Pamela Krayenbuhl, University of Washington Tacoma The Screening Sheet is a tool I developed to help engage students in the very specific work of close, analytical moving image analysis. I…
Rani Deighe Crowe, Ball State University This lesson is especially created for the screenwriting process, but may be adapted for production. The lesson can be done in class or any…
Miranda Banks, Emerson College An assignment excerpt: “This essay is your opportunity to take the critical thinking and analytic skills that you are developing in this class and apply them…
“Artbound episode ‘The Mundane Afrofuturist Manifesto’ delves into a new theory of the Black aesthetic in the 21st century. Created in collaboration with the award-winning creative studio Ways and Means,…
Dr. Dan Hassler-Forest’s series on films that shed light on the election of Donald Trump in the U.S., including historical, political, socioeconomic, and theoretical perspectives. “I started seeking out films…
Professor Melanie E.S. Kohnen, Georgia Tech University Full syllabus available here: http://homes.lmc.gatech.edu/~mkohnen3/Kohnen_Syllabus_Queer_Film_and_Video.pdf Additional teaching materials here: http://homes.lmc.gatech.edu/~mkohnen3/index_tp.html “This class explores how LGBT and queer identities, lives, and communities have become visible in…
Professor Aymar Jean Christian, Northwestern University Full syllabus here: https://ajchristian.org/syllabi/#/queer-new-media-syllabus/ “How do sexuality, race, gender, and class shape new media? This course explores the role of intersectional identity in technological transformations…
Professor Juliet Davis, University of Tampa Full assignment downloadable below, which includes a variety of options for the types of media authoring students can do to meet the goals of…
Professor Jennifer Hardacker, Pacific University “This section of Film and Society will focus on the representation of race in American films. Students will interrogate both narrative structures and visual codification…
Download the assignment at Teaching Media Quarterly here: http://pubs.lib.umn.edu/tmq/vol1/iss3/3/ Professor Tia Tyree, Howard University “This assignment is a critical examination of how rappers and consumers view gender and sexuality representations and…