Warning. The following is not for the faint of heart. Over the course of my past semester I was required to make a short film once every one and a half weeks, that's ten short films in total. While their ability to win awards varries (I've made more than one of them in less than six hours) I feel that many of them are worthy of my felling proud. I invite you to watch them, preferably starting at the bottom and working your way up (so you can see how much better my later works were) and share your thoughts.

Assignment #1: The first exercise is a short without edits (all one single Shot) that reflects something of how you see the world, and/or how the world sees you.


Full of Moon from Ian on Vimeo.


Assignment #2: Create a video whose content is based purely on the structure of the sounds, images, and editing. Find a structure that formals rhythm of the edits and sounds and the composition of the shots.


Untitled - Abstract from Ian on Vimeo.


Assignment #3: Create a portrait of a person at least ten years older than you.


Things My Mother Taught Me from Ian on Vimeo.


Assignment #4: Recreate an autobiographical vignette without using dialogue, narration, camera movements or zooms.


How I Learned I Was Allergic To Benadryl from Ian on Vimeo.


Assignment #5: Shoot and edit a dream sequence.


iDream from Ian on Vimeo.


Assignment #6: Shoot a landscape or portrait of a place that tells us something about how you feel about that location.


Topography of a First Love from Ian on Vimeo.


Assignment #7: Using the camera as an extension of your eyes, create a surveillance video that plays with the issues of seeing as knowing, privacy, control, paranoia and technology.


You Watch from Ian on Vimeo.


Assignment #8: Use the camera to keep a diary of an ordinary day of your life.


Sunrise from Ian on Vimeo.


Assignment #9: Repeat any one of the previous assignments, either with a different subject matter, or refining, improving on, and adding additional materials to the earlier version. This piece ought to be between three and five minutes in length.


Morning Routine from Ian on Vimeo.