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Kari A Lerum
B CUSP 107
Bothell Campus
Through collaborative and interdisciplinary learning, students develop a knowledge base, skills, habits of inquiry, and imaginative vision. Focuses on individuals, society. Co-requisite: either B CUSP 101, B CUSP 104, or B CUSP 110.
Class description
"Filming The Real: Digital Storytelling and Everyday Truths" With professors David Goldstein and Kari Lerum
This course is linked with B CUSP 104, and thus 10 credits total I&S, VLPA, W (TTh 1:15 p.m.-3:20 p.m. / 3:30 p.m.-5:35 p.m.).
Students will examine how various media rhetorically claim to document "reality." We will analyze various forms of reality documentation, including journalism, ethnography, photography, graphic novels, and documentary film. Students will also practice making their own documentations of "reality" through visual media, including photography, film, and new media projects.
Student learning goals
Students will leave this course with the following abilities and sensibilities:
-Fundamental film studies literacy (terminology, film techniques)
-Media Literacy
-Ability to move from opinion to thoughtful critique and analysis
-An understanding and appreciation of the ethics of research and documentation, and how this varies by occupational sector (e.g. journalism vs academia)
General method of instruction
This course will be very "hands-on", with with fieldtrips, guest speakers, preliminary training in film production, and interactive class exercises.
Recommended preparation
No previous experience in film production needed; just a general sense of curiousity about the nature of "reality" and the ways that reality is constructed through digital and print media.
Class assignments and grading
Class assignments will be a mixture of reflective writing, short essays, and creative collaborative and individual assignments. Each student will create their own personal "digital story" (3-5 minute autobiographical film).
