+ The Flying Camel +
November 2005 - June 2006
My graduation project at Kalisher Scool of Art was a short film titled Having Fun with Colloquial Arabic. Its content was built up gradually from a large collection of aural and visual materials. These include reassembled recordings of Arabic lessons, documentary footage from Tel Aviv and Bethlehem, musical pieces, photographs, and computer-animated sequences.
+++ Scrap Book
Levant Fair poster, Tel Aviv, 1932 --> 
Hovevei Zion St., Tel Aviv, 2006 --> 
Entry into Jerusalem --> 
al-Buraaq --> 
Archive photos of Tel Aviv in the 20s and 30s --> 
+++ The Camel Quest
Starting off at the tourist shops on Ben Yehuda street in Tel Aviv, I documented my investigation into the life of a souvenir olivewood camel, tracing its route from the Tel Aviv retailer back to Palestinian craftsman. On Cristmas Eve 2005 I set off to Bethlehem to find a camel-carver's workshop. My quest ended at the Holy Land Museum, where I finally learned how olivewood camels are made.
Shop in old city, Jerusalem --> 
Frames from the documentary footage -->
+++ Teach Yourself Arabic
I reassembled the recodings accompanying the book "Having Fun with Colloquial Arabic" (narrated by the author, Proffesor Moshe Sharon) and used them as an ongoing soundtrack/script throughout the film.
The Book --> 
Frames from the lesson sequences --> 
+++ Arabic Lesson Diorama
I constructed a set and photographed diorama-style scenes which accompanyed the text of Lesson Three, "An Encounter in the Steet".
The Set --> 
Jimmy (RIP) on the set --> 
Dead Camel --> 
+++ Computer Animation
Frames from animation sequences --> 
Animation Tests and "Deleted Scenes":
Prototype Hybrid Flying She-Camel -->
Desert Tourisits -->
Medusa -->
Sunset Flyover -->
Stop-motion puppet animation -->
Stop-motion blue screen flight (discontinued) -->
+++ Reconstruction of Hovevei Zion street
+++ Nuked Camel
