2nd Edition
Experimental Filmmaking and the Motion Picture Camera An Introductory Guide for Artists and Filmmakers
Introduction 1. Dream-vision of the pulldown claw and the hidden workings of the camera 2. The machine of light and time 3. Camera eye: From cine-flâneurs to experimental optics 4. Cine-magic: The trick film and beyond 5. Tool of the experimenter: The Bolex H16 6. The camera-roll film: The film with no editing 7. Custom camera commandos, and the quandaries of obsolescence 8. Camera as diary, the film portrait, and the remembrance of filmed past
Biography
Joel Schlemowitz is an experimental filmmaker who works with 16mm film, shadowplay, magic lanterns, and stereographic media. He teaches experimental filmmaking at The New School, New York. His first feature film, 78rpm, is an experimental documentary about the gramophone, and his short works have been shown at numerous film festivals, including the New York Film Festival, Tribeca Film Festival, and Ann Arbor Film Festival. For more information visit www.joelschlemowitz.com.
