ARCHIVE - Mediaworks 07-08

FALL QUARTER WEEKLY SCHEDULE:

Monday	10:30-12	Faculty office hours (Beatriz)
Tuesday	9:30-12:30	Screening and lecture, Sem 2 C1105
	2:00-5:00	Production workshops, Com 408, Lib 1540
Wednesday	10-12:00	Seminar, Sem 2 B3107, Sem 2 B3109
	5:00	outside screening 1 (tentative)
Thursday	5:00	outside screening 2 (tentative)
Friday	8:00-9:30	Faculty office hours (Ruth)
	10-3:00	Production Workshops Com 408, Lib 1540
	3:15-5:00	Weekly Wrap, Com 308

MEDIAWORKS 2007-08 FALL SYLLABUS OUTLINE
There will be a series of four production workshops in fall quarter. During the first 6 weeks, students will take a 5 session Experimental Animation workshop that emphasizes visual and concept design through a variety of 2D techniques, and a 5 session workshop in 16mm film production, lighting and cinematography. In the last 4 weeks of the quarter, students will focus on sound in a 4 session Audio Art workshop and a 4 session workshop in Stop-Motion and Sound Effects.

Week 1: 9/25-9/28

Tuesday:

9:30-12:30 - Introductions, Shape of the program
2:00- 5:00 - Ways of Seeing
Wednesday:

9:00 - 1:00 - Individual Conferences (no seminar)
Friday:

10:00 - 3:00 - Production Workshops begin 1st rotation: Ruth's seminar to Animation, Beatriz' seminar to 16mm film

3:15 - 5:00 - Wrap and social

Week 2: 10/2-10/5

Tuesday:

9:30-12:30 - Modernism and Critical Media
2:00- 5:00 - Production Workshops continue 1st rotation: Ruth's seminar to Animation, Beatriz' seminar to 16mm film
Wednesday:

10:00 - 12:00 - Seminar
Friday:

10:00 - 3:00 - Production Workshops continues 1st rotation: Ruth's seminar to Animation, Beatriz' seminar to 16mm film

3:15 - 5:00 - Wrap: Movement workshop CRC 116

Week 3: 10/9-10/12

Tuesday:

9:30-12:30 - Film Apparatus and Ideology
2:00- 5:00 - Production Workshops continues 1st rotation: Ruth's seminar to Animation, Beatriz' seminar to 16mm film
Wednesday:

10:00 - 12:00 - Seminar
Friday:

10:00 - 3:00 - Production Workshops end 1st rotation: Ruth's seminar to Animation, Beatriz' seminar to 16mm film

3:15 - 5:00 - Wrap: Intro to Collaborative Project: Paul Horton from Climate Solutions

Week 4: 10/16-10/19

Tuesday:

9:30-12:30 - Experimental Animation as Direct Theory
2:00- 5:00 - All program workshop screening
Wednesday:

10:00 - 12:00 - Seminar
Friday:

10:00 - 3:00 - Production Workshops begin 2nd rotation: Ruth's seminar to 16mm film, Beatriz' seminar to Animation

3:15 - 5:00 - Wrap: Collaborative Project Work

Week 5: 10/23-10/26

Tuesday:

9:30-12:30 - The Early Avant-Garde
2:00- 5:00 - Production Workshops continue 2nd rotation: Ruth's seminar to 16mm film, Beatriz' seminar to Animation
Wednesday:

10:00 - 12:00 - Seminar
Friday:

10:00 - 3:00 - Production Workshops continue 2nd rotation: Ruth's seminar to 16mm film, Beatriz' seminar to Animation

3:15 - 5:00 - Wrap: Collaborative Project presentations

Week 6: 10/30-11/2

Tuesday:

9:30-12:30 - Cartoon Animation: Promises and Pitfalls
2:00- 5:00 - Production Workshops continue 2nd rotation: Ruth's seminar to 16mm film, Beatriz' seminar to Animation
Wednesday:

10:00 - 12:00 - Seminar
Friday:

10:00 - 3:00 - Production Workshops end 2nd rotation: Ruth's seminar to 16mm film, Beatriz' seminar to Animation

3:15 - 5:00 - Wrap: Collaborative Project presentations

Week 7: 11/6-11/9

Tuesday:

9:30-12:30 - Audio Art-Visiting Artist Doug Kahn (tentative)
2:00- 5:00 - Production Workshops begin 3rd rotation: Ruth's seminar to Animation 2, Beatriz' seminar to Audio Art
Wednesday:

10:00 - 12:00 - Seminar
Friday:

Production Workshop activities as assigned (Faculty Retreat-NO WRAP)

Week 8: 11/13-11-14

Tuesday:

9:30-12:30 - Animated Critiques-Uncanny and Other
2:00- 5:00 - Production Workshops continue 3rd rotation: Ruth's seminar to Animation 2, Beatriz' seminar to Audio Art
Wednesday:

10:00 - 12:00 - Seminar
7-8:30 Visiting Audio Artist and Scholar Doug Kahn: Electromagnetism and the Arts
Friday:

10:00 - 11:45, 1:45 - 3:00 - Production Workshops end 3rd rotation: Ruth's seminar to Animation 2, Beatriz' seminar to Audio Art
12-1:30 Doug Kahn speaks on political "cut-ups" in audio art.

3:15 - 5:00 - Wrap: Collaborative Project presentations

–THANKSGIVING BREAK–

Week 9: 11/27-12/2

Tuesday:

9:30-12:30 - Copy Right and Appropriation
2:00- 5:00 - Production Workshops begin 4th rotation: Ruth's seminar to Audio Art, Beatriz' seminar to Animation 2
Wednesday:

10:00 - 12:00 - Seminar
Friday:

10:00 - 3:00 - Production Workshops continue 4th rotation: Ruth's seminar to Audio Art, Beatriz' seminar to Animation 2

3:00 - 5:00 - Wrap: Collaborative Project presentations

Week 10: 12/4-12/7

Tuesday:

9:30-12:30 - Performance Workshop CRC 316
2:00- 5:00 - Production Workshops continue 4th rotation: Ruth's seminar to Audio Art, Beatriz' seminar to Animation 2
Wednesday:

10:00 - 12:00 - Seminar
1:00-4:00 - Assisted worksession, MML (optional)
Friday:

10:00 - 3:00 - Production Workshops end 4th rotation: Ruth's seminar to Audio Art, Beatriz' seminar to Animation 2

3:00 - 5:00 - Evaluation prep workshop, Quarter Wrap.