Production of one or two documentary works in 35mm still photography, super-8mm or 16mm film, or video. Screenings and discussion related to an examination of the central nonfiction or documentary film from 1896-1991, including cinema verit , the ethnographic film, and the television report. Principle forms of film narrative with readings in narrative theory and film theory. In-depth study of individual independent filmmakers. An introduction to various descriptions of the process, composition and interpretation of dreams, to trace the similarities and differences of these three elements in film and television, and the evolution of ways in which dreams were incorporated in these media.
Group exercises and critiques.
Video production and postproduction outside of class are required. This course explores issues and techniques in the area of sound design and audio production. While the principle focus is on Europe and North America, attention is given to related developments in Africa, Asia, and South America, depending on availability. Questions of methodology, canon, genre, marginality, oppositionality, plagiarism, primitivism, originality, and ideology come into theoretical play as the Institutional Mode and its discontents are examined. Nonfiction Film DMS 411 or 412 Film Theory DMS 451 Avant-Garde Cinema Production and Interpretation Three production courses in one medium Three interpretation courses from above list to be selected upon consultation with the program advisor.