Art and Design: Art Video

Unit 3: Personal Study: Essay/Presentation

Theme: Artists and Auteurs

Deadlines

Week 11 (23/11/09) Kettle’s Yard Visit

Week 12 (04/12/09) Draft 1 Essay/Presentation

Week 13 (11/12/09): Draft 2 Essay/Presentation

Week 1 Term 2 (05/01/09): Mock Exam

Presentations in Class Essay/Presentation

Week 4 Term 2 (29/01/09): UNIT 3 Deadline HAND

IN(Film and Essay/Presentation

Week 5 Term 2 (01/02/09): Tutor assessment of

Unit 3 Projects

Week 6 Term 2 (08/02/09) Unit 3 returned for

corrections

Week 6 Term 2 (12/02/09) FINAL HAND IN

Week 9 Term 2 (22/02/09) Unit 4 papers handed out

Brief: To produce an essay/sketchbook of 1000-3000 that reflects

knowledge of or draws inspiration from a film movement or
auteur/artist that relates to your own Unit 3 Practical project. You will
record and document your investigations, rough work and class
exercises in a sketchbook that demonstrates a thorough exploration of
your chosen movement or artists/auteur

During the course you will have to deliver/record and edit a

presentation adapted from your essay. This work may also be included
in the sketchbook.

Completion date for both the edited presentation and

essay/sketchbook is 29th January 2010

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Use the examples, links and images in this hand out and the
screenings and workshops over the next few weeks to develop
a context for your responses to the theme.

6PY01: Film and Video

Reference Material

Bibliography/

Film History – Kristin Thompson and David Bordwell

Film Art: An Introduction Kristin Thompson and David Bordwell
History of Art – Marcia Pointon
A History of Experimental Film and Video – A L Rees
Art and Film since 1945 – Kerry Brougher

Websites/

There will be a growing number of links on the Art Video site under Art
Video A2 Project Links: http://artvideo.edublogs.org/

Filmography/
Films to look at. We will be watching the highlighted films in class/

L’Age D’or - Luis Bunuel

Eraserhead – David Lynch
The Cabinet of Dr Caligari
Chelsea Hotel - Andy Warhol
Wavelength – Michael Snow
Neighbours – Norman Mclaren
The Five Obstructions – Lars Von Trier
Me and You and Everyone we Know – Miranda July
This Is England – Martin Parr
Cremaster Cycle - Mathew Barney
Dog Star Man – Stan Brakhage
Selected Shorts of Chris Cunningham – Chris Cunningham