Humanities Arts Cultural Stu 0292 - Cinematography and the City

Spring
2015
1
4.00
Baba Hillman
09:00AM-11:50AM T;06:30PM-09:00PM M
Hampshire College
316809
Jerome Liebling Center 120;Jerome Liebling Center 120
bhhCS@hampshire.edu
This film production/theory course will address cinematic representations of the body in relation to the architecture and space of cities including Mexico City, London, Dakar, Los Angeles, Tokyo, San Francisco and Paris. We will consider the determining roles of the camera and the body within films that center on the performance of shifts in cultural identities, emphasizing the body as the primary site of negotiation of identity. We will question how cinematic languages function as aesthetic systems that reflect the ways in which the body is coded in terms of gender, race and class. Screenings include works by Jia Zhang Ke, Robert Fenz, Tala Hadid, Jean Vigo, Nagisa Oshima, Ousmane Sembene and Abdellatif Kechiche as well as documentation of installation works by Masayuki Kawai, Isaac Julien, Francis Als and Mona Hatoum. The course will include workshops in cinematography and performance. Students may work in 16mm, Super 8, video and intermedia installation and will complete 3 projects. Instructor permission required.
Multiple Cultural Perspectives Independent Work In this course students are expected to spend 8 hours weekly in preparation and work outside of class time. Lab fee: $65.00
Permission is required for interchange registration during all registration periods.