Courses and Internships

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Adrenaline Film FestivalADRENALINE FILM PROJECT

AAD 410/510
CRN 37701/37702
3 credits | April 17 – May 4
Instructor: Larissa Ennis
Associate faculty: Jeff Wadlow, Omar Naim

The 72-hour intensive workshop in film production returns to Cinema Pacific for the third year. Twelve teams of three filmmakers will make a short film while guided by three professional filmmaker-mentors. If your team is selected to participate in Adrenaline, you can enroll to receive three academic credits for your work. Students will complete a final project reflecting on their project experience in the two weeks after the Adrenaline screening.
 

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NegativelandCOPYRIGHT CULTURE AND CREATIVE COMMONS

CINE 399
CRN 36772
4 credits | Spring 2012
TTh 2 – 3:20pm
Instructor: Andre Sirois

 

With the advent of digital content creation, publishing, distribution,
and sharing via the Internet, consumers—and specifically college
students—are simultaneously the producers of and infringers upon
intellectual properties. Given this precarious state between creator and
“criminal,” this class is a comprehensive analysis of copyright law's
historical developments and legislation, as well as the cultural and
economic implications of this body of law.


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Film FestivalsFILM FESTIVALS

CINE 399
CRN 37144
4 credits | Spring 2012
MW 12-1:20pm
Instructor: Richard Herskowitz

 

This course probes the evolution of film and media arts festivals and their efforts to create a more active and participatory public sphere for the appreciation and discussion of media. Festivals will also be explored as centers of innovation for the entertainment and arts industries. The course surveys the histories of film festivals in relation to their forms, functions, operations, marketing, curatorial missions, and social impacts.


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