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This is an advanced course in the Film program and students will rely on knowledge and technical skills acquired in previous FSP courses.
The film industry is made-up of rich and diverse genres and types of filmic storytelling. Experimental Film is the art, application and practice of creating durable moving images created in accordance with the vision of the filmmaker as artist, to bring something to life that only lives in the artist's mind and can provoke a reaction from us. This course transitions students into the film industry by providing them with the opportunity to apply the skills and knowledge of advanced filmic practice in the context of cinema as an alternative art form. Students will produce an experimental film as authentic assessment.

Experimental Film is concerned with enhancing and expanding knowledge and application of technical, conceptual, practical and observational skills related to experimental forms of cinematic storytelling.

This course introduces students to the theory and practice of the experimental filmmakers. Students will engage with and use the key experimental film movements and practitioners. Students will explore voice and representation, power relationships and subversion. Students should acquire advanced technical, analytical and research skills. This course includes lectures and discussions about contemporary experimental cinema through critical analysis of the work of established professionals in order to increase student insight into their professional practices as well as looking at how artists position their work.

On successful completion of this course students should be able to:

1. Comprehend concepts related to artists and their practices (historical and contemporary) pertaining to experimental cinema.
2. Develop, research and evaluate ideas, concepts and processes through creative, critical and reflective thinking and practice in order to develop and inform personal style as a filmmaker
3. Deliver an oral presentation focused on the needs of the intended audience, as well as appropriate delivery, structure and purpose.
4. Communicate effectively in writing and verbally in groups, by clearly and logically expressing ideas pertaining to problem solving within practice and key concepts.
5. Collaborate with team members to establish required processes for completion of project and critically reflect on their own and others’ teamwork performance, including fulfilment of assigned roles, as part of the set task or project
6. Apply advanced technical skills and knowledge to produce and realise completed works and creative forms of expression