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Filmmaker-Artist and NSAD Instructor Is Curator of alt.pictureshows Festival in San Diego
Filmmaker-Artist and NSAD Instructor Is Curator of alt.pictureshows Festival in San Diego Media Contact: For Immediate Release  Neil Kendricks, NSAD adjunct faculty member, will curate alt.pictureshows. Photo credit: Neil Kendricks San Diego—Aug. 21, 2012— Neil Kendricks, adjunct faculty member in the NewSchool of Architecture and Design (NSAD) Digital Media Arts program, is curating the 10th season of alt.pictureshows. The popular short-film festival, founded by Kendricks as a graduate student at San Diego State University, will be held on Aug. 30, 7–10 p.m., at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, 700 Prospect St., La Jolla, Calif. In addition to preparing for the festival, Kendricks is teaching a photo class at NSAD. He is encouraging his students to attend alt.pictureshows to see how film storytelling techniques can be applied to class projects, which will include students developing their own short-film project using photo stills. “One thing I want them to walk away with from the course I’m teaching at NSAD is to understand how to communicate ideas through an image, whether that might be a photo or part of a video sequence,” Kendricks said. “You can have images that have lots of special effects, but that doesn’t really tell you anything. My technique is to focus on the content.” As part of the class, students will be required to develop their own short film, or “paper movie” project, using photo stills. Kendricks got the idea from the late Chris Marker’s classic 1962 short film La Jetée, which is made up almost entirely of black-and-white still photographs and remains one of Kendricks’ favorite movies. “There have been some great films made with just still photos,” he said. “It’s a great exercise because it helps reinforce the photo as a storytelling tool and allows them to experiment with organizing pictures to communicate a specific idea.” Kendricks, who is also a filmmaker currently working on a documentary project called “Comics are Everywhere,” brings experience in both the narrative process and entrepreneurship that fits in well with NSAD’s Bachelor of Science in Digital Media Arts program. The program is structured to prepare students for careers in the fields of graphic design, publishing, advertising, Web production, film, animation, television, gaming, interior design, industrial design and architecture. About NewSchool of Architecture and Design |
 
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