Humanities Arts Cultural Stu 0268 - Social Issues-Interview Practi

This intermediate level production course places the interview as the locus of inquiry in order to explore, respond to, express, the ways in which social issues such as racism, economic inequality, homophobia, transphobia, sexism, bullying, hate speech and hate crimes, disability, incarceration, to name a few, affect us. In Social Issues and Interview Practices In TV Studio Video Production, students create, research and analyze the process of producing scripted, story-based, socially engaged, short non-fiction videos. The course examines elements of performance for the camera, studio and in the field shooting, various interview and editing techniques as well as the form, history, and function of the non-fiction genre in the U.S. The course is ideal for students who have completed other production courses and wish to further expand their skills and create a production portfolio. The first part of the course will be studying components of studio-based production with hands-on in class short production exercises. In the process, students will understand the various production roles of a studio shoot. In the remaining weeks, students will produce a short documentary for the web and public screenings and have the opportunity to work with the instructor in the production of three stylized studio interviews for Real Women Wear Orange, a documentary film by Braccus Giovanno and Carol Soto. The film tells the story of the women in the book Orange is the New Black by Piper Kerman and offers a critique to the romanticized view of formerly incarcerated women and girls presented in the Netflix series. This will be a demanding production course that will require intense work outside class, pre-production and organizational skills. Enrolled students and top 5 waitlist students who DO NOT attend the first class session risk losing their place on the class roster.

Independent Work Multiple Cultural Perspectives Writing and Research Lab Fee: $65. Prerequisites: Introductory courses in Media Studies, Ethnic Studies, Queer Studies, HACU-165 Intro To Media Production or other video production courses. It would be helpful to have taken courses such as HACU-0195 Documentary From Idea to Finish Film and HACU-0288 Writing for Film. In this course, students are expected to spend approximately 20 hours weekly on work and preparation outside of class time.