JulES Bradley

the small
the what, the why, the how

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what is short form?
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the literal: short audio works​
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the artistic: the art of leaving somethings unsaid​
why make short form?
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the liberation: You don’t have to try to say it all.​
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the challenge: you don't get to say it all
why right now?
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the lineage: people have, and probably always will make shorts
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the moment: the celebration and the resurgance
course outline
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the small – what, why, how
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the package - structure, style, choices
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time - pacing, movement, silence
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exhibition - sharing and responding
assignments
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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
narration + interview + some sounds
non-narrated, many scenes
non-narrated, moment in time
A scene on it’s own
lists
sonic art
field recording
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.
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This could look like dropping in and out of the anecdote cold, using narration and/or sound​
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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)
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These are examples, interpret this as you’d like – there isn’t a wrong way to do it.
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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:
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Ideate on what you’d like to make, gather your sounds, research your topic, write out your words – the first stages of making something
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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.
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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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Summer Rain Nanna Hauge Kristensen
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Thank You For Calling Jules Bradley
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White Noise Axel Kacoutié
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If Sherre Delys
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10cm Chris Attaway
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The Balloon Talia Augustidis​​​​​​