STUDIO PROMPT

What creative and technical challenges arise whilst capturing the real world? And, from an editing standpoint, what are the various ways that non-fiction materials can be arranged for different outcomes? 

STUDIO DESCRIPTION

In Real to Reel, students will engage in a variety of studio activities (including screenings, discussion, practical exercises, reflective tasks and media production) to explore the various ways in which non fiction materials can be arranged for different outcomes and audiences.

The first half of the semester finds students researching and reflecting on various approaches to capturing the real world. In class, students will respond to the work of practitioners such as filmmakers Frederick Wiseman and Molly Dineen and photographers Eve Arnold and Martin Parr in a series of in class exercises. Along the way, students will evaluate and improve their media production skills.

The second half of the semester finds students working in small groups to devise, produce and edit a major work (such as a short documentary of 5 minutes duration, a promotional video, a photographic essay, a podcast, an electronic press kit (EPK), transmedia experience or some other approved activity).