Parsons • Digital Photo + Video • Summer '18

WEEK 2 | Fri: 7/20 D.O.


  • In-Class Write / Discussion: Please write a paragraph (or more, preferably) about what resonated with you about Streetwise. What can you learn from watching it? Why do you think I showed you this film in particular? From what/whose perspective or POV is the story told? What is the role of the filmmaker/photographer? In what way is the camera used? What is the style of shooting? What sort of lenses do you think they used? How are the subjects in this film represented? What do you think the relationship was between the filmmakers and subjects? How do you think the filmmaker reached that level of intimacy/transparency? What was the primary role of the filmmaker during production in order to gather and tell the story? How is the narrative of the photo essay that the film came from structured? What sense of conclusion, message, or inquiry are we left with at the end of the photo essay, and now at the end of the film? Examine the effectiveness of technical devices that were used both in production and post-production. (Shooting techniques, camera angles, framing, perspective, etc.).
  • 9:55am: FIELD TRIP!!!!
    We’re going to MOMI (Museum of the Moving Image)! We will be taking the M (not the F, the M only) UPTOWN to Steinway Street in Queens. We’re going together, but just in case something happens, that’s what our plan is. The museum is $7 (with your student ID) so bring that, as well as your Metrocard. I’m paying for you and you’re sending me $7—Cash, Venmo, or PayPal (I’ll give you the address in class).

    Museum of the Moving Image
    36-01 35 Ave, Astoria, NY 11106
     (718) 777-6888


Amy Finkel • July 20, 2018

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