cameraless

i took this class because i heard it was fun. It was a fun film class... why wouldn't i take it? i didn't really know exactly what i was doing or how the class would be constructed but i did see a few screenings of films made by this class at jengo's...they seemed pretty cool. the first day of class andre explained this class to be kind of like an arts and crafts but with film. sounded awesome to me.. and so far has been. after taking an entire semester of history of avantgarde with kreul and watching these films every week i didn't think that it would be as fun as it is to make them.. the manipulation to film stock leaves so much room for creativity and exploration of new mediums. i think its fun.. its exciting to spend a lot of time on exploring your creativity with film and then getting to see the final product.. i didn't think id be as excited as i was to see the final product of the magazine transfer project we did.. and the first day of class when we spent most of the time painting and hole punching and scratching film, i was interested to see what my creation turned out to be. I think that I have finally grasped that concept of experimental film vs. narratives because of the avant garde class i took but it took me most of the semester.. so this semester when i finally get to make it i feel like it's a lot more interesting to me than it would have been if i hadn't had kreul's class.. ive browsed through future assignments as well and i think there is a lot in store for me to express my creativity with film. i've actually gotten more and more into it recently, because im also taking shannon's experimental production class.

cameraless filmmaking to me is something that's taking more and more of my interest. I think i got into it the most when i was assigned to do an assignment doing shot by shot analyzing of brakhage's cat's cradle. even after watching it a billion times and dissecting every single little piece i still absolutely love that film. i think i had started to really forget the narrative side of things and the rhythm, color scheme, and images really appealed to me. i don't think that's cameraless but i know brakhage did do a lot of manipulation to his film...

i think so far my favorite effect has been using the hole puncher that are different shapes. but the magazine transfer has some awesome potential to make some cool shit. jessica and i are planning on trying the contact printing soon.. and i think that will turn out just as cool.. and just like everything im just stoked to see how it all looks in the end.