There are no darkroom facilities provided for the course, so all assignments are strongly recommended to be done in slide format. If a student has access to a darkroom with an enlarger, assignments may be done in print format. The first of a two-semester course exploring the historical development of the media arts. This course will focus on the development of the film and broadcasting industries until 1950, including the organization, operation, and management of media organizations. The course will investigate the relationship between economics, industrial history, and social and political systems, and the styles and techniques of specific films and broadcast programs.
Special attention is given to the diversity of styles of presentation in the media.
The second of a two-semester course exploring the historical development of the media arts. This course will focus on the continuing development of the film and broadcasting industries after 1950, as well as the development of video and digital technologies, including the organization, operation, and management of media organizations. The course will investigate the relationship between economics, industrial history, and social and political systems, and the styles and techniques of specific films and videos, broadcast programs, and new media. This course combines lectures with hands-on workshops. It examines the relationships among photography, graphics, audio, film, video, and new media within the context of cross-media concepts, theories, and applications.