0287 Performance and Directing |
| Long Title | Performance and Directing for Film, Video and Installation |
| Term | 2017F |
| Note(s) |
Instructor Permission Required Textbook information |
| Meeting Info | Jerome Liebling CenterüJerome Liebling Center 120ü120 on TüM from 9:00-11:50ü7:00-9:00 |
| Faculty | Baba Hillman |
| Capacity | 16 |
| Available | 2 |
| Waitlist | 0 |
| Distribution(s) | |
| Cumulative Skill(s) | Independent Work Multiple Cultural Perspectives |
| Additional Info | In this course, students are expected to spend approximately 8 hours weekly on work and preparation outside of class time. |
| Description | This is an advanced production/theory course for video and film students interested in developing and strengthening the element of performance in their work. How does performance for the camera differ from performance for the stage? How do we find a physical language and a camera language that expand upon one another in a way that liberates the imagination? This course explores performance and directing in their most diverse possibilities, in a context specific to film and videomakers. The class emphasizes the development of individual approaches to relationships between performance, text, sound and image. We discuss visual and verbal gesture, dialogue and voice-over, variations of approach with actors and non-actors, camera movement and rhythm within the shot, and the structuring of performance in short and long form works. Screenings and readings introduce students to a wide range of approaches to directing and performance. We study works by Shirin Neshat, Vera Chytilova, Pedro Costa, John Akomfrah, John Cassavetes, Akira Kurosawa, Lizzie Borden and the Wooster Group among others. Students complete two projects. |