Session 2 Only: THIRDSPACE Masterclass with Erdem Tasdelen | Staging Narratives

Staging Narratives 

This three-part master class introduces technical and conceptual strategies for working across graphic design, moving image and sound as narrative tools. Each session is based on a specific project from my practice, and highlights a different medium to show how stories can be staged and reimagined across forms. Through hands-on exercises, participants will develop skills in writing, image-making and sound design, while approaching narrative as a flexible, experimental process. 

Session 2

Based on Erdem's moving image work A Moving Target, this session participants to use their cell phone cameras to record short video fragments around campus. Focusing on light, texture, colour, and movement rather than plot, the exercise cultivates attentiveness to the world around us, and skills for intentional framing. Selected clips will be reviewed together, exploring how fragments can carry narrative potential without resolution. 

• Capture video footage using a mobile device with attention to framing, light, and movement  

• Identify how visual fragments can suggest narrative without relying on plot  

• Edit short video clips using Adobe Premiere Pro  

• Analyze how sequencing and selection influence narrative interpretation  

• Create a short video study composed of observational fragments