MONO NO AWARE
FILMMAKING WORKSHOPS
“WINTER & EARLY SPRING WORKSHOPS 2012
We are very excited to announce our new line up of filmmaking workshops!
These workshops would not be possible without the partnership of KODAK, DIJIFI, PAC-LAB and our host space THE CENTER FOR PERFORMANCE RESEARCH
Registration is now open! FULL WORKSHOP DESCRIPTIONS BELOW
PLEASE READ WORKSHOP POLICIES BEFORE REGISTERING. IF THE WORKSHOP YOU ARE INTERESTED IS FULL CONTACT US TO PRE-REGISTER FOR THE NEXT SESSION. ALSO WE WILL BE OFFERING STOP-MOTION ANIMATION, CAMERA OBSCURA FILMMAKING AND MORE IN THE SPRING, CONTACT US IF YOU HAVE INTEREST IN PRE-REGISTERING.
Note that our workshops are limited to 10 persons or less providing an intimate hands-on learning experience. ALL materials, film and equipment related to the class are inclusive. The workshops take place at CPR (361 Manhattan Ave, Unit 1, Brooklyn, New York) ONLY 2 blocks from Graham L subway stop or 3 short blocks from Lorimer L/G. AND at Negativland Darkroom (1717 Troutman St, Suite #244 Brooklyn, New York) ONLY 2 short blocks from the Jefferson L subway stop. Maps below.
MARCH & APRIL
16 MM DIRECT FILMMAKING WORKSHOP
Instructor: Uzi Sabah
Teaching Assistant: Steve Cossman
In this workshop students will learn to manipulate the surface of the film using a variety of direct film-making techniques; painting, scratching, collage, and masking in order to create an experimental film on 16mm. This intensive workshop is designed to introduce, explore and master (on some level) the ability to articulate movement through the tactile gesturings of this beautiful cinematic language. The course will meet 4 times, beginning with a brief history of filmmakers using these methods along with their contemporaries. After instruction students will get their hands dirty almost immediately. The goal is to have each participant create a well developed direct film work, that we will screen at the end of the session. Students will walk away with hands on experience of direct filmmaking, a finished film work, the knowledge to continue to work in this practice at home and a list of venues to pursue for exhibition. All materials will be provided for.Finished projects will be presented after the conclusion of the course at our student screening.
WORKSHOP INSTRUCTION: 4 Sessions + Screening Party
MARCH : TUESDAY the 6th MONDAYS 12th, 19th, 26th from 7-9:30PM
LOCATION: CPR 361 Manhattan Ave, Unit 1, Brooklyn
Course includes: 4 classroom instruction sessions, 100ft of film material, black leader, paints, masking elements, editing materials, access to equipment and projectors.
You will complete the course with the knowledge to continue to make direct films at home, a completed film on a projection ready reel and a digitally transferred copy of your work by DiJiFi.
Workshop: $ 110 Course cap: 10 students
INTRODUCTION TO HAND-PROCESSING BLACK & WHITE REVERSAL FILM -
Instructor- Joshua Lewis
Processing your own film can foster an intimate connection with the medium and produce a variety of effects that cannot be achieved by professional lab services. In this one-day workshop, students will be given all of the information necessary to start their own home operation. We will go over key chemical reactions, mix our own chemistry, and each student will take a 100’ roll of film through each stage of the reversal process. All chemicals and equipment will be provided, and films will be ready to screen at the end of the session. The class will be conducted in the instructor’s personal darkroom studio in Bushwick. Participants should bring an exposed roll of film and, though protective aprons will be provided, are encouraged to wear old clothing.
WORKSHOP INSTRUCTION: 1 Session + Screening Party
MARCH SUNDAY 18TH 11AM - 5 PM
LOCATION: Negativland Darkroom 1717 Troutman St, Suite #244 Brooklyn
Course includes: 1 extended classroom instruction session, access to processing facilities, chemicals and protective gear (* Please note that you must bring your own film stock either raw stock for experimentation or previously shot-we can help you acquire this) You will complete the course with the knowledge to continue to develop film at home, a completed film on a projection ready reel and a digitally transferred copy of your work by DiJiFi.
Workshop: $ 70 Course cap: 5 students
A great workshop to take in conjunction with either of the courses above
(Introduction to 16 MM, Super 8 MM) OR independent shooting.
**NEW OFFERING**
ADVANCED 16 MM FILMMAKING WORKSHOP COLOR REVERSAL
Instructor- Tomasz Werner
Teaching Assistant - Sean Hanley
In this class students will further their knowledge of 16 mm filmmaking techniques. Shooting with an ARRIFLEX Professional camera outfit, participants will learn camera options, matting techniques, prime lenses, how to load a 400' magazine, focus, run, maintain and operate the ARRIFLEX S camera. Participants will then spend one day shooting then will meet again to view the raw footage to talk about editing options and presentation. The goal is to create a short film on 16 mm which you conceived, directed, shot, splice edited, and projected independently. We will also discuss how to promote your short piece through a list of friendly film festivals. All materials will be provided for. Finished projects will be presented after the conclusion of the course at our student screening.
WORKSHOP INSTRUCTION: 5 Sessions + Screening Party
MARCH : WEDNESDAYS 7th, 14th, 21st, 28th from 7-9:30PM
SATURDAY 17th (DAY SHOOT) from 10 AM-5 PM
LOCATION: CPR 361 Manhattan Ave, Unit 1, Brooklyn
Course includes: 4 classroom instruction sessions, 1 day shoot, 200 feet of Kodak Color reversal 16 mm, film processing at Pac-lab, access to camera equipment, editing supplies and projectors. You will complete the course with the knowledge to continue to make films on 16 mm film, a completed film on a projection ready reel and a digitally transferred copy of your work by DiJiFi.
Workshop: $ 275 Course cap: 10 students
EXPERIMENTING WITH ALTERNATIVE PROCESSING TECHNIQUES -
Instructor- Joshua Lewis
An adventure into the outer boundaries of film processing. Working with small, five-foot strips of 16mm film, students will conduct a number of experiments designed to explore the full range of creative possibilities in photographic processing. Techniques explored will include: solarizing, extreme push/pull processing, cross-processing, selective development, chemical applications, and custom-made developers. Following the first sessions, students will begin to devise their own experiments and work towards completing a final project. Finished films will be presented after the conclusion of the course at our student screening.
WORKSHOP INSTRUCTION: 4 Sessions + Screening Party
MARCH : TUESDAYS 6th, 13th, 20th, 27th from 7-9:30PM
LOCATION: Negativland Darkroom 1717 Troutman St, Suite #244 Brooklyn
Course includes: 4 classroom instruction sessions, 100 feet of Kodak TRI-X 16 mm, access to developing equipment, editing supplies, chemistry and projectors. You will complete the course with the knowledge to continue alternative processing techniques at home, a completed film on a projection ready reel and a digitally transferred copy of your work by DiJiFi.
Workshop: $ 125 Course cap: 5 students
**NEW OFFERING**
INTRODUCTION TO HAND-PROCESSING COLOR NEGATIVE FILM -
Instructor- Joshua Lewis
Processing your own film can foster an intimate connection with the medium and produce a variety of effects that cannot be achieved by professional lab services. In this one-day workshop, students will be given all of the information necessary to process color negative film in C-41 chemisty. We will go over key chemical reactions, mix our own chemistry, and each student will take a 100’ roll of film through each stage of the development process. All chemicals and equipment will be provided, and films will be ready to screen at the end of the session. The class will be conducted in the instructor’s own professional darkroom studio in Bushwick. Participants should bring an exposed roll of COLOR NEGATIVE film and, though protective aprons will be provided, are encouraged to wear old clothing.
WORKSHOP INSTRUCTION: 1 Session + Screening Party
MARCH SUNDAY 25th 11AM - 5PM
LOCATION: Negativland Darkroom 1717 Troutman St, Suite #244 Brooklyn
Course includes: 1 extended classroom instruction session, access to processing facilities, chemicals and protective gear (* Please note that you must bring your own film stock either raw stock for experimentation or previously shot-we can help you acquire this) You will complete the course with the knowledge to continue to develop film at home, a completed film on a projection ready reel and a digitally transferred copy of your work by DiJiFi.
Workshop: $ 85 Course cap: 5 students
INTRO TO 16 MM FILMMAKING -
April Instructor- Katherine Bauer
In this class students will learn 16 mm filmmaking techniques from start to finish. Camera options, TRI-X reversal film stock, exposure, lenses, how to load, focus, run, maintain and operate the H16 Bolex Reflex and K-3 film cameras. Participants will spend one day shooting then will meet again to view the raw footage to talk about editing options and presentation. The goal is to create a short film on 16 mm which you conceived, directed, shot, splice edited, and projected independently. We will also discuss how to promote your short piece through a list of friendly film festivals. All materials will be provided for. Finished projects will be presented after the conclusion of the course at our student screening.
WORKSHOP INSTRUCTION: 5 Sessions + Screening Party
PLEASE REGISTER FOR APRIL BELOW
APRIL : TUESDAYS 3rd, 10th, 24th, May 1st from 7-9:30PM
SATURDAY 14th (DAY SHOOT) from 11 AM-5 PM
WORKSHOP & HAND-PROCESSING WORKSHOP COMBINATION AVAILABLE! (Processing on APRIL 15th from 11am-5pm)
LOCATION: CPR 361 Manhattan Ave, Unit 1, Brooklyn
Course includes: 5 learning sessions; 4 classroom instruction sessions, 1 day shoot, 100 feet of Kodak TRI-X 16 mm, film processing at Pac-lab, access to camera equipment, editing supplies and projectors. You will complete the course with the knowledge to continue to make films on 16 mm film, a completed film on a projection ready reel and a digitally transferred copy of your work by DiJiFi.
Workshop: $ 165 Course cap: 10 students
Option available to learn hand processing and develop your own film.
JULY / AUGUST / SEPTEMBER
SUPER 8 MM FILMMAKING
Instructor- Lucas Millard
Teaching Assistant - Racheal Guma
Learn the art and craft of making films at 18 frames per second. This will be a hands-on class designed for the beginner that covers all aspects of Super-8mm filmmaking: cameras, angle, story, timing (exposure), lighting, editing, and projection. Students will conceive, shoot and edit their own silent one-reel films. In this class students will learn Super 8 techniques from start to finish. We will also discuss alternatives to projection, sound and how to promote your short film work with a list of Super 8 mm friendly film festivals around the world. All equipment and materials will be provided for. Finished projects will be presented after the conclusion of the course at our student screening.
WORKSHOP INSTRUCTION: 5 Sessions + Screening Party
NEXT OFFERING - JULY 2012
LOCATION: CPR 361 Manhattan Ave, Unit 1, Brooklyn
Course includes: 4 classroom instruction sessions, 1 day shoot, 50 feet of Kodak TRI-X Super 8 mm, film processing at Pac-lab, access to camera equipment, editing supplies and projectors. You will complete the course with the knowledge to continue to make films on Super 8 mm film, a completed film on a projection ready reel and a digitally transferred copy of your work by DiJiFi.
Workshop: $ 145 Course cap: 10 students
Option available to learn hand processing and develop your own film.
VENUES
THE CENTER FOR PERFORMANCE RESEARCH : 361 Manhattan Ave, Unit 1
NEGATIVLAND DARKROOM 1717 Troutman Street
ABOUT THE INSTRUCTORS
Tomasz Werner recently completed an MFA degree in film production at The University of Texas in Austin and also studied at the School of The Art Institute of Chicago. Tomasz is a filmmaker, camera professional, and editor living in Brooklyn and currently works in commercial production. He has previously led 16mm filmmaking courses for the University of Texas and workshops for Austin's AGLIFF festival. Specializing in documentary and experimental approaches to narrative storytelling, his personal work has been exhibited at SXSW, The Austin Film Society, and the Minneapolis International Film Festival. With a never-ending penchant for anything analog and photo-chemical, he often incorporates super 8 and 16mm film into his camera work.
http://tomaszwerner.com
Sean Hanley is a filmmaker, programmer, and educator, pursing experiments in the documentary genre. His most recent film, HINDSIGHT, a year long portrait of a New England town, has screened at festivals across the United States, including the Athens Film + Video Festival and the Black Maria Film + Video Festival, winning a Jury's Choice 1st Prize. Earlier this year Sean helped to organize The Flaherty Film Seminar and taught at the Maine Media Workshops. He is currently the curator of a monthly 16 mm film / video screening series at Proteus Gowanus and is enthusiastic about instructing for Mono No Aware in 2012. He holds a BFA in Film Production from Emerson College. www.seanthanley.com
Lucas Millard is a filmmaker and camera professional living in New York City. Millard's cinematography in the feature films DIG (2010) and THE HAPPY POET (2010) helped contribute to the success of these films, as they have respectively earned audience awards at festivals across the globe. His work has screened at festivals nationally and internationally - including SXSW, Austin Film Festival, Festival de Cannes, Venice International Film Festival, Tokyo International Film Festival, Thessaliniki International Film Festival, Seattle True Independent Film Festival, and CinemaTexas - and broadcast on the Sundance Channel, HBO, Showtime, PBS, and BET. Millard was a recipient of the 2006 Texas Filmmaker's Production Fund award for his short 35mm project, WESTERN (2008). Originally from Cincinnati, OH, Millard received a BA in anthropology from the University of Washington in Seattle and an MFA in film production with a concentration in cinematography from the University of Texas at Austin in late 2007. In 2008 Millard was the filmmaker in residence at the Cinematheque de Tanger in Morocco. Lucas Millard currently teaches filmmaking workshops in Brooklyn, helps organize the annual film event Mono No Aware, and freelances as a camera operator and director of photography.
www.bottomlesswell.org
Rachael Guma is a filmmaker and sound artist currently living and working in Brooklyn, New York. Through her experiments with Super 8 film and analog sound, Rachael strives to create an engaging live viewing experience that embraces the idiosyncratic qualities of technology, while maintaining a hand-crafted approach to her output. Ever since graduating from the San Francisco Art Institute, her films have screened at the San Francisco Cinematheque, RX Gallery, Mono No Aware, Northern Flickers, Microscope Gallery, and AXWFF 2011; where she was asked to take part in a lively panel discussion on women filmmakers. As a member of Optipus Film Collective, she has performed live foley sound at Participant Gallery, Dense Mesh IV, and the 2011 Index Festival. Her teaching experience includes introducing avant-garde film to at risk teens at Reel Works and the 2009 premiere Super 8 workshop for MNA.
www.rachaelguma.com
Josh Lewis is a Brooklyn-based filmmaker and lab professional who has acquired a deep knowledge of the film medium through hundreds of hours experimenting with photographic reactions. In addition to his own work, which has screened at a number of venues including Anthology Film Archives, The Commons Gallery (NYU), Millennium Film Workshop, Spectacle (MASS), Magic Lantern, and Mono No Aware IV, he has collaborated with a long list of established filmmakers seeking alternative processing and custom results for their films. Most recently he taught hand-processing as a visiting artist at NYU’s Tisch School of The Arts.
www.dumblewis.tumblr.com
Katherine Bauer works primarily with 16mm film and its material potential for sculpture, photography and installation. Much of her work involves mythologies, folklores, and narratives adapted from her travels across the United States and Southeastern Asia. The celluloid of film gives bodily presence to these narratives and enacts their themes of decay, eroticism and horror. Katherine received a BA from Bard College where she majored in Film and Electronic Arts. She is currently working on a MFA from NYU in Studio Art where she also teaches 16mm filmmaking. She performs as part of Optipus Film Collective and is an active member on the Board of the Film-Makers Cooperative curating various film screenings around New York City. Her work has been shown across the United States in a variety of venues and galleries. Recently she has performed or shown work at The Knitting Factory, Anthology Film Archives, Microscope Gallery, St. Cecilias Convent, Millennium Film Workshop, New York Underground Film Festival, Tribes Gallery, Mono No Aware, Union Docs, Unsmoke Systems Gallery in Braddock, Television Access Gallery in San Francisco, among others. Her films are available for rent from The Film-Makers Cooperative in New York City.
www.katherineannebauer.blogspot.com
Uzi Sabah has began working with film in 2001, over the last decade his music videos, documentaries, film work and installations have screened extensively throughout South America and the world. Uzi helped to form and has been an active member of the Cooperative Laboratory of Cinema LIC/MVD FAC since 2007. He also works in collaboration with London based cooperative laboratory No-w-here. In 2008 he was invited to patricipate in a residence program in the experimental cinema laboratory, L`abominable, Paris, France and has taught workshops for adults and children about image and sound integration at Centro Cultural Espan?a, FAC Fundacio?n de Arte Contemporaneo and at Plataforma, a program developed by the National Ministry of Education and Culture (MEC).
www.fantasmabionico.com
Steve Cossman received his BFA in Sculpture & Painting then, went on to study Cinema with a focus on Animation in the Czech Republic at FAMU. Currently he works as artist, curator and is founder/director of Mono No Aware, an ‘annual exhibition of expanded cinema’ showcasing contemporary artists who incorporate live projections as part of their work. Cossman believes that ‘time is constantly moving within a framework of units and that this irrepressible motion is the nexus of human experience’. His recent direct animation piece TUSSLEMUSCLE recently earned him Kodak’s Continued Excellence in Filmmaking award and has screened at many festivals internationally; VideoEx - Zurich, Byron Bay - Australia, LA Film Forum, Angelica Film Center –Dallas+. The work on film was shown this summer at the European Media Arts Festival in Germany, Animator Festival in Poland, Berks Filmmakers - Reading US, and recently traveled as part of Ann Arbor Film Festival’s touring program. His work can be found in the collections of the University of Seattle, WA, University of Hartford Art School, and The Len Lye Foundation, New Zealand.
www.stevecossman.com
WORKSHOP POLICIES
Thank you for your interest in filmmaking! We look forward to working with you!