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“What would be the Asili method?” Professor Ephraim Asili MFA ’11 Interviewed by ArtReview

A man in a pink shirt, blue jacket, and sunglasses leans against a tree holding a camera meant for producing films.

Ephraim Asili MFA ’11, associate professor of film and electronic arts and director of the Film and Electronic Arts Program. Photo by Lou Jones

“The first question they ask when you want to start making a film is: who is your target audience?” said Ephraim Asili MFA ’11, associate professor and director of film and electronic arts, in an interview with ArtReview. Touching on topics as broad as the history of the avant-garde and the three-act structure functioning as a “cage,” Asili was also asked what defines the “Asili method.” His answer was that it all came back to that question of audience and, for Asili, the desire to make movies that would please him as a viewer. “I want to make something to the best of my ability that is compelling to me, as compelling as I can make it for myself, and then I assume that it might be interesting to other people.”