lywood driven. Over the last few years, I’ve
begun to build a stronger working relationship between the sciences and the Film and
Video Arts program.
I believe students and faculty can benefit from seeing their research from new
perspectives. This cross-discipline research
can really open learning opportunities. The
trick is making it a functional reality within
an academic setting. This is where having
administration that is willing to experiment
with the process can help. We’re taking small
steps, but I think, if approached right, we’ll
be successful at developing an ongoing crossdiscipline relationship. Recently, students in
one of my advanced classes were given access
to stereomicroscopes to shoot video proj-
who is building up a really strong portfolio of
time-lapse and macro cinematography. Both
of these students have interests in the sciences and cinema. In my intermediate class,
students have a project that often explores
obscure phobias. Students create work that
tries to acutely elicit deep emotional responses from viewers. Students enjoy seeing how
the power of sound and moving image can
have a psychological effect on viewers.
Fredonia is a liberal arts university with
strong commitments to a broad educational
experience. I think this helps students understand that the work they do in one class
can inform their work in another class. Since
so much of my interests in the sciences are
based around movement and transformation,
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