New Cinema & Photography videos from worldwide Universities: conferences and seminars
A Photographic Journey with Yuri Dojc
The Canadian photographer Yuri Dojc has earned international recognition for his work, which ranges from cityscapes to nudes.
In this lecture, Dojc presents a series of his photographs, becoming our lens on history and memory.
The New School
Joseph Labate: My Work
Joseph Labate has experience working with and teaching most photographic mediums and currently works primarily with digital technology. His research investigates the impact of technology on the medium of photography.
University of Arizona
Zombie Film Class
Each summer, UMF Assoc. Professor of Art Dawn Nye and Instructor of Theater / Director of the Emery Community Arts Center Jayne Decker combined academic disciplines to teach a highly unique -- and highly popular May Term course, Zombie Film.
University of Maine Farmington
Student Jim Lind
Jim Lind, undergraduate photography student, discusses his process of storytelling
through photography.
SCAD Savannah College of Art and Design
New Cinema & Photography videos from worldwide Universities: courses
Film as Visual and Literary Mythmaking
This course examines problems in the philosophy of film as well as literature studied in relation to their making of myths. The readings and films that are discussed in this course draw upon classic myths of the western world. Emphasis is placed on meaning and technique as the basis of creative value in both media.
MIT
Philosophy of Film
This course is a seminar on the philosophical analysis of film art, with an emphasis on the ways in which it creates meaning through techniques that define a formal structure. There is a particular focus on aesthetic problems about appearance and reality, literary and visual effects, communication and alienation through film technology.
MIT
Philosophy In Film and Other Media
Instructor: Prof. Irving Singer This course examines works of film in relation to thematic issues of philosophical importance that also occur in other arts, particularly literature and opera. Emphasis is put on film's ability to represent and express feeling as well as cognition. Both written and cinematic works by Sturges, Shaw, Cocteau, Hitchcock, Joyce, and Bergman, among others, are considered. There are no tests or quizzes, however students write two major papers on media/philosophical research topics of their choosing.
