AVANT-GARDE & EXPERIMENTAL FILMMAKING
Hunter Shaw



JUNE 9 - JULY 7 // MONDAYS 11:00AM-2:00PM


ASoF's Avant-Garde & Experimental Filmmaking course is a comprehensive introduction to experimental filmmaking. The students will explore the history and evolution of experimental film and are encouraged to navigate the images in their minds to create their own individual works. This course is dedicated to the appreciation of film as an art form and a medium of expression.

Students will learn how to use and shoot on Super 8mm cameras and a variety of editing techniques including digital editing with Final Cut Pro or hand editing to product their individual Avant Garde short film. Their films will be featured in a salon and screening at the completion of the course.

* A Super 8 camera and 2 rolls of film are provided to each student.

* Students can choose to partake in a $30 workshop to hand process their film otherwise lab lists are provided within the class for processing.

* Students are responsible for covering any expenses incurred by the short film.

ASoF Certificate: ASoF Digital Video Certificate elective class.

Who Should Attend:  Students with filmmaking experience or an interest in art and experimental methods and those working towards their ASoF Digital Video Certificate. Ages 16 and older.

Prerequisites: None.

Tuition: $450.00

About the Instructor: 
Hunter Shaw is a multi-media artist based out of Austin, TX. After creating several award-winning short films in his native Colorado, Hunter attended New York University's Tisch School of the Arts for film and television production. While majoring in Experimental Film, Hunter created works of varying length which combined traditional cinematic craftsmanship with a highly experimental aesthetic. A number of these pieces were exhibited at NYU, The Pratt Institute and The Grand Screen in New York. Since graduating, Hunter has worked as a freelance set dresser and fabricator in the Art Department on diverse independent features and music videos in New York and Austin, in addition to operating the production company and experimental record label Abject Renaissance.

This course is sponsored by: