Experiments in Handmade Film

NC1113-01

Experiments in Handmade Film is a seven-week on-campus studio intensive, in which students create experimental 16mm short films. Learning a range of methods to manipulate film by hand,  including found footage and blank film (“black leader”), students engage in direct animation techniques through splicing, painting, scratching and collaging directly onto film stock. Using Steenbeck analog editors, students view frames in motion throughout the creative process. Digitized versions of the films allow students to add sound design and digital editing to their handmade works. Screenings of historic and contemporary 16mm handmade short films supplement students’ hands-on learning. This class is ideal for digital artists (video-makers, animators, and others) seeking to add a tactile component to their work in time-based media, as well as traditional artists who wish to incorporate motion into their handmade work.