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69730
Independent Study
ARRANGED
n.a.
Location Pending
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
08/22/22-12/07/22
Special Approval:
Instructor Approval Required
Section Info:
In order to register for this course, students need to complete an Independent Study Form which can be found here: https://go.illinois.edu/IndependentStudy. Students must complete all sections of the form before it can be submitted for review by their participating instructor. Once the form has been reviewed and approved by the department, the student will receive further registration information from the College of Media Student Services Center.
59799
Lecture-Discussion
CHP
4:00PM -5:20PM
TR
1000 Siebel Center for Design
Aguayo, A
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
08/22/22-12/07/22
Degree Notes:
Camp Honors/Chanc Schol course.
Credit:
3 hours
Section Title:
Documentary & Social Change
Section Info:
Cinema has always stimulated hope for a better world. Coming into its own during the progressive era, a period of widespread activism and political reform from 1890 to 1920, motion picture technology attracted educators, activists, historians, and moral leaders. With the progress of this technology grew the belief that movies could help solve the problems that troubled society. Instead of escape, these motion pictures engaged audiences with the political power of representation, riveting viewers with diverse reflections of daily life that could compel hearts, change minds, and give spectators political agency. This legacy of community media continues with an incredible impact on the production of diverse viewpoints, stories, and representations in public life. Historically, these films were not exclusively released in theaters but screened in civic centers, churches, community centers, neighborhoods and now circulate online. As a response, communities organized their own media production centers and practices to combat the problematic representations on the commercial screens and in news representations. This course will study the history of documentary and social change in the United States but also what this might look like in our local community. As a class, we will plan community screenings and production workshops that reflect the legacy of engaged cinema, collaborating with community groups. This course will provide students with hand-on experience and training towards professional careers in content creation and community focused media. MACS students would be interested in the history of participatory cinema, politics of representation, community engagement, production practices Journalism students would be interested in community beat reporting, information gathering and reporting practices, visual storytelling, reporting on undocumented history, representation of memory and community building Advertising students might be interested in the use of realism and authenticity in visual storytelling, adverting/public relations and social justice. Those who would be interested in planning and branding events around the social good should also be interested in this course.
Restriction(s):
Restricted to Chancellor's Scholar-CHPHonors students.
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