Hand Painted Filmmaking presented by Millennium Film Workshop
SAT 10/4 // Doors Open 3:30pm // Workshop Starts @ 4:00pm
(Tickets give you free access to opening night party @ Lot45 sponsored by Hotel BPM *** MUST RSVP)
Hand painting and other hand manipulation of film material dates back to the origins of cinema. Studios such as Pathé, and cine-artists such as Georges Méliès, Man Ray, Len Lye, Harry Smith, and Stan Brakhage experimented with all manner of scratching, gluing, cutting, drawing, bleaching, stenciling -and painting. The advent of high quality digital production in the 21st century has ironically brought renewed interest in the simple, but aesthetically sophisticated, pleasures of “hand crafted” cinema. Participants in this hands-on workshop, led by hand paint filmmaker Jordan Stone, will explore all of them. Necessary materials and tools are included.
About Instructor, Jordan Stone
Jordan Stone is a Brooklyn-based filmmaker with a BA in Electronic Arts from Bard College and an MFA in Photography, Video and Related Media from The School of Visual Arts. He teaches courses in cinematography and film at Marist College and at Dutchess Community College and a variety of workshops at Millennium Film Workshop, SVA, and Bard College. He is a working cinematographer and sound recordist and his short films and original compositions have played at festivals throughout the United States and internationally. One of Jordan's hand painted films may be seen at: http://vimeo.com/71517175
About Millenium Film Workshop
The Millennium Film Workshop is a non-profit media arts center and cinema located in the East Village that is dedicated to avant-garde and experimental film. It offers five major programs and services, including the Personal Cinema Series, the Workshop Program, Equipment Access Service, the Millennium Film Journal, and the Millennium Gallery. Its mission is "to offer the non-commercial film artist -of whatever experience, or proven degree of proficiency, and without interference in either film-subject or style -the use without cost, or at minimal cost, of the tools of filmmaking, instruction in filmmaking, and a means of contacting others of like creative interest."