The Evergreen State College  •  Olympia, WA
 
  M E D I A W O R K S   WINTER 0 4 - 0 5  
  :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Faculty > Laurie Meeker [WS]

Com 308F

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  :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Julia Zay [FWS] Sem 2 D-4102 x6051 Office Hours: Wed. 12-1pm click to email
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  > Reading to help your group in planning your Documentary Essay Project: Sherry Millner's (of Paper Tiger TV) MANIFESTO "Cheap Media: Taking control of our image and our lives"  
     
 

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  WEEKLY SCHEDULE :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :::::::::::::::::: ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :::::::::::::::::::::::::::  
    T U E S D A Y 10:00AM - 1:00PM < Laurie's Workshop  > Com 326, 408  
      10:00AM - 1:00PM

< Julia's Workshop    >

 Lib 1308  
      2:00PM - 5:00PM < Lecture / Screening > Sem 2 B1105  
             
    W E D N E S D A Y  9:30AM - 11:30AM < Laurie's Seminar  > Com 308  
      10:00AM-12:00PM

< Julia's Seminar    >

 Com 323  
      1:00PM - 4:00PM < Optional Screenings > Com 326  
             
    T H U R S D A Y  10:00AM - 1:00PM < Laurie's Workshop  > Com 408  
      10:00AM - 1:00PM

< Julia's Workshop    >

 Lib 1308  
      2:00PM - 4:00PM < The Salon > Sem 2 E4115  
             

 

     
  <Week 1 - Documentary: Reflexivity, Autobiography and the Essay >  
   
  • SEMINAR Reading: Nichols [Intro, Ch. 1 and 2]  
  • WORKSHOP Readings:
Film - Pincus [Pref, Ch. 1 Intro F/V Systems and Ch. 2 The Film Camera]
Downloads from Media Services: http://www.evergreen.edu/media/ml/downloads.html 
Sekonic and Turndra Light Meters, Bolex Manual and Proficiency Test Questions, 16mm Policies, 16mm Catalogue, APS work order
Audio/Video - Pincus [Ch. 9 Sound Recording Systems] 		 
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  LECTURE/SCREENING - Tuesday 2pm-5pm in Sem 2 B1105
Man with a Movie Camera, Dziga Vertov, USSR, 1929, 68 min. (DVD, LM)
Hairpiece, Ayoka Chenzira, US, 1985 10 min. (VHS, JZ)
A Spy in the House That Ruth Built, Vanalyne Green, US, 1989, 30 min. (VHS, JZ)		  
     
  WORKSHOPS – Tuesday 10am-1pm
Group A – Intro to Film, LM, COM 326
Group B – Intro to Audio: Concepts, MiniDisc Recorders, Microphones, JZ, LIB 1308

SEMINARS - Wednesday
9:30-11:30 with Laurie in COM 308
10:00-12:00 with Julia in COM 323

WORKSHOPS – Thursday 10am-1pm
Group A– Intro to Audio: Concepts, MiniDisc Recorders, Microphones, JZ, LIB 1308
Group B – Intro to Film, Sekonics, Bolex Proficiency, LM, COM 408

ASSIGNMENTS:
Group A – Field Recording, 3 listening modes - click HERE for handout
Group B – Shoot camera test in groups of 2, see handout on logistics; Field Recording - click HERE for handout 		 
     
  THE SALON – Thursday 2pm-4pm Seminar 2 E 4115
Tea and Conversation, Idea Fair, forming Peer Groups		  
 

 

  

 

     
  <Week 2 - The Film/Video Essay, Part 1 >  
   
  • SEMINAR Reading:  Stuff It  [pp. 8-23]
                    -AND-
Dossier on the essay film/video:
>Critical/historical texts
1. Michael Renov, “History and/as Autobiography: The Essayistic in Film and Video”
2. Paul Arthur, “Essay Questions” Film Comment 39:1 (Jan/Feb 2003) 58-63. [ctrl-click HERE]
3. Peter Thompson, “The Cinematic Essay: The Cine What?”http://www.chicagomediaworks.com/2instructworks/3editing_doc/3editing_docinematicessay.html
4. Paul Graham, “The Age of the Essay” http://www.paulgraham.com/essay.html  
  
 

• WORKSHOP Readings:
Film - Pincus [Ch. 3 The Lens and Ch. 4 The Film Image]
Audio/Video - Pincus [Ch. 10 Sound Recording Techniques]

 
 
• ADDITIONAL READINGS :
>Essays: Read these at your own pace through week 5 [Solnit will be speaking at Evergreen Week 7]
5. Rebecca Solnit, “The Right of People Peaceably to Assemble in Unusual Clothing: Notes on the Streets of San Francisco” Harvard Design Magazine No. 4 (Winter/Spring 1998)http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/research/publications/hdm/back/4solnit.html 
6. Rebecca Solnit, “Farewell Bohemia: On Art, Urbanity, and Rent” Harvard Design Magazine No. 11 (Summer 2000) http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/research/publications/hdm/back/11solnit.html
7. Rebecca Solnit, “Diary” London Review of Books Vol. 25, No. 19 (9 October 2003)http://www.lrb.co.uk/v25/n19/soln01_.html
8. [OPTIONAL] Laura Kipnis, Against Love: A Polemic (2003)
9. [OPTIONAL] Laura Kipnis, Bound & Gagged: Pornography and the Politics of Fantasy in America (1999)
10. Interview with Agnes Varda - http://www.indiewire.com/people/int_Varda_Agnes_010308.html 
 
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  LECTURE/SCREENING - Tuesday 2pm-5pm in Sem 2 B1105
The Gleaners and I, Agnes Varda, France, 2000, 82 min.
  
     
 

WORKSHOPS – Tuesday 10am-1pm
Group A – Lens/Exposure, Sekonics, Bolex Proficiency, LM, COM 408
Group B – Peak DV Workshop <Audio processing/prep>, JZ, LIB 1308

SEMINARS - Wednesday
9:30-11:30 with Laurie in COM 308
10:00-12:00 with Julia in COM 323

OPTIONAL SCREENING – Wednesday COM 326, 1pm
Sans Soleil, Chris Marker, France/US, 100 min. 1982 (TESC, VHS)

WORKSHOPS – Thursday 10am-1pm
Group A – Peak DV Workshop <Audio processing/prep>, JZ, LIB 1308
Group B – Lens/Exposure, Eiki Proficiency, Screen Camera Test B, LM, COM 326

ASSIGNMENTS:
Group A – Shoot camera test in groups of 2, see handout on logistics
Group B – Pre-plan with your group for next Thursday's workshop 		 
     
  THE SALON – Thursday 2pm-4pm Seminar 2 E 4115
Tea and Conversation, Idea Fair, Forming Peer Groups [groups must be finalized by today] 		 
 

 

  

 

     
  <Week 3 - Documentary Form/Strategies >  
   
  • SEMINAR Reading:  Nichols [ch. 5 and 6]
  
 

• WORKSHOP Readings:
Film - Pincus [Ch. 5 Color and Filters, Ch. 8 Shooting]
Audio/Video - Pincus [Ch. 6 The Video Camcorder, Ch. 7 The Video Image]

 
 
• ADDITIONAL READINGS :
  >2 OPTIONAL short articles for Wednesday optional screening:
• Martin Brady, “Agent Provocateur” Northwestern Magazine, Winter 2004 http://www.northwestern.edu/magazine/northwestern/winter2004/features/kipnis/index.htm
• "Style: An Interview with Laura Kipnis" by Jeffrey J. Williams, The Minnesota Review 58-60 (2003)
http://www.theminnesotareview.org/ns58/kipnis.htm
>Script for The River, Pare Lorentz is here.
 
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  LECTURE/SCREENING - Tuesday 2pm-5pm in Sem 2 B1105
Rain, Joris Ivens, The Netherlands, 1929, 12 min. (TESC, VHS)
The River, Pare Lorentz, US RA, 1937, 30 min. (TESC, VHS)
High School, Frederick Wiseman, 1968, 75 min. (TESC, VHS)-possibly move to Optional screening or week 5
Daughter Rite, Michelle Citron, 1978, 53 min. (TESC, VHS)
  
     
 

WORKSHOPS – Tuesday 10am-1pm
Group A – 3-Chip Video Cameras <Sony PD-150>, JZ, LIB 1308
Group B – Cinematography, continued LM, COM 408

SEMINARS - Wednesday
9:30-11:30 with Laurie in COM 308
10:00-12:00 with Julia in COM 323

OPTIONAL SCREENING – Wednesday COM 326, 1pm
The Body Beautiful, Ngozi Onwurah, UK, 1991, 23 min. (TESC, VHS)
Marx: The Video, Laura Kipnis, US, 1990, 35 min. (VHS, JZ)

WORKSHOPS – Thursday 10am-1pm
Groups A & B in COM 408: Visual Planning and Audio Design

ASSIGNMENTS:
Shoot Documentary Event: Group A Video and Audio, Group B Film Cameras
See handout for parameters, logistics - click HERE. 		 
     
  THE SALON – Thursday 2pm-4pm Seminar 2 E 4115
Tea and Conversation facilitated by:
1. Ricky, Kira, Brad, Tyler
2. Erin O., Texas, Lori, Paige
 
 

 

  

 

     
  <Week 4 - The Film/Video Essay Part II >  
   
  • SEMINAR Reading:  Stuff It  [pp. 83-91, 92-97, 142-143, 156] -- [pp. 24-33 Optional]
James Baldwin, The Devil Finds Work, Pt 1: “Congo Square” (pp 3-35) For the reading, click HERE.

  
 

• WORKSHOP Readings:
Film - Pincus [Ch. 5 Color and Filters, Ch. 8 Shooting]
Audio/Video - Pincus [Ch. 6 The Video Camcorder, Ch. 7 The Video Image]

 
 
• ADDITIONAL READINGS :
 >Multiculturalism and Epistemic Rupture: The Vanishing Acts of Guillermo Gomez-Pena and Alfredo Vea Jr - Critical Essay from MELUS, Summer 2000 by Stacy Alaimo.  For the article, click HERE.
>Interview with Richard Fung - http://www.latrobe.edu.au/screeningthepast/firstrelease/fr0703/kbfr15.html 
 
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  LECTURE/SCREENING - Tuesday 2pm-5pm in Sem 2 B1105
Border Stasis, Guillermo Gomez-Pena, Mexico, 1998, 25 min. (TESC, VHS)
Sea in the Blood, Richard Fung, Canada, 2000, 26 min. (JZ, VHS)
Performing the Border, Ursula Biemann, Switzerland, 1999, 43 min. (JZ, VHS)
  
     
 

WORKSHOPS – Tuesday 10am-1pm
Group A – Eiki Proficiencies, Screen Camera Test,  LM, COM 408
Group B – 3-Chip Video Cameras <Sony PD-150>, JZ, LIB 1308

SEMINARS - Wednesday
9:30-11:30 with Laurie in COM 308
10:00-12:00 with Julia in COM 323

OPTIONAL SCREENING – Wednesday COM 326, 1pm
Tongues Untied, Marlon Riggs, US, 1989, 55 min.

WORKSHOPS – Thursday 10am-1pm
Groups A & B in LIB 1308: Visual Planning and Audio Design

ASSIGNMENTS:
Shoot Documentary Event: Group A Film Cameras, Group B Video and Audio
See handout for parameters, logistics - click HERE.		  
     
  THE SALON – Thursday 2pm-4pm Seminar 2 E 4115
Tea and Conversation facilitated by:
1. Susie, Andy, Ben, Erin C., Eva
2. Kaleb, Rachel, Erik 		 
 

 

  

 

     
  <Week 5 - Documentary Form/Strategies continued >  
   
  • SEMINAR Reading:  Nichols [ch. 7 and 8]
Barbara Hammer, The Politics of Abstraction from Queer Looks:  Perspectives on Lesbian and Gay Film and Video, Ed. by Gever, Greyson and Parmar.
 
 

• WORKSHOP Readings:
Film -Pincus [Ch. 11 Lighting, Ch. 12 Picture and Dialogue Editing, Ch. 13 Film Editing]
Audio/Video -

 
 
• ADDITIONAL READINGS :
 David Bordwell, The Analytical Essay from The McGraw-Hill Film Viewers Guide.
 
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  LECTURE/SCREENING - Tuesday 2pm-5pm in Sem 2 B1105
Night and Fog, Alain Resnais, France, 1955, 31 min. DVD (LM)
Coffee Coloured Children, Ngozi Onwurah, UK, 1988, 15 min. (TESC, VHS)
Nitrate Kisses, Barbara Hammer, 16mm, 67 min. 1992
  
     
 

WORKSHOPS – Tuesday 10am-1pm
Group A – Critique Doc Events (Audio and Video), JZ, LIB 1308
Group B – Critique Doc Events (Film), Film Editing Workshop, LM, COM 326

SEMINARS - Wednesday
9:30-11:30 with Laurie in COM 308
10:00-12:00 with Julia in COM 323

OPTIONAL SCREENING – Wednesday COM 326, 1pm
Franz Fanon, Black Skin White Masks, Isaac Julien, UK, 1995, 50 min. (TESC, VHS)

WORKSHOPS – Thursday 10am-1pm
Group A – Critique Doc Events (Film), Film Editing Workshop, LM, COM 326
Group B – Critique Doc Events (Audio and Video), JZ, LIB 1308

ASSIGNMENTS:
Documentary Essay Production, Group A Video and Audio – Audio prep in Peak DV for DP/Digital Audio Editing workshop
Group B Film Cameras		  
     
  THE SALON – Thursday 2pm-4pm Seminar 2 E 4115
Tea and Conversation facilitated by:
1. Jaden, Melissa, Rachel T., Regina
2. Emily, Daniel, Gordon, Kate, Laura 		 
 

 

  

 

     
  <Week 6 - Autobiography, Part I:  Diary, Documentary >  
   
  • SEMINAR Reading:  Lane [Intro, ch. 1 and 2]
 Peter Thompson, “Self-Portrayal” http://www.chicagomediaworks.com/2instructworks/3digital1/SelfPortrayal.pdf

  
  • WORKSHOP Readings:
Film -Pincus [Ch. 11 Lighting]
Audio/Video - Pincus [Ch. 11 Lighting, Ch. 15 Sound Editing] 		 
 
• >>>>  IMPORTANT Week 6 Announcements:   For the PDF, click HERE.

  
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  LECTURE/SCREENING - Tuesday 2pm-5pm in Sem 2 B1105
David Holtzman’s Diary, Jim McBride, US, 1967, 90 min. (JZ, VHS)
Videos of Sadie Benning (TESC, VHS) 
  
     
 

WORKSHOPS – Tuesday 10am-1pm
Group A – Digital Performer Workshop I, JZ, Multimedia Lab (MML)
Group B – Lighting for Film and Video with Dave, LM, LIB 1308

SEMINARS - Wednesday
9:30-11:30 with Laurie in COM 308
10:00-12:00 with Julia in COM 323

OPTIONAL SCREENING – Wednesday COM 326, 1pm
Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania, Jonas Mekas, 1972, 102 min. (TESC, VHS)

WORKSHOPS – Thursday 10am-1pm
Group A – Lighting for Film and Video with Dave, LM, LIB 1308
Group B – Digital Performer Workshop I, JZ, Multimedia Lab (MML)

ASSIGNMENTS:
Documentary Essay Production:
Group A Film Cameras
Group B Audio prep for Digital Performer workshop
 NOTE: All film must be at the lab next Monday by 1pm, to be prepped for transfer
ALSO: Work on Diary Film Design – see handout  
  
     
  THE SALON – Thursday 2pm-4pm Seminar 2 E 4115
Tea and Conversation facilitated by:
1. Mark, Claire, Dusty, Marsha
2. Jon, Elisa, Kelly, Noah		  
 

 

  

 

     
  <Week 7 - Autobiography, Part II >  
   
  • WORKSHOP Readings:
Film -Pincus [Ch. 16 The Film Labratory and Ch. 17 Film-Video transfers]
Audio/Video - Pincus [Ch. 15 Sound Editing] 		 
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WORKSHOPS – Tuesday 10am-1pm
Temp Group A (as signed up for on Tues. wk. 6) – Digital Performer Workshop II, JZ, Multimedia Lab (MML)
Temp Group B (as signed up for on Tues. wk. 6) – Critique Works in Progress, LM, COM 326

WORKSHOPS - Wednesday
9:30-11:30 Temp Group B (as signed up for on Tues. wk. 6) – Critique Works in Progress, LM, COM 308
10:00-12:00 Temp Group A (as signed up for on Tues. wk. 6) – Digital Performer Workshop II, JZ, Multimedia Lab (MML)

• > JULIA's PRESENTATION - Wednesday 1-2pm, Seminar II D 1105

OPTIONAL SCREENING – Wednesday COM 326, 3pm
Swallow, Elisabeth Subrin (JZ, VHS)
Home Avenue AND Age 12: Love with a little ‘L’ Jennifer Montgomery (JZ, VHS)

ALL DAY FIELD TRIP TO LABS – Thursday 8:30am-6:30pm
Forde Motion Picture Labs
Alpha Cine Labs for Film to DV Transfer 10am-1pm
10 Groups, 300 ft. (9 min. max per group) = 3000 ft. or approx. 90 min.
Museum of Glass, Solid Cinema and other exhibits

ASSIGNMENTS:
Group B Shoot Diary Film		  
     
 

 

  

 

     
  <Week 8 - Autobiography, Part III:  Autobiography and Subjectivity >  
   
  • SEMINAR Reading:  Lane [ch. 5] and Biemann [pp. 138-139]

  
  • >>>>  IMPORTANT Week 8 Announcements:   For the PDF, click HERE.
• >>>>  IMPORTANT MML Hours:   FEBRUARY 19, 20, 21, 22, 23 open from 12:00-10:00pm.

  
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  LECTURE/SCREENING - Tuesday 2pm-5pm in Sem 2 B1105
Finding Christa, Camille Billops and James Hatch, 1991, 55 min (TWN)
The Smell of Burning Ants, Jay Rosenblatt, US, 1994, 21 min, 16mm (JZ, VHS)
Delirium, Mindy Faber, 1993, 23 min (TESC, VHS)  
  
     
 

WORKSHOPS – Tuesday 10am-1pm
This is production time.  Also, individual conferences are available by appointment with Laurie or Julia.

SEMINARS - Wednesday
9:30-11:30 with Laurie in COM 308
10:00-12:00 with Julia in COM 323

OPTIONAL SCREENING – Wednesday COM 326, 1pm
History and Memory, Rea Tajiri, 1991, 32 min. (TESC, VHS)
The Ties That Bind, Su Friedrich, US, 1984, 55 min. (TESC, 16mm)

CRITIQUE ESSAY FILMS – Thursday
10:00-1:00 in LIB 1308
2:00-5:00 in COM 326

ASSIGNMENTS:
Group A Shoot Diary Film
  
     
 

 

  

 

     
  <Week 9 - Autobiography, Part IV:  Journal Entries >  
   
  • SEMINAR Reading:  Lane [ch. 3]

  
  • ADDITIONAL READINGS :
 for Wednesday optional screening: "’I Am A Camera,’ Ross McElwee on First-Person Filmmaking” by Nick Poppy  http://www.indiewire.com/people/people_040824bright.html 		 
 
• >>>>  IMPORTANT MML Hours:   MARCH 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 open from 12:00-10:00pm.

  
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  LECTURE/SCREENING - Tuesday 2pm-5pm in Sem 2 B1105
Silverlake Life: A View From Here, Tom Joslin and Peter Friedman, US, 1993 (TESC, VHS)
  
     
 

WORKSHOPS – Tuesday 10am-1pm
Group A – Critique Works in Progress, Audio JZ, LIB 1308
Group B – Critique Works in Progress, Rushes, Rough Cuts, LM, COM 326

SEMINARS - Wednesday
9:30-11:30 with Laurie in COM 308
10:00-12:00 with Julia in COM 323

OPTIONAL SCREENING – Wednesday COM 326, 1pm
Sherman’s March, Ross McElwee, US, 1986 (TESC)

WORKSHOPS – Thursday 10am-1pm
Group A – Critique Works in Progress, Rushes, Rough Cuts, LM, COM 326
Group B – Critique Works in Progress, Audio JZ, LIB 1308

ASSIGNMENTS:
Diary Films and Audio Post-Production
 
     
  THE SALON – Thursday 2pm-4pm Seminar 2 E 4115
Tea and Conversation facilitated by:
1. Clark, Crystal, Eric B., Perrin
2. Jay, Jamie, Federico, Brenda 		 
 

 

  

 

     
  <Week 10 - The Self and the Local - Tony Buba >  
   
  • SEMINAR Reading:  Lane [ch. 4]

  
 
• >>>>  IMPORTANT MML Hours:  The Saturday after week 10 the MML will be closed so use the non-linear suite if needed.

 
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  LECTURE/SCREENING - Tuesday 2pm-5pm in Sem 2 B1105
Screening: Lightning Over Braddock, Tony Buba, US, 1988, 80 min. 
  
     
 

CRITIQUE DIARY FILMS – Tuesday
10:00-1:00 in COM 326

SEMINARS - Wednesday
9:30-11:30 with Laurie in COM 308
10:00-12:00 with Julia in COM 323

OPTIONAL SCREENING – Wednesday COM 326, 1pm
Sherman’s March, Ross McElwee, US, 1986 (TESC)

CRITIQUE DIARY FILMS– Thursday
10:00-1:00 in COM 326
2:00-4:00 in COM 326