Cinematic Arts

James D. Stone, 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
James D. Stone, Ph.D., University of New Mexico

Assistant Professor
Adán Ávalos, Ph.D., University of Southern California

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

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

Professors Emeriti
Ira Jaffe, Ph.D., University of Southern California
Ernest Rose, Ph.D., Stanford University


Introduction

The Cinematic Arts department 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, the department emphasizes the value of the aesthetic achievements and cultural contexts of the works made and critiqued. The department offers a Bachelor of Arts in Media Arts, a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Interdisciplinary Film and Digital Media, and an undergraduate minor in Media Arts.

Students pursuing the Bachelor of Arts in Media Arts create movies. Simultaneously, they study the work of great filmmakers such as Alfred Hitchcock, Luis Buñuel, and Maya Deren. They examine significant cinematic movements—such as the French New Wave, film noir, and German Expressionism—while considering important genres such as science fiction, horror, and comedy. Media Arts students acquire valuable real world experiences. They may intern with businesses integral to the New Mexico film industry, and collaborate with community partners such as Albuquerque Studios and Basement Films.

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 the College of Fine Arts. Transdisciplinary in nature, the department 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, analysis and thoughtful representation of the way “race,” gender, class, sexuality, age, ability, and other elements of identities intersect in cinema are encouraged.

Given the global nature of moving images, the department also offers 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, the department seeks to collaborate with a variety of academic departments such as Spanish and Portuguese or American Studies, where transcultural work is similarly promoted.


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.


Associated Programs

Undergraduate Program



Courses

IFDM 105L. Introduction to Digital Media [Introduction to Film and Digital Media]. (3)



IFDM 205L. Studio I: Activating Digital Space. (3)



IFDM 210. Introduction to Modeling and Postproduction. (3)



IFDM 241L. Introduction to Directing for Film and Video. (3)



IFDM 250. Special Topics in Interdisciplinary Film and Digital Media. (1-3, no limit Δ)



IFDM 300. Critical Intermediations. (3)



IFDM 301. Cinematography. (3)



IFDM 310. Studio II: Writing Digital Narrative. (3)



IFDM 311. Fundamentals of Music Technology. (2-3)



IFDM 400. Ethics, Science and Technology. (3)



IFDM 410. The Business and Law of Film and New Media. (3)



IFDM 412. Fundamentals of Audio Technology. (2-3)



IFDM 450. IFDM Capstone I Senior Projects Course. (4)



IFDM 451. IFDM Capstone II Senior Projects Course. (4)



IFDM 491. Topics in Film and Digital Media. (1-3, no limit Δ)



IFDM 492. IFDM Internship. (1-12 to a maximum of 12 Δ)



IFDM 497. Independent Study in Film and Digital Media. (1-3 to a maximum of 6 Δ)



IFDM 499. Interdisciplinary Film and Digital Media Honors. (3 to a maximum of 9 Δ)



MA 110. Introduction to Mass Communication. (3)



MA 111. Technical Introduction to Video Production. (3)



MA 210. Introduction to Film Studies. (3)



MA 212. Beyond Hollywood. (3)



MA 216. Topics in Video Making. (3 to a maximum of 6 Δ)



MA 220. Intermediate Production Workshop. (3)



MA 310 / *410. Latin American Film. (3)



MA 324. Introduction to Screenwriting. (3 to a maximum of 6 Δ)



MA 326 / *426. History of Film I: Silent. (3)



MA 327 / *427. History of Film II: Sound. (3)



MA 330. Studies in Film. (3 to a maximum of 24 Δ)



MA 331 / *431. Film Theory. (3)



MA 332 / *432. Documentary Film History. (3)



MA 334 / *434. Teen Rebels. (3)



MA 335 / *435. International Horror Film. (3)



MA 336 / *436. Images of (Wo)men. (3)



MA 337 / *437. Alfred Hitchcock. (3)



MA 339. Russian Culture and History through Film. (3)



MA 350. Advanced Screenwriting. (3)



MA 390. Topics in the Elements of Filmmaking. (3 to a maximum of 9 Δ)



MA 391. 16mm Filmmaking. (3 to a maximum of 6 Δ)



MA *409. Advanced Video Art. (3 to a maximum of 6 Δ)



MA *410 / 310. Latin American Film. (3)



MA *426 / 326. History of Film I: Silent. (3)



MA *427 / 327. History of Film II: Sound. (3)



MA *429. Topics in Production. (1-3 to a maximum of 6 Δ)



MA *430. Topics in Film History. (3 to a maximum of 24 Δ)



MA *431 / 331. Film Theory. (3)



MA *432 / 332. Documentary Film History. (3)



MA *434 / 334. Teen Rebels. (3)



MA *435 / 335. International Horror Film. (3)



MA *436 / 336. Images of (Wo)men. (3)



MA *437. Alfred Hitchcock. (3)



MA *485. Problems in Interdisciplinary Studies. (3 to a maximum of 6 Δ)



MA *487. Contemporary Interdisciplinary Topics. (3 to a maximum of 6 Δ)



MA 496 / 596. Undergraduate Production Project. (1-3 to a maximum of 24 Δ)



MA 497 / 597. Undergraduate Independent Study. (2-3 to a maximum of 24 Δ)



MA 499. Honors Thesis. (3-6 to a maximum of 6 Δ)



MA 596 / 496. Graduate Production Project. (1-3 to a maximum of 24 Δ)



MA 597 / 497. Graduate Independent Study. (2-3 to a maximum of 24 Δ)



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