Capture students enthusiasm for film and transfer it to reading and literature by substituting film production roles for the traditional literature circle roles.
This is a textbook meant for use within The Living Arts (FINE 101) -- Chapters include introductions to Painting, Sculpture, Architecture, Theatre, Music, and Dance.
Course Description: An interdisciplinary survey of human creative efforts as they relate to each other. The visual and performing arts are compared with similarities stressed.
In this digital short from Unladylike2020, students learn about Lois Weber, the first woman director of a feature film, and her impact on silent film and early Hollywood. Utilizing video, discussion questions, vocabulary and an in-class activity, students explore the life and legacy of Lois Weber and her role in the fight for women’s suffrage.
It's time to take a look at a quieter, sweeter, and maybe happier film in this series. Sophia Coppola's "Lost in Translation" is a wonderful romantic comedy that doesn't play by the usual rules of its genre. In this episode, Michael talks to us about how the film works as well as why the film works so well.
Also, does it critique Capitalism? It might! Strap in!!!
As cinema started to take off, things like "single viewer" devices weren't going to cut it as the medium advanced. In this episode of Crash Course Film History, Craig talks to us about the Lumiere brothers, their invention of the Cinematographe, and the idea of projecting a movie to an audience.
MOOCs and Open Educational Resources: A Handbook for Educators is being made available for university faculty, educators, and educational producers involved in producing online courses. The guide is a step-by-step manual to how to produce and distribute educational video content under the freest of licenses, with an emphasis on Creative Commons. It is hoped that some utility may be found in its pages by all kinds of readers, whether one is a staff videographer or a chaired senior faculty member or a freelance video editor, or in any position around and in between.
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In this lesson, students learn about sound. Girls and boys are introduced to the concept of frequency and how it applies to musical sounds.
So you've made a movie. Congrats! But now you have to get people to see it. How you market your movie depends a lot on what your movie is. Is it a massive blockbuster? That means one set of requirements. Is it a small, Indy film? That's a different set of requirements. In this episode of Crash Course Film Production, Lily talks us through some of the history and methods of marketing a film to an audience.
Music & Math Using Supercollider
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With Blues, Jazz, and Soul Music as a foundational backdrop, Memphis has made many other significant contributions to music. Artists such as Maurice White, (leader/founder of the 70s/80s supergroup Earth, Wind, and Fire), Big Star, and even the most recent Band Camino all call Memphis Home. These artists along with others continue to push the creative envelope and discover new avenues of expression for Memphis Music.
Blues and Soul music intersect in Memphis Tennessee. Southern Soul as it is usually called, originated in Memphis and was greatly influenced by the blues of the city and the Mississippi Delta.
A Look at Memphis Jazz Piano before James Williams, Donald Brown, and Mulgrew Miller made their significant contributions. In addition to the great Phineas Newborn jr., Charles Thomas and Harold Mabern also made a tremendous impact. Live music at local venues provided informal educational opportunities for students of all ages.
This is a look at some of the more successful jazz pianists from Memphis Tennessee. Each artist has experienced national and international acclaim as both a pianist and composer. What's more, they are all comtemporaries having attended the University of Memphis (then Memphis State University)at the same time.
Hier finden Sie eine kurze Video-Anleitung zum Erstellen von Merklisten im MT-Katalog. In den Listen haben Sie die Möglichkeit Titel zu speichern und diese dann per Mail zu verschicken. Nutzen Sie Merklisten z.B. gerne für die Übermittlung von Titeln für Semesterhandapparate.
Hier finden Sie eine kurze Video-Anleitung zum Erstellen von Merklisten im MT-Katalog. In den Listen haben Sie die Möglichkeit Titel zu speichern und diese dann per Mail zu verschicken. Nutzen Sie Merklisten z.B. gerne für die Übermittlung von Titeln für Semesterhandapparate.
Moonlight is a hard-edged yet beautifully made story about a black American dealing with his sexuality in a sometimes unforgiving and violent world. Its director, Barry Jenkins, uses every trick in the filmmaking book to put us in the perspective of the main character, Chiron. It's an amazing accomplishment, as Michael Aranda talks about in this episode of Crash Course Film Criticism.
Well, they're not really "magic." Maybe "illusion" is a better way to say it. As we begin this journey of the history of cinema, we need to understand how movies trick our brains into even understanding that a movie is a movie. In this episode of Crash Course Film History, Craig takes us down the road of the very first inventors of motion pictures.
Short Description:
A free and open-source introduction to the art and science of moving pictures, offering in-depth exploration of how cinema communicates, and what, exactly, it is trying to say.
Long Description:
A free and open-source introduction to the art and science of cinema. From the earliest iterations to the latest innovations, this introductory text explores the tools and techniques of mise-en-scene, narrative form, cinematography, editing, sound and acting, how each has contributed to the evolution of cinematic language, and how that evolution implicates critical issues of representation in mass media. Moving Pictures offers in-depth examination of how cinema communicates, and what, exactly, it is trying to say.
Author Contact: russell.sharman@gmail.com
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These materials, created by Dr. Adam Gaines in Summer 2023, feature a syllabus, video lectures, bibliographic references, assignment prompts, discussion questions, and links to library resources, like Ken Burns' film, Jazz.
The topics covered in this course include: Background through 1910s: Jazz Heritage and Early Styles; 1920s Through 1940s: The Jazz Age and The Swing Era; 1950s Through 1980s: Breakthroughs, Fusions and Reexaminations; 1990s Through Today: An Evolving Artform.