ShitArt Manifesto

	ShitArt Manifesto 1. Direct sound is the enemy. Whenever possible it should be avoided altogether. 2. Professional actors are forbidden. All material should attempt to be real to life at the moment of filming. 3. Never concern oneself with narrative during filming. 4. There should be an excessive, gratuitous and totally unjustified application of post-production digital resources utilized during the editing phase. Examples of this are color balancing, contrast enhancement, speed manipulation, etc... 5. Handheld camera is the accepted technique, but other methods are occasionally permitted. The public should find the camera movements unsettling and the work is even better when it is not only disturbing, but difficult to view. Traditional framing should be avoided at all costs. The viewer is a voyeur looking through a keyhole. 6. Jump cutting is the accepted editing method. One should ignore time, and/or reality constraints, as well as the viewers' need to understand. 7. When shooting in film, extreme overexposures are preferred to correct meter readings. When shooting in video, all colors except white may be used when setting a white balance. 8. ShitArt should never be confused with music videos, although music can play a very important role in building of dramatic structure and rhythm during the edit. Music incorporated into ShitArt pieces should come from marginal music genres. Pop and/or commercial music should only be used as a comedic element. 9. Bringing together the idiotic with the pretentious is the optimum combination. For a reference, think USSR's Andrei Tarkovsky meets MTV's Jackass. 10. Story is not important, only the feeling. Ratified February 15, 2003, Cuba Tampico (USA) Andres Buitrago (Colombia) Santos (Mexico) Ulf Behrens (Germany) Matheus Rocha (Brasil) Manuel Zayas (Cuba) Eloy 'Naked Boy' Enciso (Spain) Wichy De Vedado (Cuba) el.la Robleswelch (Mexico) Mauro Herce (Spain) Carolina Bastos (Brasil) Sion Fullana (Spain) Return to ShitArt

1. Direct sound is the enemy. Whenever possible it should be avoided altogether.

2. Professional actors are forbidden. All material should attempt to be real to life at the moment of filming.

3. Never concern oneself with narrative during filming.

4. There should be an excessive, gratuitous and totally unjustified application of post-production digital resources utilized during the editing phase. Examples of this are color balancing, contrast enhancement, speed manipulation, etc...

5. Handheld camera is the accepted technique, but other methods are occasionally permitted. The public should find the camera movements unsettling and the work is even better when it is not only disturbing, but difficult to view. Traditional framing should be avoided at all costs. The viewer is a voyeur looking through a keyhole.

6. Jump cutting is the accepted editing method. One should ignore time, and/or reality constraints, as well as the viewers' need to understand.

7. When shooting in film, extreme overexposures are preferred to correct meter readings. When shooting in video, all colors except white may be used when setting a white balance.

8. ShitArt should never be confused with music videos, although music can play a very important role in building of dramatic structure and rhythm during the edit. Music incorporated into ShitArt pieces should come from marginal music genres. Pop and/or commercial music should only be used as a comedic element.

9. Bringing together the idiotic with the pretentious is the optimum combination. For a reference, think USSR's Andrei Tarkovsky meets MTV's Jackass.

10. Story is not important, only the feeling.

Ratified February 15, 2003, Cuba
Tampico (USA)
Andres Buitrago (Colombia)
Santos (Mexico)
Ulf Behrens (Germany)
Matheus Rocha (Brasil)
Manuel Zayas (Cuba)
Eloy 'Naked Boy' Enciso (Spain)
Wichy De Vedado (Cuba)
el.la Robleswelch (Mexico)
Mauro Herce (Spain)
Carolina Bastos (Brasil)
Sion Fullana (Spain)

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