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Ātman (1975 Film)
is a 1975 Japanese experimental short film directed by Toshio Matsumoto. The film depicts a figure sitting in an outdoor environment and wearing a robe and a Hannya mask. The film features receding and shifting images captured in a frame-by-frame manner; though these shots resemble zooms and pans, they were actually derived from positioning the camera on a series of a points. Reception In 1978, a writer for the '' Millennium Film Journal'' called ''Ātman'' "an intricately constructed film", and compared it to Michael Snow's ''Wavelength'' (1967) and Hollis Frampton's ''Travelling Matte'' (1973). The techniques Matsumoto used in this film were influential on his student Takashi Ito Takashi Ito may refer to: * Takashi Ito (basketball) (b. 1990), Japanese professional basketball player * Takashi Ito (director) (b. 1956), Japanese experimental filmmaker * Takashi Ito (kickboxer) is a Japanese former welterweight kickboxer f .... References Bibliography * External link ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toshio Matsumoto
(25 March 1932 – 12 April 2017) was a Japanese film director and video artist. Biography Matsumoto was born in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan and graduated from Tokyo University in 1955. His first short was '' Ginrin'', which he made in 1955. His most famous film is ''Funeral Parade of Roses'' (''Bara no soretsu''). The film was loosely inspired by '' Oedipus Rex'', featuring a transvestite (portrayed by Peter) trying to move up in the world of Tokyo Hostess clubs. Matsumoto published many books of photography and was a professor and dean of Arts at the Kyoto University of Art and Design. There, he taught experimental filmmaker Takashi Ito Takashi Ito may refer to: * Takashi Ito (basketball) (b. 1990), Japanese professional basketball player * Takashi Ito (director) (b. 1956), Japanese experimental filmmaker * Takashi Ito (kickboxer) is a Japanese former welterweight kickboxer f .... He was also president of the Japan Society of Image Arts and Sciences. In the early ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Panning (camera)
In cinematography and photography panning means swivelling a still or video camera horizontally from a fixed position. This motion is similar to the motion of a person when they turn their head on their neck from left to right. In the resulting image, the view seems to "pass by" the spectator as new material appears on one side of the screen and exits from the other, although perspective lines reveal that the entire image is seen from a fixed point of view. The term ''panning'' is derived from '' panorama'', suggesting an expansive view that exceeds the gaze, forcing the viewer to turn their head in order to take everything in. Panning, in other words, is a device for gradually revealing and incorporating off-screen space into the image. Panning should never be confused with tracking or "travelling," in which the camera is not just swivelled but is physically displaced left or right, generally by being rolled parallel to its subject. In video technology, panning refers to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese Short Films
Japanese may refer to: * Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia * Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan * Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture ** Japanese diaspora, Japanese emigrants and their descendants around the world * Japanese citizens, nationals of Japan under Japanese nationality law ** Foreign-born Japanese, naturalized citizens of Japan * Japanese writing system, consisting of kanji and kana * Japanese cuisine, the food and food culture of Japan See also * List of Japanese people * * Japonica (other) * Japonicum * Japonicus * Japanese studies Japanese studies (Japanese: ) or Japan studies (sometimes Japanology in Europe), is a sub-field of area studies or East Asian studies involved in social sciences and humanities research on Japan. It incorporates fields such as the study of Japanese ... {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1975 Short Films
It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman are found guilty of the Watergate cover-up. * January 2 ** The Federal Rules of Evidence are approved by the United States Congress. ** Bangladesh revolutionary leader Siraj Sikder is killed by police while in custody. ** A bomb blast at Samastipur, Bihar, India, fatally wounds Lalit Narayan Mishra, Minister of Railways. * January 5 – Tasman Bridge disaster: The Tasman Bridge in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, is struck by the bulk ore carrier , killing 12 people. * January 7 – OPEC agrees to raise crude oil prices by 10%. * January 10–February 9 – The flight of '' Soyuz 17'' with the crew of Georgy Grechko and Aleksei Gubarev aboard the '' Salyut 4'' space station. * January 15 – Alvor Agree ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1975 Films
The year 1975 in film involved some significant events. Highest-grossing films North America The top ten 1975 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: International The highest-grossing 1975 films in countries outside of North America. Worldwide gross The following table lists known worldwide gross figures for several high-grossing films that originally released in 1975. Note that this list is incomplete and is therefore not representative of the highest-grossing films worldwide in 1975. This list also includes gross revenue from later re-releases. Events *March 26: The film version of The Who's ''Tommy'' premieres in London. *May: In order to create the necessary special effects for his film, ''Star Wars'', George Lucas forms Industrial Light and Magic. *June 20: ''Jaws'' is released and becomes the highest-grossing movie of all-time and the highest-grossing movie of the year and the first movie to earn $100 million in US and Canadian theatr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takashi Ito (director)
is a Japanese experimental filmmaker. Life and career As a child, Takashi Ito enjoyed drawing manga. Two years after graduating from high school, Ito enrolled at Kyushu University. Ito was taught by acclaimed Japanese filmmaker and visual artist Toshio Matsumoto. One of Ito's earliest film works is ''Noh'' (1977), which features photographs of Noh masks against different landscapes; ''Noh'' was particularly inspired by Matsumoto's 1975 film '' Ātman''. ''Noh'' was followed by a trilogy of short films—''Movement'' (1978), ''Movement 2'' (1979), and ''Movement 3'' (1980)—the third of which Ito described as a prototype for his 1981 film ''Spacy''. ''Spacy'' is set in a gymnasium and consists of 700 continuous still photographs set on easels, which were then re-photographed frame-by-frame. The photographs are run together in a stop motion technique where the camera appears to zoom in on photographs set on an easel and then enter them. This technique is looped in linear, circ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hollis Frampton
Hollis William Frampton, Jr. (March 11, 1936 – March 30, 1984) was an American avant-garde filmmaker, photographer, writer, theoretician, and pioneer of digital art. He was best known for his innovative and non-linear structural films that defined the movement, including ''Lemon'' (1969), '' Zorns Lemma'' (1970), and '' Hapax Legomena'' (1971–1972), as well as his anthology book, ''Circles of Confusion: Film, Photography, Video: Texts, 1968–1980'' (1983). Biography Personal life Hollis Frampton married Marcia Steinbrecher in September 1966. The couple separated in 1971 and divorced in 1974. He later married Marion Faller, a photographer whom he had met and began living with in early 1971. Together, Frampton and Faller collaborated on several series including "Vegetable Locomotion" and "False Impressions". Frampton had a stepson by Faller named Will. Early years Frampton was born Hollis William Frampton, Jr. on March 11, 1936, in Wooster, Ohio to Nellie Cross Frampton and H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wavelength (1967 Film)
''Wavelength'' is a 1967 Canadian short subject by experimental filmmaker and artist Michael Snow. Considered a landmark of avant-garde cinema, it was filmed over one week in December 1966 and edited in 1967, and is an example of what film theorist P. Adams Sitney describes as " structural film", calling Snow "the dean of structural filmmakers." ''Wavelength'' is often listed as one of the greatest underground, art house and Canadian films ever made. It was named #85 in the 2001 ''Village Voice'' critics' list of the 100 Best Films of the 20th Century. The film has been designated and preserved as a masterwork by the Audio-Visual Preservation Trust of Canada. In a 1969 review of the film published in ''Artforum'', Manny Farber describes ''Wavelength'' as "a singularly unpadded, uncomplicated, deadly realistic way to film three walls, a ceiling and a floor... it is probably the most rigorously composed movie in existence." Synopsis ''Wavelength'' consists of almost no action ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Snow
Michael Snow (born December 10, 1928) is a Canadian artist working in a range of media including film, installation, sculpture, photography, and music. His best-known films are ''Wavelength'' (1967) and '' La Région Centrale'' (1971), with the former regarded as a milestone in avant-garde cinema. Life Michael Snow was born in Toronto and studied at Upper Canada College and the Ontario College of Art. He had his first solo exhibition in 1957. In the early 1960s Snow moved to New York with his wife, artist Joyce Wieland, where they remained for nearly a decade. For Snow this move resulted in a proliferation of creative ideas and connections and his work increasingly gained recognition. He returned to Canada in the early 1970s "an established figure, multiply defined as a visual artist, a filmmaker, and a musician." His work has appeared at exhibitions across Europe, North America and South America. Snows' works were included in the shows marking the reopening of both the Centre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zooming (filmmaking)
In filmmaking and television production, zooming is the technique of changing the focal length of a zoom lens (and hence the angle of view) during a shot – this technique is also called a zoom. The technique allows a change from close-up to wide shot (or vice versa) during a shot, giving a cinematographic degree of freedom. But unlike changes in camera position, zooming does not change the perspective (the relative sizes of near and far objects); it only magnifies or reduces the size of the entire image as a whole. Zooming can either be performed towards longer focal lengths, giving a "zoom in" effect: The filmed object will then increase in apparent size, and fewer objects become visible on film. Or it is performed towards shorter focal lengths, giving a "zoom out" effect: The filmed object will shrink in apparent size, and more objects come into view. The speed of the zoom allows for a further degree of cinematographic freedom. Combined with a dolly camera move it is possibl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toshi Ichiyanagi
was a Japanese avant-garde composer and pianist. One of the leading composers in Japan during the postwar era, Ichiyanagi worked in a range of genres, composing Western-style operas and orchestral and chamber works, as well as compositions using traditional Japanese instruments. Ichiyanagi is known for incorporating avant-garde techniques into his works, such as chance music, extended technique, and nontraditional scoring. Ichiyanagi was married to artist Yoko Ono from 1956 to 1962. Early life and education Ichiyanagi was born in Kobe on 4 February 1933. He studied composition with Tomojirō Ikenouchi, , and John Cage. From 1954 to 1960, he resided in New York City, where he studied at the Juilliard School and the New School for Social Research. Ichiyanagi was married to Yoko Ono from 1956 to 1962. Ichiyanagi's decision to return to Japan, while Ono remained in New York, rendered the marriage untenable. Career Returning to Japan in 1960, Ichiyanagi collaborated with the anti- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Millennium Film Journal
The Millennium Film Workshop is a Non-profit organization, non-profit media arts center located in New York City. It is dedicated to the exhibition, study, and practice of avant-garde and experimental cinema. It was also where the St. Mark's Poetry Project began. Ken Jacobs stated in 2013 that he chose the name Millennium "...because it would have to be that to actually give out equipment, education, space to work in, etc. for free. Dictionary definition: 'A hoped for period of joy, serenity, prosperity and justice.' " History The Millennium Film Workshop was one of a group of arts workshops set up from 1965-66 on the Lower East Side by St. Marks Church and the New School as part of the federal government’s poverty reduction, anti-poverty program. Filmmaker Ken Jacobs was chosen as the first director, and in 1966, he set up Sunday afternoon showings at the church – mostly one-person programs open to any filmmaker with a body of work. Ken Jacobs, Jacobs also launched “open s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
