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the small 

the what, the why, the how

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what is short form?

  • the literal: short audio works​

  • the artistic: the art of leaving somethings unsaid​

why make short form?

  • the liberation: You don’t have to try to say it all.​

  • the challenge: you don't get to say it all

why right now?

  • the lineage: people have, and probably always will make shorts

  • the moment: the celebration and the resurgance

course outline

  1. the small – what, why, how

  2. the package - structure, style, choices

  3. time - pacing, movement, silence

  4. exhibition - sharing and responding 

assignments

  • course assignment: one short piece 3 mins, or less, you will be working on over the course of 3 - weeks.

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  • lesson assignments: short pieces 3 mins, or less, to complete between each lesson

listening

just narration

Dust MeditationClare Dolan
00:00 / 03:01

narration + interview + some sounds

ScaredJohn Biewen
00:00 / 03:00

non-narrated, many scenes

Checking Ones LevelsTalia Augustidis
00:00 / 04:35

non-narrated, moment in time

A scene on it’s own

lists

Two Little Girls Explain the Worst Haircut EverJeff Cohen
00:00 / 02:57
Gust Blows Through the Chicken Coop Leslie Joyce
00:00 / 01:04
All You Neded is a Separation BarrierNiall Farrell
00:00 / 03:01

sonic art

The InspiredStephane Borrel
00:00 / 03:50

field recording

Snow Falling on a RiverMeg Brooks
00:00 / 01:32

lesson 1 assignments


 lesson assignment: the art of the scene 
Using one of the anecdotes you generated (or a new one) – make a 3 minutes audio piece zooming in on a single aspect of it.

  • This could look like dropping in and out of the anecdote cold, using narration and/or sound​

  • Hyper-focusing on one aspect, sound, word, etc. of the story and meditating on it or playing with it (eg. the cocka-doodle-doo of a rooster chasing you, your partner’s um when they lie)

  • These are examples, interpret this as you’d like – there isn’t a wrong way to do it.

  • Upload Assignments here -- 24 hours prior to class to be played, up unto class otherwise

 

 course assignment: something big, something small  

Ie. Taking something that feels big and going really small. 
This week:

  • Ideate on what you’d like to make, gather your sounds, research your topic, write out your words – the first stages of making something 

  • NOTE:  It does not have to be around trauma. It can be, if that’s what you want to make, but “big” can mean a lot of different things. Emotionally. Physically. Politically. 

    • It’s easy to think of “good” stories as one’s centered around trauma, your own or other people’s, and they don’t have to be.

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listening

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