the abc of cinema
2012 OPEN CALL / CONVOCATORIA ABIERTA
OPEN CALL
Lab-workshop for visual artists, filmmakers, visual anthropologists and communication experts from Mexico and The Netherlands.
Life is a one-off event woven with millions of precious moments… if we don’t want to miss them -for the camera, but also for our hearts and minds to register - we have to be fully aware of the everyday dramaturgy.
The ABC of cinema is a collective project in which the participants will develop a video-alphabet out of the reflection on the everyday training necessary for a sensitive approach in documentary filmmaking.
The laboratory will be coordinated by Dutch filmmaker Kees Hin (Haarlem, 1936), Mexican visual artist and filmmaker Diego Gutiérrez (Mexico city, 1966) and Dutch visual anthropologist Metje Postma (Leiden, 1958).
The project will be carried out in Amsterdam (March-April 2012) and Mexico City (date to be confirmed).
All transportation and lodging expenses as well as materials and equipment will be provided by el despacho.
Requirements:
-Being a visual artist, filmmaker, communication expert or visual anthropologist with experience in the audiovisual.
-Reside either in Mexico city or The Netherlands
-Letter of intent: Why are you interested in participating in this project? What can you give to and get from this experience?
-Portfolio (photos, videos, texts showing your activity as a visual artist, communication expert or visual anthropologist interested in video documentary)
-Speak English
DEADLINE MARCH 5th 2012
Lab-workshop for visual artists, filmmakers, visual anthropologists and communication experts from Mexico and The Netherlands.
Life is a one-off event woven with millions of precious moments… if we don’t want to miss them -for the camera, but also for our hearts and minds to register - we have to be fully aware of the everyday dramaturgy.
The ABC of cinema is a collective project in which the participants will develop a video-alphabet out of the reflection on the everyday training necessary for a sensitive approach in documentary filmmaking.
The laboratory will be coordinated by Dutch filmmaker Kees Hin (Haarlem, 1936), Mexican visual artist and filmmaker Diego Gutiérrez (Mexico city, 1966) and Dutch visual anthropologist Metje Postma (Leiden, 1958).
The project will be carried out in Amsterdam (March-April 2012) and Mexico City (date to be confirmed).
All transportation and lodging expenses as well as materials and equipment will be provided by el despacho.
Requirements:
-Being a visual artist, filmmaker, communication expert or visual anthropologist with experience in the audiovisual.
-Reside either in Mexico city or The Netherlands
-Letter of intent: Why are you interested in participating in this project? What can you give to and get from this experience?
-Portfolio (photos, videos, texts showing your activity as a visual artist, communication expert or visual anthropologist interested in video documentary)
-Speak English
DEADLINE MARCH 5th 2012
“… I was thinking about the ABC of making films. The foundation movements. The basic elements on views on life.
Filming is done on the instant. At that moment you don’t have too much time to think about many things; like a musician, you have to prepare yourself. Like a sportsman does everyday, you have to exercise. (…)
There are billions of neurons in our brain and millions of them store sort of images. These images are sleeping but you can wake them up. In a way, your brain is full of images and full of colors and the whole day things happen and your brain is hearing things, watching, thinking, and these stimulus wakes up those images I’m talking about.
This is the way we see, the way we become conscious of being here, sitting here, standing there. Making a film is using some of these kinds of moments so that the audience can feel a complete story, feel millions of moments.”
Kees Hin
WITH THE SUPPORT OF MONDRIAAN STICHTING
Filming is done on the instant. At that moment you don’t have too much time to think about many things; like a musician, you have to prepare yourself. Like a sportsman does everyday, you have to exercise. (…)
There are billions of neurons in our brain and millions of them store sort of images. These images are sleeping but you can wake them up. In a way, your brain is full of images and full of colors and the whole day things happen and your brain is hearing things, watching, thinking, and these stimulus wakes up those images I’m talking about.
This is the way we see, the way we become conscious of being here, sitting here, standing there. Making a film is using some of these kinds of moments so that the audience can feel a complete story, feel millions of moments.”
Kees Hin
WITH THE SUPPORT OF MONDRIAAN STICHTING
