Experimental Filmmaking: FromAbstraction to Poetic Encounter (FILM 3511 R)
Term: 2025-26 Academic Year Spring
Schedule
Fri, 1:40 PM - 4:40 PM (1/20/2026 - 5/5/2026) Location: SLC HEIM 135
Fri, 1:40 PM - 4:40 PM (1/20/2026 - 5/5/2026) Location: SLC HEIM 136
Fri, 1:40 PM - 4:40 PM (1/20/2026 - 5/5/2026) Location: SLC HEIM 130
Description
Prerequisite: a prior film course with working knowledge of cameras and lighting. This video-production seminar will explore, in depth, the rich world of film/video making as artistic expression. Students will complete a series of assignments and short films through lecture, discussion, and screenings of media, including artist interviews, work, readings, and visits. The course will explore moving-image forms and styles that blur the boundaries of narrative, poetic, and abstract filmmaking. There is, by definition, no formula for this kind of work; rather, this course will introduce the language and techniques of film production alongside strategies for the use of film and audio design as creative expression. In this fast-paced course, we will direct concerns to an exploration of the relationship to the aesthetics, politics, and language of filmmaking in its broadest context. We will work on concept development, visual planning, and production pathways. Frequent discussions about stude