Thanks for all your suggestions on experimental/independent films containing women's voice-over narration. This has been so helpful! -Ben
On Sat, Nov 4, 2017 at 8:00 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Send FrameWorks mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of FrameWorks digest..." > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: experimental/feminist films with a woman's voice-over > narration? (Chuck Kleinhans) > 2. Re: experimental/feminist films with a woman's voice-over > narration? (jimmyschaus1 .) > 3. Aaton LTR (Eric Stewart) > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Chuck Kleinhans <[email protected]> > To: Experimental Film Discussion List <[email protected]> > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2017 17:20:03 +0000 > Subject: Re: [Frameworks] experimental/feminist films with a woman's > voice-over narration? > I agree with others that many experimental works by women use a woman’s > voice or voices. > > It might be useful to recall that what was often novel in women’s films in > the 60s-70s era was dealing with a narrator or in documentary experts or > witnesses who were women. We might connect this with changing conditions > and technologies of production that made synch sound recording cheaper and > more accessible for artisan filmmaking. as well as women artists having a > special interest in women saying things as well as looking at things. The > modes of silent, sound, and synch sound in experimental film also play a > part. For example, we see a lot of Jane Brakhage in her husband’s work, > but do we ever hear her? > > I remember after a screening of a 90 minute early feminist film of the > late sixties, one of my feminist friends remarking about the guys > attending, “I’ll be that’s the first time most of them listened to women > talking for so long and not leaving or interrupting them.” > > Chuck Kleinhans > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: "jimmyschaus1 ." <[email protected]> > To: Experimental Film Discussion List <[email protected]> > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2017 12:26:24 -0500 > Subject: Re: [Frameworks] experimental/feminist films with a woman's > voice-over narration? > jennifer reeder "white trash girl" <https://vimeo.com/56508118> > > On Fri, Nov 3, 2017 at 12:20 PM, Chuck Kleinhans < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> I agree with others that many experimental works by women use a woman’s >> voice or voices. >> >> It might be useful to recall that what was often novel in women’s films >> in the 60s-70s era was dealing with a narrator or in documentary experts or >> witnesses who were women. We might connect this with changing conditions >> and technologies of production that made synch sound recording cheaper and >> more accessible for artisan filmmaking. as well as women artists having a >> special interest in women saying things as well as looking at things. The >> modes of silent, sound, and synch sound in experimental film also play a >> part. For example, we see a lot of Jane Brakhage in her husband’s work, >> but do we ever hear her? >> >> I remember after a screening of a 90 minute early feminist film of the >> late sixties, one of my feminist friends remarking about the guys >> attending, “I’ll be that’s the first time most of them listened to women >> talking for so long and not leaving or interrupting them.” >> >> Chuck Kleinhans >> _______________________________________________ >> FrameWorks mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks >> > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Eric Stewart <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2017 14:45:44 -0600 > Subject: [Frameworks] Aaton LTR > Hey frameworkers , > > I’m in the market for an aaton ltr or even an Arri sr2 (super16). If you > know of anyone selling one please send them my way. > > Thanks! > > -Eric Stewart > > _______________________________________________ > FrameWorks mailing list > [email protected] > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks > > -- Ben Ogrodnik Department of Film Studies // History of Art and Architecture 2017-2018 Mellon Fellow in Curation and Education <http://haa.pitt.edu/collecting-knowledge-pittsburgh/fellows> University of Pittsburgh [email protected]
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