DMS Intermediate Video is also very helpful. This class is limited in size. We will look at the representation of American culture with themes of gender, ethnicity, disability murder, war, popular music, institutions and history. The class will analyze camera work, editing, sound tracks, and the structure of narrative story telling. We will explore different documentary styles including cinema verite, early non-fiction, fake docs, reality TV, and experimental works.
Attendance is required with readings, two papers and one final take-home exam.
Many factors play into this equation, but one critical factor is interface of interaction design. Knowledge in this area is essential to producing successful computer programs. Students in this course should have Basic Digital Arts or the equivalent and be familiar with either Web production or Macromedia Director. We will read contemporay theorists on the changes that the information age has brought to our understanding of art, culture, the body, and gender. We will deconstruct what the information age is and who it benefits.