VIDEO/MULTIMEDIA I and II
Montclair University, Spring 2009
Tuesdays 10.00 - 1.20pm
Jeff Thompson
Contact: mail@jeffreythompson.org
Office hours: Tuesdays by appointment

COURSE FILES
(clicking on the individual link should automatically download the files, otherwise right-click or click and hold and select "Save link as...")

SYLLABUS

ASSIGNMENTS
Assignments are listed for dates assigned, not due!

VIDEO I

Jan 27
Pickpocket Re-edit (in class only, not due)

Feb 3
Reinterpret Old Master Painting

Feb 10
Editing as Book

Feb 17
Finish Old Master video, books not finished also due

Feb 24
Abstract Video

March 3
Finish Abstract Video, all projects due for midterm

March 10
Bag

March 24
Bag, Part 2

March 31
Final Project proposal

April 7
Final Project footage

April 14
Final Project - all footage due

April 21
Finish finalpProject crit

VIDEO II

Jan 27
Pickpocket Re-edit (in class only, not due)

Feb 3
Video and...

Feb 10
Continue Video and...

Feb 17
Finish Video and...

Feb 24
Field Recordings

March 3
Finish Field Recording project, all projects due for midterm

March 10
Three Sound Projects
and
Bag

[ sound files for "The Best Silence, Ever" ]

March 31
Final Project proposal

April 7
Final Project footage

April 14
Final Project - all footage due

April 21
Finish final project



HANDOUTS

Basic Guide to FinalCut Files

Structure of the Visual Book by Keith A Smith

Ben Burt Interview on Studio 360

Audio Terminology


Oblique Strategies



LECTURES
All available as PowerPoint files unless otherwise noted.

Video Installation

Sound Art (.zip archive of recordings)

Data as a Creative Visual Medium


FINAL PROJECT SCHEDULE

03.31
Project assigned, begin shooting as time permits

04.07
Proposal due
Group discussion of project ideas

04.14
Continue shooting
First five minutes of footage due

04.21
Footage shot and captured due, in-class editing
Individual and group discussion of projects in progress

04.26
Finished projects due
Critique of final projects
All missing assignments due

Exam period
Final crits as needed


SERVER ACCESS


THE SERVER WILL BE WIPED AFTER THE LAST DAY OF EXAMS. BACK UP YOUR VIDEOS BEFORE THE EXAM PERIOD TO MAKE SURE THEY DON'T GET DELETED!

Server address: auset.montclair.edu
Username: MMVLABJT
Password: student

To connect, click on the Desktop or Finder, then select Go, Connect to server...

After logging in for the first time, please create a folder with your name (eg: JTHOMPSON or Jeff Thompson) and save all your projects there.


LAB ACCESS

The lab will be open specific hours during the week and weekend.   A schedule will be posted outside the classroom.   Please be advised that this schedule is subject to change (especially at the beginning of the semester) so check it often.   Lab computers have software that wipes the hard drive daily.

As of 02.26.2009, subject to change. Lab hours will not be held during spring break.

MON
TUES
WED
THURS
FRI
SAT
SUN
9-10am

4:30-5:30pm
9-10am

1:30-5:30pm
9-10am

2-4:45pm
9am-1pm

9-10am

3-9:45pm

4-6pm
11am-2pm



EQUIPMENT CHECKOUT

Equipment can be checked out from "The Cage" which is just down the hall from the undergrad office.   Adrian runs The Cage, and is very helpful - be nice to him! 

You will need a $25 deposit and your student ID to check out equipment.  

The borrowing period is for two days:   Mon-Tues, Wed-Thurs, Fri-Sun

BE SURE be sure to check the camera you are given to make sure it has batteries and a charger.   Also be sure to ask for a firewire cable, since you will not be given one automatically.


RECOMMENDED TEXTS

In the Blink of an Eye by Walter Murch; Silman-James Press, 2001

Digital Filmmaking by Mike Figgis; Faber and Faber Inc, 2007

Visual Quickpro Guide to FinalCut 6; Peachpit Press, 2008

UPLOAD VIDEOS TO THE MSU FILM/VIDEO YOUTUBE GROUP

Any class project is welcome, either from this class or previous film/video projects.

http://www.youtube.com/group/msufilm