LOOKING AHEAD : FILM AND MOVING IMAGE
PRACTICAL ARTS
LOOKING AHEAD : FILM AND MOVING IMAGE
Starting this fall , the film and moving image program has consolidated into a two-track structure , says Chris Reed , Chair and Professor of Film and Moving Image .
“ When the major was introduced under its current name in 2013 , the program offered four tracks : cinematography , editing , producing , and writing ,” he explains . “ As we have evaluated the track requirements since then , we have noticed that our technically minded students identify interests in both cinematography and editing courses and producing and writing courses by taking electives in those areas .” Now , the program offers the two tracks of cinematography / editing and producing / writing to both streamline and round out students ’ academic experience .
Reed adds that the outside world of various film-and-moving-image professions also drove the decision to combine the tracks . “ There is an increasing need for filmmakers who can do these combinations of shooting and editing their own material , for hire , and writing and producing their own material , for production . As such , the combination of our tracks better serves the professional needs of our graduates .”
Projects from the course — the last design course taken by all visual communication design students in their last semester — are shown as a gallery exhibit for the entire community to see . “ Traditional design campaigns start at a prototype stage , so conceivably , the exploration of ideas in the capstone could lead to real things being produced ,” Moore says .
External professionals also lend their guidance ; last semester , for example , students took part in a workshop at Open Works , a community-based hub for fabrication tools . “ It ’ s looking outside the classroom — they ’ re interacting with real people and real problems .
“ And that ’ s the interesting challenge : these projects address real issues , which means that students don ’ t necessarily always come up with an answer or a solution , and they learn that through the process , too — just as they will in the real world once they graduate . Now , they ’ re already equipped to face both challenges and opportunities .”
12 | VENTURES / FALL 2017
To learn about one alumna ' s capstone experience , go to stevenson . edu / ventures .