Asst. Professor
Sasha Waters
w 233 Adler Bldg.

Office Hours:
T & Th 2:30-4
& by appt.
tel. # 353.2922

WEEK 1
T 8/23 - First day of class, review syllabus, assign DIARY reading & presentation + short essay, assign readings, assign proposal (DUE Tues 9/6) & discuss proposal samples.

Th 8/25 - Review cameras, FCP diagnostic, more on proposals as needed.

WEEK 2
T 8/30 - Discuss DIARY reading & assignment. Lighting workshop in checkout.

Th 9/1 - Assign Video Collage (DUE WEEK 6) & screen clips in class - The Atomic Cafe, The Two Boys, Nobody's Business, The Smell of Burning Ants, Tribulation 99, Friendly Virus

WEEK 3
T 9/6 - Proposals DUE - pitch & discuss in class. Discuss Reading #2 by McLeod.

Th 9/8 - Intro fostex & various mics, screen more clips if time allows

WEEK 4
T 9/13 - Discuss Reading # 3 - Ch 1 from Applied Media Aesthetics - observational camera workshop, with clips from Let the Church Say Amen
and La Promesa

Th 9/15 - Advanced Final Cut Pro (FCP) workshop

WEEK 5
T 9/20 - Discuss reading # 4 "Narrative Equivocations btwn Movies & Games" w/ clips from La Jetee & Another Girl, Another Planet

Th 9/22 - 2 "Diary" Presentations, more FCP as needed

WEEK 6
T 9/27 - Discuss Reading # 5, 2 chapters on COLOR + Video Collage DUE
screen & discuss

Th 9/29 - Continue Video Collage critiques

WEEK 7
T 10/4 - Discuss Reading # 6 "Projected Image" article AND Leighton's Museum show + screen clips from Joan Does Dynasty & Semiotics of the Kitchen

Th 10/6 - 2 "Diary" Presentations & screening TBD

WEEK 8
T 10/11 - Raw Footage/Rough Cuts DUE & screen

Th 10/13 - Raw Footage/Rough Cuts DUE & screen, 2 "Diary" Presentations

WEEK 9
T 10/18 - Discuss Reading # 7 Sound Chapter in Film Production Theory book, screen Night & Fog

Th 10/20 - Discuss Reading # 8 "2D Field" chapter from Applied Media Aesthetics + 2 "Diary" Presentations

WEEK 10
T 10/25 - First Independent Project DUE, screen & discuss

Th 10/27 - First Independent Project, continue to screen & discuss

WEEK 11
T 11/1 - Round Table discussion of FINAL PROJECTS
Discuss Reading #9 "Old Media as New Media" & screen clips from Time Code, The Book of Life, Dear Pam

Th 11/3 - 2 "Diary" Presentations + Tech workshop as needed

WEEK 12
T 11/8 - 2 "Diary" Presentations, discuss Reading # 10, chapter on Time from Applied Media book

Th 11/10 - Performing Race - screen Babakiueria & Couple in a Cage

WEEK 13
T 11/15 - FINAL ROUGH CUTS DUE - screen & discuss, discuss Reading # 11 - 2 articles by/with Jill Godmilow

Th 11/17 - continue FINAL ROUGH CUT screenings

WEEK 14
Thanksgiving Holiday

WEEK 15
T 11/29 - Discuss Reading #12, "Fetal Tissue" essay by Patricia Zimmerman, clips TBD & discuss contemporary documentary & activism

Th 12/1 - Discuss last Reading, "Harper's Magazine" article & screening TBD

WEEK 16
T 12/6 - last minute troubleshooting on FINAL PROJECTS

Th 12/8 - FINAL PROJECTS DUE, work on final screening program

Our final screening will take place during the time scheduled for our FINAL EXAM unless we arrange and agree as a class to re-schedule it.

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