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September 14, 2018

Media Arts and Interdisciplinary Approaches

An Interdisciplinary Approach: Media Arts   What is interdisciplinarity? What is its approach? How does it apply to media arts? These questions should interest the creative mind. For interdisciplinary thought seeks to overcome the tendency towards specialization intrinsic to traditional disciplines of study in higher education and seeks instead common pathways of approaching problem solving […]

August 31, 2018

Hollywood Filmmakers in Thailand: The Making of Chang

American Filmmakers in Thailand: The Making of Chang: A Drama of the Wilderness Thailand has become a frequent location for the shooting of American films. Its iconic settings and imagery of Southeast Asia makes it especially popular with productions looking for locales deemed exotic for American and international audiences. Thailand also benefits from a solid […]

July 31, 2018

Film Studies

(Our last entry on film discussed the upcoming anniversary of Moscow’s VGIK film institute, the world’s oldest film school for film production. This entry focuses on the development of film studies, a separate, academic area of research.)   On Film Studies   Film studies, which includes such topics as film theory, film history, film and […]

July 17, 2018

Moscow Film School

Moscow’s VGIK Film School’s Upcoming Hundredth Anniversary Next year, the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography (VGIK) will mark the 100 year anniversary of its founding, when it was established as the Moscow Film School in 1919 under the direction of Vladimir Gardin. Its current name refers to the Soviet director, screenwriter, and teacher, Sergei Gerasimov. It […]

June 8, 2018

Why Study Digital Filmmaking

Digital Filmmaking in the Age of Storytelling   Nobody doubts that what drives modern communications is visual imagery. What is less realized is the across the board importance of the art of storytelling in association with the creation of visuals in making the eventual difference in the success or failure of ideas.  And in most […]

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