English 12 AP Period 3

4 March 2010

Microcinema
Time:
Time: 22 min
min 30
30 sec
sec

Characteristics
Time:
Time: 22 min
min

Visibility
30
30 sec
sec

Basics
Time:
Time: 44 min
min

Film Video

QuickTime™ and a QuickTime™ and a

DV/DVCPRO - NTSC decompressor DV/DVCPRO - NTSC decompressor
are needed to see this picture. are needed to see this picture.

Animation
CG “Traditional” Flash

QuickTime™ and a
QuickTime™ and a
GIF decompressor
are needed to see this picture.
decompressor
QuickTime™ and a are needed to see this picture.
H.264 decompressor
are needed to see this picture.

Media
Time:
Time: 11 min
min

Support
Support No
No support
support

Supports
Time:
Time: 22 min
min

Film & Video Only Video

Natural
Natural lighting
lighting Indoor
Indoor lighting
lighting

Lighting
Time:
Time: 11 min
min

Video Film

Editing
30
30 sec.
sec. [Application
[Application within]
within]

Breeds
Time:
Time: 44 min
min [Exclude
[Exclude from
from Portfolio
Portfolio time
time count]
count]

Narrative
Time:
Time: 44 min
min

Documentary
Time:
Time: 44 min
min

Experimental
Time:
Time: 55 min
min [Exclude
[Exclude from
from Portfolio
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time count]
count]

Examples
 Possible Class
Activities
1. Quiz: Ask class whether certain recognizable
titles can be considered microcinema

2. Installation: Shoot class’s faces during

“examples” mash-up; play it immediately after

3. Discussion: Contrast Person A’s self-portrait

with Person B’s self-portrait
 Works Cited

Le Grice, Malcolm. Abstract Film and Beyond. MIT Press, 1977.

MacDonald, Scott. A Critical Cinema, Volume 1. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1988.

Nichols, Bill. 'Foreword', in Barry Keith Grant and Jeannette Sloniowski (eds.) Documenting The
Documentary: Close Readings of Documentary Film and Video. Detroit: Wayne State University
Press, 1997

Wood, Daniel B. (2 June 2006). "In 'docu-ganda' films, balance is not the objective". Christian Science
Monitor. http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0602/p01s02-ussc.html. Retrieved 2010-03-03.
 Works Cited (pictures)
The Blair Witch Project: http://www.instantcast.com/AllStars/The_Blair_Witch_Project
The Spirit of Christmas: http://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0,,20302134_20309662,00.html
Spongmonkies: http://wiw.org/~jess/archives/2004/12/08/sub-rats/
El Mariachi: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ElMariachi
The Hauntening: The Hauntening. Dir. Waverly Flams. 2006.
Charlie the Unicorn: Charlie the Unicorn. Dir. "TypeQueen" 2007.
Banana Phone: Banana Phone. Dir. Daniel Scott. 2003.
Salad Fingers: Salad Fingers: Friends. Dir. David Firth. 2004.
Lions: Walking with Lions. National Geopgraphic, 2003

8 1/2: http://dialogic.blogspot.com/2009_03_01_archive.html
Juno: http://blog.afi.com/main/index.php/2008/01/07/juno/
Clerks: http://insomniacmovies.livejournal.com/tag/1994
Un Chien Andalou: http://ehaugenboe.wordpress.com/2009/12/29/
Supersize Me: http://nicksilvestri.com/2008/05/