Method

ACW Method

The Core Method changes the filmmaker.
The Growing Labs expand the language.

A progressive curriculum designed to be experienced in sequence.

ACT I — THE BIRTH OF PERCEPTION

1. Body Writing

Home Exercise
Writing Exercise

2. Remove to See

Home Exercise
Photo + Writing Exercise

3. Filmmaker in the Mirror

Home Exercise
Mode: Individual
Output: Short Film (5 min)

4. Five Senses Study

  • Sight
  • Hearing
  • Touch
  • Smell
  • Taste

Home & Urban Exercise
Performance + Writing

5. Locking Eyes

Urban Exercise
Mode: Individual
Output: Written Text

6. 50 Unforgettable Faces

Urban Exercise
Mode: Individual
Output: Short Film (3 min)

ACT II — THE BIRTH OF NARRATIVE

7. Reading Clues I — Objects

Workshop Exercise
Stand-up Presentation

8. Reading Clues II — Strangers

Urban Exercise
Mode: Individual
Output: Written Text

9. Live Cinema Fundamentals

  • Live Framing
  • Live Decoupage
  • Live Mise-en-Scène

Workshop Exercise
Individual & Collective Practice

10. Rooftop Collective Model

(Collective Live Cinema)
Rooftop Exercise
Mode: Collective
Output: Short Film (10 min)

11. Center of Meaning Density

(Narrative & Editing)
Home Exercise
Mode: Individual
Output: Archive Video (2 min)

12. Judgment Portrait Duet I — Long Shot

Home & Urban Exercise
Mode: Duet
Output: Short Film (10 min)

13. Defamiliarization I — Situations

Workshop Exercise
Mode: Individual
Writing Exercise

14. Judgment Portrait Duet II — Medium Shot

Home & Urban Exercise
Mode: Duet
Output: Short Film (10 min)

15. Defamiliarization II — Spaces

Workshop Exercise
Mode: Individual
Writing Exercise

16. Judgment Portrait Duet III — Close-Up

Home & Urban Exercise
Mode: Duet
Output: Short Film (10 min)

17. Defamiliarization III — Objects

Workshop Exercise
Mode: Individual
Writing Exercise

18. Crazy Things I Never Did I — Performative Action

Urban Exercise
Mode: Collective
Output: Live Performance

19. Crazy Things I Never Did II — Performative Cinema

Urban Exercise
Mode: Collective
Output: Performative Short Film (10 min)

GROWING LABS

Independent workshops born from the Core Method and continuously evolving through research, practice, and future editions.

  • A. Photo Essay
  • B. Performative Self-Portrait Lab
  • C. Performative Cinema Lab
  • D. Video Letters Lab
  • E. Live Editing Lab
  • F. 360° Cinema Lab

This is the map.
The journey belongs to the workshops.