[EFF15P1] Prelude 1: The Notebook Film
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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).
2015年1月16日18:00,伯克贝克影院(Birkbeck Cinema)。本场展映单元呈现了多部笔记电影(notebook film)作品,由劳拉·布塞塔(Laura Busetta)、玛琳·蒙特罗(Marlène Monteiro)与穆里尔·蒂内尔-坦普尔(Muriel Tinel-Temple)展映;这三位组织者曾于2014年在BIMI举办主题为“动态影像中的自画像”的学术研讨日。 笔记电影是为后续影片创作的预备性随笔,同时亦可作为说服制片方为未来影片提供资金支持的先行样片。这类影片通常涵盖演员试镜、与演员或技术人员的排演、场地勘景、创意与叙事可能性的测试,亦或是导演及团队其他成员的一般性思考。简言之,此类影片成为视听化的“笔记”,勾勒出未来作品的雏形;从这一视角而言,这类作品堪称随笔电影(essay film)的核心特征之一——即向观者展现电影创作的完整流程。 展映影片1:《〈马太福音〉巴勒斯坦取景笔记》[*Sporalluoghi per il vangelo secondo Matteo*],皮埃尔·保罗·帕索里尼(Pier Paolo Pasolini),意大利,1965年,DVD格式,片长55分钟,意大利语对白配英文字幕。本片素材取自1964年电影《〈马太福音〉》的巴勒斯坦取景调研过程,最终成为关于电影创作历程以及以色列与巴勒斯坦当代现实的随笔式反思作品。 展映影片2:《〈快行客〉剧本》[*Scénario de Sauve qui peut (la vie)*],让-吕克·戈达尔(Jean-Luc Godard),瑞士,1979年,DVD格式,片长20分钟,法语对白配英文字幕。1979年,戈达尔并未提交常规的书面剧本,而是向法国影视资助机构法国国家电影中心(Centre national du Cinéma,CNC)提交了这部20分钟的视频剧本,作为拟拍影片《快行客》(*Sauve qui peut (la vie)*,1980)的自反性创作草图。 展映影片3:《电影人的来信》[*Lettre d’un cineaste*],阿兰·卡瓦利埃(Alain Cavalier),法国,1982年,DVD格式,片长13分钟,法语对白配英文字幕。本片为法国电视节目《Cinéma cinéma》制作,该节目常设“电影人的来信”板块。这部视频书信让卡瓦利埃得以反思其后续影片《泰蕾兹》(*Thérèse*,1986)的创作过程。 展映影片4:《八十年代》[*Les Années quatre-vingt*],香特尔·阿克曼(Chantal Akerman),比利时,1983年,DVD格式,片长82分钟(节选片段),法语对白配英文字幕。阿克曼的这部随笔电影,围绕其音乐剧《黄金八十年代》(*Golden Eighties*,1986)的筹备、募资与排演过程展开探讨,该作品亦是她极具个人风格的音乐剧诠释之作。



