> > Dear chuck, > > You could order the DVD about Marie Menken, a film from Martina Kudlacek. It > is available at www.index-dvd.at > At Zeitgeist there is another artist-documentary, also very interesting, from > the same filmmaker, the title is IN THE MIRROR OF MAYA DEREN. > The films are also feature length, but especially good and with a personal > style of the filmmaker. > All the best, > brigitta > > On Jul 1, 2012, at 10:53 PM, Shumona Goel wrote: >> >> I was wondering if you may be able to suggest films that have been made about >> artists for us to watch and learn how others have handled this tricky >> subject. > > Chuck Kleinhans > > Since you indicated that you are still learning your craft and this is to be a > short project, let me suggest this, in contradistinction to the fine (but > feature length for the most part) films other s have suggested. > > It is almost always interesting to show the manual process of artistic > creation. This also gives you a logical narrative "spine" for the film: > beginning to end, inspiration to completion, etc. You can thus show the > activity of art making and use a voice over from one or more separate > interviews to inform in a verbal way. If the artist makes similar work you > may be able to shoot at several different times which lets you cover something > that may not have gone well in an earlier shoot. Especially for new > filmmakers, it's a lot better to do a project about a repeated event (city > symphony, etc.) that lets you go back for B roll, etc. than a unique event > (the one championship game). > > Chuck Kleinhans > > > > _______________________________________________ FrameWorks mailing list > FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
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