DMS 101 A,B,C
Basic Filmmaking
B.Roddy
TR 12-1:50
Reg. #141668
CFA 286
This course is intended to provide a basic introduction to 16mm film production.
Classes will include screenings, lectures, and demonstrations. Students
will learn basic camera operation, lighting, editing, and sound acquisition.
In addition, the course will explore the critical relationship between theory
and practice in the context of film production. Students will be required
to complete collaborative class projects, individual assignments, and a critical
paper. Each student will also be required to complete a short, non-sync,
16mm film project. Class materials will cost approx. $150. Lab fee:
$75. Class size is strictly limited.
DMS 103 A,B a
Basic Video
Terry Cuddy
MW 9-10:50am
Reg.#300036
CFA 244 This course is a basic introduction to the tools and techniques of
video production. Students will become familiar with using video and develop
strategies for its application as an alternative medium of communication.
Crucial to this project is the concurrent development of a critical perspective
on mainstream media culture. Video art screenings and readings in media
theory will critically address the relations between viewers, producers, and
the media. Students must expect to acquire materials and texts costing
approx. $50.00 to be used in exercises in classroom presentations. Access
to equipment and editing facilities will be available. Lab fee:
$75. Class size is strictly limited.
DMS 105 A
Basic Documentary
Andrew Golebiowski
MW 12-1:50
REG# 198676
CFA 244 This course will present students with the fundamental, theoretical,
creative, and technical concerns of documentary and video production.
Students will be introduced to methods of research, production design, approach
to subject, interviewing and the structuring of information, as well as the
technical video skills of camera work, sound recording, and lighting and editing,
as they apply specifically to the documentary process. The demands of
documentary expression require preparation with a different emphasis from that
which applies to the personal and experimental approaches to filmmaking and
video making. Lab fee: $75. Class size is strictly limited.
DMS 108
Film History 2
MW 8-9:50
Reg.#495869
CFA 112
Description not yet available.
DMS 108 MFT
Film History 2
Brian Henderson
ARR
Telecourse
Reg.# 347360
ARR
For information, contact the instructor:
645-6902 ext. 1489
bhenders@acsu.buffalo.edu
DMS 121 A, B
Basic Digital Arts
Tracey McGuirl
MWF 8-9:20 am
Reg. #025010
CFA 136 M&F;
CFA 136 W
This course will present fundamental concepts and methods that underlie the
use of computers in generating and processing digital works and examine them
in the context of contemporary artistic practice in painting, photography, film,
and video. The impact of computers, both present and potential, on the
more traditional arts will be discussed. Through the use of imaging audio
and presentation software, students will explore the various ways in which computers
deal with images, sound and structures, adapting these methods to produce work
of their own. Work by contemporary artists working in the digital medium
will be shown and examined on a regular basis. The class size is strictly
limited. Lab fee: $75.
DMS 213
Immigration and Film
Beth Snyder
TR 11-12:50pm
Reg.#004004
CFA 232 We will examine cinematic representations of immigrants, paying close
attention to social and political constructions of ethnic “difference”
and notions of “the other.” The class will consist of assigned
readings, regular class discussion, a presentation, a final exam, film screenings,
and short response papers. Films will include: Chaplin’s The
Immigrant; Silver’s Hester Street; D.W. Griffith’s Broken Blossom;
Wang’s Dim Sum, and others. Attendance is mandatory. Non-majors
welcome. Fulfills the American Pluralism requirement.
DMS 231 FAB
Animation Using Maya
Jesse Fabian
M 6-9:50
Reg.#282840
CFA 242 Permission of Instructor
This course will provide students with an understanding of 3D animation principles
and how to use digital tools effectively to create great media pieces.
Using Maya, a state-of-the-art 3D modeling and animation software developed
by Alias/Wavefront, students will explore how to best communicate personality,
gesture, expression and movement in course projects. This is a rare opportunity
to gain valuable experience working with a professional 3D animator. Related
topics include project management, digital video production, and other skill
areas necessary for fluency in 3D media production. Lab fee: $75.
TO GAIN PERMISSION OF INSTRUCTOR, PLEASE FILL OUT THE ON-LINE FORM AT http://mail.jesse.org/cgi-bin/addmaya
The Role of the Producer
Joe DiPasquale
MW
CFA 112
This course will introduce the student to the world of creating media for broadcast,
cable networks, and feature films within the studio system. The current
Hollywood scene will be a major component of the course.
DMS 341 KOE
Intermediate Video Workshop
Meg Knowles
Reg.#146243
TR 1-2:50pm
CFA 244
PR: DMS 103, 104, 105, or 106 This course is a workshop in the tools of video. It offers exercises
in intermediate video production for students who have had some previous exposure
to video as a creative medium. The course will emphasize the development
of technical skills and knowledge which are necessary for the effective use
of video as an artistic tool and for documentation or personal expression.
The student will buy at least three videocassettes for use in hands-on assigned
exercise concerning cameras, lighting, editing, and other aspects of production
and post-production. Other topics to be covered are video electronics
and staging. Each student will need to spend a substantial amount of time
working with studio, portable, and editing facilities outside the regular class
hours. In addition, some outside video tape viewing, as well as short
papers, will be required. Readings will include classroom handouts in
addition to the assigned textbook. Total minimum expenses for each student
is $50. Lab fee: $75. Attendance is mandatory.
DMS 389 ART
Real-Space Electronic Art
Paul Vanouse
MW 12:50-3:20pm
Reg.#059805 Description not available. Contact the Art Department, 645-6878.
DMS 401 MIS
Advanced Film
Vince Mistretta
MW 3-4:50pm
Reg.#093841
CFA 246
Permission of Instructor Only Description not yet available. For information, contact the instructor:
645-6902 ext. 1480.
DMS 404 A
Advanced Documentary Production
Sarah Elder
TR 3-4:50
Reg.#303971
CFA 235 This course is an advanced workshop in which students create an original
documentary project in video (or film, still photography, audio or web-based
formats with the permission of instructor). Creativity and originality will
be stressed with exercises to encourage "seeing","listening"
and artistic risk taking. Individual projects may go in many creative directions
including the political, personal, humorous, experimental, conventional, transgressive,
ethnographic, client-based oractivist. Students will gain a solid understanding
of contemporary non-fiction forms and the particular problems which non-fiction
makers face. Films by contemporary artists will be shown on a regular basis.
We will look at dramatic structure, story telling, and narrative/non-narrative
forms of editing. Emphasis will be given to production techniques which bring
access and intimacy to the video subject and integrity to the documentary. The
course will explore ethical issues and problems of privacy and intrusion. Students
will develop production skills in research, fieldwork, collaboration, interviewing,
location sound recording, camera skills, and production management.
Each student will produce one short documentary piece, with supporting assignments
in shooting, sound, and digital editing on the Media 100. A written production
book will be required. A class film festival ends the semester. Prerequisite:
DMS Basic Documentary, or DMS Basic Video, or permission of instructor. DMS
Intermediate Video is also very helpful. Materials and text approximately $50.
Lab Fee $75. This class is limited in size.
Interface Design
Vanessa Dennen
**This is an ON-LINE course** Why do computer-based products succeed or fail? Many factors
play into this equation, but one critical factor is interface of interaction
design. Human-computer interaction (HCI) is the study of how humans use
computers. Knowledge in this area is essential to producing successful
computer programs. This class will explore current topics in HCI and interface
design while developing computer-based products in a group environment with
a focus on developing a user-friendly interface. Students in this course
should have Basic Digital Arts or the equivalent and be familiar with either
Web production or Macromedia Director.
DMS 415 ANS
Art & Tech
TR 12-1:50pm
Reg.#024326
Josephine Anstey
CFA 242 New Description: This is an interdisciplinary seminar exploring
issues of visual representation and technology in contemporary society. We will
read contemporay theorists on the changes that the information age has brought
to our understanding of art, culture, the body, and gender. We will deconstruct
what the information age is and who it benefits. We will also read cyberpunk
literature, play computer games, visit internet sites and chat rooms, and view
documentation of contemporary artists working in digital and interactive media.
Students will be expected to participate actively in discussion, and make class
presentations. They will also a be required to produce a number of responses
to the material as well as a final project of real scope and ambition. Students
can choose the medium for their responses and project. Written work, art work,
film, video, animation, web-based work and multi-media work are all appropriate
if defensible. Books will include, "Electronic Culture: Technology &
Visual Representation," by Timothy Druckrey and "Modest-Witness, Second-Millennium
: Femaleman Meets Oncomouse : Feminism and Technoscience" by Donna
Haraway Lab fee $75.
DMS 417 BOH
Poetics of Materials
Marc Bohlen
MW 10-11:50am
Reg.#312018
CFA 232 While *The Digital* is the current reigning paradigm of artistic experimentation
a return to the rich unstructured territory of the *Analog* can be expected
in the future. This course will visit materials and material properties for
their potential as expressive modes of communication in the arts. We will investigate
materials and material behaviors such as copper, glass, light and semi-conductors
both on a scientific and metaphorical level. Then we will (re)visit selected
artists and art practices that incorporate such material in their work.
Readings will include but not be limited to mathematical texts on material properties,
interviews with Joseph Beuys, notes from Marcel Duchamp, texts from Friedrich
Kittler, the Critical Art Ensemble and readings from Thomas Pynchon. Students
will be required to participate in discussions and write a semester paper.
DMS 420 A
Advanced Digital Arts: 3D Virtual Environments
Josephine Anstey
TR 9-10:50am
Reg.#100125
CFA 242
Permission of Instructor Only This production course will extend students knowledge of OpenGL and
c++ into the realm of 3D computer graphics programming. We will be using the
CAVE library to build virtual environments, which will be displayed on a low-cost
VR system at Media Study. Students will learn about the hardware needed for
VR systems, (tracking, interactive devices and display devices). The programming
will focus on skills for designing VR applications and object-oriented programming.
However, the major focus of the course will be on creating interactive art experiences
by programming both graphics and sound. Lab Fee $75.
DMS 420 B
Advanced Digital Arts: R.A.P. Robot Art Practice
Marc Bohlen
MW 1-2:50pm
Reg.#430088
CFA 246
Permission of Instructor Only This course will address current issues in Robot Art Practice from
both a practical and conceptual perspective. We will discuss and work in the
realm of information manipulation using machine vision analysis, speech recognition
and AI techniques to build reactive systems in the context of current installation
art work. In addition to readings and programming assignments, students will design their
own interactive installation works as a semester project. Programming experience
in an object oriented programming language (C++, Java)is required.
DMS 442
Advanced Video
Tony Conrad
MW 2-3:50pm
Reg.#346085
CFA 244
Description not yet available. For information, contact the instructor:
645-6902 ext.1496
DMS 451 ZAN
Avant-Garde Cinema
Julie Zando
T 6-9:50pm
Reg.#191737
CFA 232 Description not yet available. For information, contact the instructor:
645-6902 ext.1480
juliezando@yahoo.com
DMS 474
Seminar on Postmodernism
Brian Henderson
MW 11-12:30pm
Reg.#081041
CFA 235 This seminar explores notions of postmodernism and of postmodern textuality
and of relations—actual, possible, and potential—between them.
Theoretical work by Jean Beaudrillard, Jean-Francois Lyotard, Craig Owens, Linda
Williams, and others will be studied. Films to be viewed include Mayhem
by Abigail Child, The Singing Detective by Stephan Potter, and The Thin Blue
Line by Errol Morris. Graphic work to be examined includes Daniel Buren,
Francesco Clemente, Mary Kelly, Anselm Kiefer, Julian Schnabel, and Cindy Sherman.
Literary work to be examined includes Poems for the Millenium (vol. 2) and late
stories by J.D. Salinger; drama by Caryl Churchill, Fo and Brecht will also
be sampled. Presentations by seminar members will expand these issues.
DMS 418
Special Topics: Women Directors
Caroline Koebel
TR 10-11:50
Reg.#189686
CFA 235 In this course, students will gain a critical understanding of women
as feature film directors. We will look in particular at English-language
productions from the 1990's by a cross-generation of emerging andestablished
filmmakers, including Jane Campion, Julie Dash, and Mary Harron. Each
seminar will focus on one movie and attendant readings. In considering
specific instances of women's presence in feature film directing, we will also
face "uncomfortable truths" (Manohla Dargis) regarding the underrepresentation
of women directing both studio and independent productions. Course work
includes weekly screenings and readings, response papers, a class presentation,
and a term project in the form of a research paper, screenplay, zine, or a web
site.
DMS 490
Internship
Staff
Variable Credit 1-4 - Permission of Instructor Media Study majors have the opportunity to gain variable academic credit
for internships in local and national media production companies, television
stations, cable companies, and media access centers. This is an unpaid
internship available to majors. Guidelines are set by an internship supervisor
in collaboration with a faculty sponsor to provide hands-on practical experience
in an on-the-job training program. For registration info, see Nancy King
in 231 CFA.
DMS 499
Independent Study
Staff
Variable Credit 1-4 - Permission of Instructor Students may arrange for special courses of study with faculty through
“Independent Study.” The instructor will set the guidelines
for the course on an individual basis. It permits the student to study,
independently, in an area where no course is given. Syllabus for Independent
Study should be prepared prior to semester, signed by the instructor, with one
copy on file with the department. For registration info, see Nancy King
in 231 CFA. Lab fee for production work: $75
