TECH 350 SCHEDULE

PART I: ANALOG 🎥

september

1 3 \ Introductions / History of Film

Readings: Film History Primer (Part I) (via Encyclopedia Britannica)

Media: Zoetrope, Zoetrope Vinyl, Muybridge’s Horse, Vitascope, Lumière Brothers’, Le Voyages dans la Lune

Study: À la Lumière (basic video editing)

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8 10 \ Early Film Sound / Foley

Readings: Film History Primer (Part II) (via Encyclopedia Britannica) + Reading Guide

Media: Quo Vadis? (1912, Italy), The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari* (1920, Germany), Metropolis* (1927, Germany), Battleship Potemkin (1925, Soviet)

For these, the idea is to get a feel for pacing, style, deployment of narrative/technology, so feel free to click around to different scenes. Marked * is recommended (although not required) to watch in entirety.

Study: Jack Foley’s Lunch Break (performed synchronous sound effects) OR The Acousmatic Film Editor (edit by sound alone)

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15 17 \ Anachronistic Break: Music Video

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22 24 \ Analog Animation / Gestalt Principles

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october

(9/29) 1 \ Montage / Theories of Film

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6 8 \ Video Art

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14 16 \ [ASYNC, Eli in NZ] How the (Digital) Eye/Ear Works

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10/17 \ Video Artist Profile Due March 20th @ 9PM

🍂 FALL break (10/18 - 10/26) 🍂

PART II: DIGITAL 💻

28 30 \ Audio-Visual Systems / Max+Pd

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november

4 6 \ Audio-Visual Systems / TouchDesigner I - Introduction + Interactive CHOPs and TOPs

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11 13 \ Digital Animation / Processing

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18 20 \ SOPs and Interactive 3D / TouchDesigner II - Feedback Loops + Enter 3D Space

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(No Class 11/25)

🍂 THanksgiving break (11/26 - 11/30) 🍂

december

2 4 \ One-on-one meetings as needed (Tuesday) + In-class works-in-progress presentations (Thursday)

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9 11 \ In-class work (Tuesday) + Final Project Presentations (Thursday)

14 \ Submit Final Project + Reflection to Box