[EFF15P1] Prelude 1: The Notebook Film
Cite as:
Temple, Michael and Barrington, Matthew
(2023):
[EFF15P1] Prelude 1: The Notebook Film.
Birkbeck College, University of London.
doi: https://doi.org/10.18743/DATA.00000228
Description
16 January 2015, 18:00, Birkbeck Cinema
This first session featured several examples of “notebook” films presented by Laura Busetta, Marlène Monteiro and Muriel Tinel-Temple, who had previously organised a study day entitled “Self-Portraiture in the Moving Image” at BIMI in 2014.
The notebook film is a preparatory essay for another film to come, as well as a kind of foretaste to convince producers to finance the future film. It might typically feature the casting of actors, rehearsals with actors or technicians, exploration of locations, the testing out of ideas and possible narratives, or more general reflections from the director or other members of the team. In short, the film becomes an audiovisual “notebook” in which a future work is sketched out, and in that perspective these films exemplify one of the key features of the essay film, which is to show us the creative process of filmmaking.
Films: Location notes in Palestine for The Gospel according to Saint Matthew [Sporalluoghi per il vangelo secondo Matteo], Pier Paolo Pasolini, Italy, 1965, DVD, 55 minutes, Italian with English subtitles
Material shot during location research for the film The Gospel according to Saint Matthew (1964) becomes an essayistic reflection on the filmmaking process and the contemporary reality of Israel and Palestine.
Scenario for Sauve qui peut (la vie) [Scénario de Sauve qui peut (la vie)], Jean-Luc Godard, Switzerland, 1979, DVD, 20 minutes, French with English subtitles
In 1979, in place of the expected written screenplay, Godard submitted a 20-minute video scenario to the French funding body CNC (Centre national du Cinéma), a self-reflexive sketch of the proposed film, Sauve qui peut (la vie) (1980).
Letter from a Filmmaker [Lettre d’un cineaste], Alain Cavalier, France, 1982, DVD, 13 minutes, French with English subtitles
Composed for the French television programme Cinéma cinéma, which regularly featured such “letters from filmmakers”, this video-letter allows Cavalier the opportunity to reflect on the making of his film Thérèse (1986).
Les Années quatre-vingt, Chantal Akerman, Belgium, 1983, DVD, 82 minutes [extracts], French with English subtitles
Akerman’s essay film explores the preparation, funding and rehearsals for what would become her unique interpretation of the musical, Golden Eighties (1986).
This first session featured several examples of “notebook” films presented by Laura Busetta, Marlène Monteiro and Muriel Tinel-Temple, who had previously organised a study day entitled “Self-Portraiture in the Moving Image” at BIMI in 2014.
The notebook film is a preparatory essay for another film to come, as well as a kind of foretaste to convince producers to finance the future film. It might typically feature the casting of actors, rehearsals with actors or technicians, exploration of locations, the testing out of ideas and possible narratives, or more general reflections from the director or other members of the team. In short, the film becomes an audiovisual “notebook” in which a future work is sketched out, and in that perspective these films exemplify one of the key features of the essay film, which is to show us the creative process of filmmaking.
Films: Location notes in Palestine for The Gospel according to Saint Matthew [Sporalluoghi per il vangelo secondo Matteo], Pier Paolo Pasolini, Italy, 1965, DVD, 55 minutes, Italian with English subtitles
Material shot during location research for the film The Gospel according to Saint Matthew (1964) becomes an essayistic reflection on the filmmaking process and the contemporary reality of Israel and Palestine.
Scenario for Sauve qui peut (la vie) [Scénario de Sauve qui peut (la vie)], Jean-Luc Godard, Switzerland, 1979, DVD, 20 minutes, French with English subtitles
In 1979, in place of the expected written screenplay, Godard submitted a 20-minute video scenario to the French funding body CNC (Centre national du Cinéma), a self-reflexive sketch of the proposed film, Sauve qui peut (la vie) (1980).
Letter from a Filmmaker [Lettre d’un cineaste], Alain Cavalier, France, 1982, DVD, 13 minutes, French with English subtitles
Composed for the French television programme Cinéma cinéma, which regularly featured such “letters from filmmakers”, this video-letter allows Cavalier the opportunity to reflect on the making of his film Thérèse (1986).
Les Années quatre-vingt, Chantal Akerman, Belgium, 1983, DVD, 82 minutes [extracts], French with English subtitles
Akerman’s essay film explores the preparation, funding and rehearsals for what would become her unique interpretation of the musical, Golden Eighties (1986).
Previews
1 - EFF15P1 Introduction To 'The Self - Portrait In The Moving Image' By Laura Mulvey ([EFF15P1] Introduction To The Self - Portrait In The Moving Image By Laura Mulvey.mp3)
2 - EFF15P1 Introduction To 'The Self - Portrait In The Moving Image' By Michael Temple ([EFF15P1] Introduction To The Self - Portrait In The Moving Image By Michael Temple.mp3)
3 - EFF15P1 The Self - Portrait In The Moving Image - Round Table ([EFF15P1] The Self - Portrait In The Moving Image - Round Table.mp3)
4 - EFF15P1 Muriel Tinel-Temple, ‘The self-portrait in experimental cinema’ ([EFF15P1] Muriel Tinel-Temple �The self-portrait in experimental cinema�.mp3)
5 - EFF15P1 Marlène Monteiro, ‘Vincent Dieutre’s Leçons De Ténèbres - The Self - Portrait As Fragmented Self’ ([EFF15P1] Marlène Monteiro �Vincent Dieutre�s Leçons De Ténèbres - The Self - Portrait As Fragmented Self�.mp3)
6 - EFF15P1 Cecilia Sayad In Conversation with Michael Temple ([EFF15P1] Cecilia Sayad In Conversation with Michael Temple.mp3)
7 - EFF15P1 Laura Busetta, Jonas Mekas's Self-Portrait: Subjectivity, Fragmentation, And Displacement ([EFF15P1] Laura Busetta Jonas Mekass Self-Portrait Subjectivity Fragmentation And Displacement.mp3)
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| Dataset Title: | [EFF15P1] Prelude 1: The Notebook Film |
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| Creators: | Temple, Michael and Barrington, Matthew |
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| School/Department: | Birkbeck Schools and Research Centres > School of Arts > Film, Media and Cultural Studies |
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| Data collection method: | The Essay Film Festival, active since 2015, presents a global range of contemporary and restored essayistic works. The events are now archived here for research purposes |
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| Statement on legal, ethical, and access issues: | All film stills were provided by participating artists. |
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| Depositing User: | Emma YAPP | ||||||||||||
| Date Deposited: | 14 Jul 2023 14:28 | ||||||||||||
| Last Modified: | 12 Sep 2023 15:08 | ||||||||||||
| Publisher: | Birkbeck College, University of London |
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Cite as:
Temple, Michael and Barrington, Matthew
(2023):
[EFF15P1] Prelude 1: The Notebook Film.
Birkbeck College, University of London.
doi: https://doi.org/10.18743/DATA.00000228
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