What I found to be wonderful about this reading is, and what I liked about the Fred Camper article, the emphasis on the independent or Amateur filmmaker. Deren was very concise and expressive on the "mobile body" and compared how it will beat any tripod or monster rig. As film students, hobbyists, lovers, etc. we need to apply all of Deren's points to our careers in cinema. I have never had a clear idea of this before, but many people think that gear is the most important aspect to film, with myself being guilty of this too. Everyone needs to use what they have to the fullest. Dont break your piggy bank and buy that Epic Dragon Red camera, bigger is not better, a quality film is the best thing. Thank you Maya Deren.
Like life, we should film to the fullest.
Film = Life
Tuesday, August 25, 2015
A response to Fred Camper
After previous film classes and the barrage of experimental films I have seen, I believe that Camper has a great set of guidelines that can define an experimental. To many, an experimental film can mean something or nothing and without being active and watching multiple times, a film can be confusing. The fourth point that Camper made was most interesting to me because the incorporation of that many experimental techniques into one career is just awesome, i.e. Brakhage. My interest in this mode of cinema has been increasing rapidly, with the current state of the film industry, I feel that the independent nature of experimental filmmakers is going to be part of the new wave of the modern cinema.
MY Manifesto
Hello everyone!
I am Bobby Hartman and a junior in the film studies major here at UNCW. For a major part of my life I thought I knew what i wanted to be when i grew up, at least that is what I thought anyway. My interests were in film started when I first watched the 1978 Superman film with Christopher Reeves. As I got older and around the time Youtube was created, I became fascinated by the lego animations and stop motions that others were making and that eventually led to me starting my own channel and making very short videos. I have been continuing this hobby for about 6 or 7 years now and I have a new page. After I graduated I enrolled at ECU as an art major, which was a great school. However, I saw the film program here and I decided to take the direct approach to what I love most and what has kept me up night after night and very sleep deprived, Film.
If you are interested, here is a link to my current youtube channel. My older shorts are in a playlist on the current channel and featured to the side.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzIfXqqIMuM57FguLbh7BCQ
I am Bobby Hartman and a junior in the film studies major here at UNCW. For a major part of my life I thought I knew what i wanted to be when i grew up, at least that is what I thought anyway. My interests were in film started when I first watched the 1978 Superman film with Christopher Reeves. As I got older and around the time Youtube was created, I became fascinated by the lego animations and stop motions that others were making and that eventually led to me starting my own channel and making very short videos. I have been continuing this hobby for about 6 or 7 years now and I have a new page. After I graduated I enrolled at ECU as an art major, which was a great school. However, I saw the film program here and I decided to take the direct approach to what I love most and what has kept me up night after night and very sleep deprived, Film.
If you are interested, here is a link to my current youtube channel. My older shorts are in a playlist on the current channel and featured to the side.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzIfXqqIMuM57FguLbh7BCQ
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