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( Jun. 3rd, 2008 12:06 pm)
ENG 335: Postwar Global Film
Class Notes -- 2008.06.03
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Presentation:
DOGME 95
A postmodern avant-guard film tradition which began in Denmark in 1995.
Dogme 95 builds on, as well as deconstructs, the earlier New Wave movements.
It is a movement that isn't really a movement, a not-entirely-serious satire that has grown since its inception.

"The Chastity Belt"
Dogme 95's 10 rules to make authentic films
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1. LOCATION - Shooting on location ONLY. No sets. Props must not be brought in.
2. SOUND - Only natural sound. No recording of sound separate from that recorded during filming. No looping, no sound FX.
3. CAMERA - Only hand-held cameras.
4. COLOUR - Only film in colour, without special lighting.
5. OPTICS - No filters or optical work. No superimposed titles. No SFX.
6. ACTION - No superfluous action. (No murders, weapons, etc.)
7. TIME - Film must be set in the here and now. No period pieces, or future fiction pieces.
8. GENRE - Not allowed.
9. FILM - The final picture must be transferred to Academy 35mm film, with an aspect ratio of 4:3, that is, not widescreen. (The 35mm film rule has been relaxed over time, in light of the emergence of digital filmmaking.)
10. DIRECTOR - The director must not be credited.

Cool 6-minute video to explain the Dogme 95 movement:

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(Click image for HUMONGOUS version)


Sunset on Mars, taken May 19, 2005, by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover.

More info:
http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/press/spirit/20050610a.html
I just now saw a hummingbird pass by, hovering briefly over the tops of the trees and bushes outside my porch!

It's the first one I've seen this year. I'm pretty sure it was a selasphorus rufus, which has one of the largest migrations of all the hummingbirds. They migrate from Guerrero, México to as far north as Southeast Alaska to breed and dine on wildflowers.

It looked kind of like this:

(Photo by Ryan Bushby, Source: Wikipedia)

Wow. I felt like I just had a visit from a fellow long-traveller!

I think I need to get a feeder.
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