Cinematic Arts

      Susan Dever, Chairperson
      Department of Cinematic Arts
      CERIA, Room 370
      MSC04 2570
      1 University of New Mexico
      Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001
      (505) 277-6262, FAX (505) 277-6314

      Associate Professors

      Susan Dever, Ph.D., Stanford University
      Nina Fonoroff, M.F.A., San Francisco Art Institute
      Deborah Fort, M.F.A., San Francisco Art Institute

      Visiting Associate Professor
      Caroline Hinkley, M.F.A., California Institute of the Arts

      Assistant Professor
      James Daniel Stone, Ph.D., University of New Mexico

      Professor of Practice
      Matthew McDuffie, M.A., University of New Mexico

      Adjunct Professors
      Katrin Schroeter, Ph.D., Brown University
      Mary Tsiongas, M.F.A., California College of Arts

      Lecturer
      Bryan Konefsky, M.F.A., University of New Mexico

      Professors Emeriti
      Ed Angel, Ph.D., University of Southern California
      Ira Jaffe, Ph.D., University of Southern California
      Carl Mora, Ph.D., University of Alabama
      Ernest Rose, Ph.D., Stanford University


      Introduction

      The College of Fine Arts’ Department of Cinematic Arts is dedicated to the study and practice of film and video as art. In the hope of understanding and enhancing moving image productions, the curriculum offers students a broad foundation in sound and visual culture. Although one may approach film and video for commercial purposes, our Department emphasizes the value of the aesthetic achievements and cultural contexts of the works we make and critique.

      Cinematic Arts students establish ties to the intellectual and creative pursuits of the College of Arts and Sciences as well as to parallel efforts in our own school. Transdisciplinary in nature, our offerings resonate with current practices in history, cultural studies, literary theory, visual and performing arts studies, anthropology, psychology, sociology, political theory, women and gender studies, and science studies. Through these lenses we encourage analysis and thoughtful representation of the way “race,” gender, class, sexuality, age, ability, and other elements of our identities intersect in cinema and video.

      Given the global nature of moving images, we also offer students an outlook that is international as well as interdisciplinary. To learn about world cinema is to explore diverse cultures. The Media Arts curriculum includes courses devoted to various national and regional cinemas; students interested in Latino, Hispanic, Chicano, and Latin American cinemas, for instance, can focus their investigations on local cultures vis-à-vis global concerns. In these and in other courses, our department seeks to collaborate with a variety of academic departments such as Spanish and Portuguese or American Studies, where transcultural work is similarly promoted.

      Students who major (or minor) in Media Arts are expected to maintain a grade point average in the major (or minor) of 3.0. More details about the major in Media Arts follow.


      Fees

      Department fees support film and video rentals and purchases in history and criticism courses, plus the purchase, maintenance, and replacement of equipment used in the film and video production courses.


      Courses

      NONE 110. Introduction to Mass Communication. (3)



      NONE 111. Technical Introduction to Video Production. (3)



      NONE 210. Introduction to Film Studies. (3)



      NONE 212. Beyond Hollywood. (3)



      NONE 216. Topics in Video Making. (3 to a maximum of 6 Δ)



      NONE 310 / *410. Latin American Film. (3)



      NONE 324. Introduction to Screenwriting. (3 to a maximum of 6 Δ)



      NONE 326 / *426. History of Film I: Silent. (3)



      NONE 327 / *427. History of Film II: Sound. (3)



      NONE 330. Studies in Film. (3 to a maximum of 24 Δ)



      NONE 331 / *431. Film Theory. (3)



      NONE 332 / *432. Documentary Film History. (3)



      NONE 333 / *433. Film Noir. (3)



      NONE 334 / *434. Teen Rebels. (3)



      NONE 335 / *435. International Horror Film. (3)



      NONE 336 / *436. Images of (Wo)men. (3)



      NONE 337 / *437. Alfred Hitchcock. (3)



      NONE 339. Russian Culture and History through Film. (3)



      NONE 390. Topics in the Elements of Filmmaking. (3 to a maximum of 9 Δ)



      NONE 391. 16mm Filmmaking. (3 to a maximum of 6 Δ)



      NONE *409. Advanced Video Art. (3 to a maximum of 6 Δ)



      NONE *410 / 310. Latin American Film. (3)



      NONE *426 / 326. History of Film I: Silent. (3)



      NONE *427 / 327. History of Film II: Sound. (3)



      NONE *429. Topics in Production. (1-3 to a maximum of 6 Δ)



      NONE *430. Topics in Film History. (3 to a maximum of 24 Δ)



      NONE *431 / 331. Film Theory. (3)



      NONE *432 / 332. Documentary Film History. (3)



      NONE *433 / 333. Film Noir. (3)



      NONE *434 / 334. Teen Rebels. (3)



      NONE *435 / 335. International Horror Film. (3)



      NONE *436 / 336. Images of (Wo)men. (3)



      NONE *437. Alfred Hitchcock. (3)



      NONE *485. Problems in Interdisciplinary Studies. (3 to a maximum of 6 Δ)



      NONE *487. Contemporary Interdisciplinary Topics. (3 to a maximum of 6 Δ)



      NONE 496 / 596. Undergraduate Production Project. (1-3 to a maximum of 24 Δ)



      NONE 497 / 597. Undergraduate Independent Study. (2-3 to a maximum of 24 Δ)



      NONE 499. Honors Thesis. (3-6 to a maximum of 6 Δ)



      NONE 596 / 496. Graduate Production Project. (1-3 to a maximum of 24 Δ)



      NONE 597 / 497. Graduate Independent Study. (2-3 to a maximum of 24 Δ)



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