Eastern Illinois University Film Studies Minor Newsletter
April/May 2011
News and Views
Open House
April 16, 2011 from 9:30-11:30
The Film Studies Minor will be staffing a table at the EIU Open House in the University Ballroom on Monday, October 11 from 9:45-11:30. We will have a new flyer with information about possible job opportunities with a film studies minor, a fact sheet, and an interactive film game available for prospective students and their friends to enjoy.
Please Note:
Eastern Film Society Films during Spring 2011 will be screened on Mondays and Wednesdays from 7-9 Coleman Auditorium
Film Conferences, Journals, and Screenings
Call for Papers: Embarras Valley Film Festival Symposium
Symposium Date: November 11, 2011
Deadline for Proposals: October 1, 2011
This Year’s Theme: Films For and About Children and Young Adults
Proposals for conference-length papers related to our theme, “Films For and About Children and Young Adults” are invited for our 2011 Embarras Valley Film Festival. Although we will be screening films connected with film makers and personnel from the Central Illinois area, we encourage a variety of perspectives on children’s and young adult films. The following outlines the possible films we will screen during our festival:
Hachi: A Dog’s Tale (2009)
Song of the South (1946)
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964)
Cinderella (1950)
Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief (2010)
Martian Child (2007)
Please send an abstract of approximately 150 words by October 1, 2011 to the following address or email:
Dr. Robin L. Murray
English Department
Eastern Illinois University
Charleston, IL 61920
rlmurray@eiu.edu
We will contact participants by October 15, 2011 regarding their status.
The EVFF is a yearly event sponsored by the Eastern Illinois University College of Arts and Humanities and honors a person or theme relevant to the Embarras Valley, which encompasses much of East Central Illinois.
Eastern Illinois University is located in Charleston, Illinois, in the Embarras Valley. The symposium will be held in the Tarble Arts Center Atrium on EIU’s campus.
Power Outage Delays Screenings for Central Illinois Feminist Film Festival to April 13 from 2:00-6:00 in CH 3150
The Central Illinois Feminist Film Festival entries will be screened on Wednesday, April 13, from 2-6 in room 3150 Coleman Hall. This year’s winner is Tom’s Wife, a feature-length film set during the rural Depression era. Our honorable mentions were Stan Vs. Squirrel and LGBT Youth in Chicago. The following outlines the program for our April 13 screenings:
2:00 The Chicago Maternity Center Story
Kartemquin Films
The Chicago Maternity Center Story provides an historical overview of an important maternity center and its midwives in Chicago.
3:00 Stan vs. Squirrel
By: Lilly Boruszkowski
Stan vs. Squirrel explores the relationship between a father and daughter as they document the intelligence of squirrels in a back yard garden.
3:30 Tom’s Wife
By: Alana Cash
Tom’s Wife tells a fictionalized story of women striving for independence on the American frontier.
5:00 LGBT Youth in Chicago
By: Free Spirit Media Students
LGBT Youth in Chicago highlights the lives of high school students exploring their gender and sexuality.
5:15 Perfect
By: Alexandra Hidalgo
Perfect examines the motivations behind women’s choice to have breast implant surgery, sometimes at an early age.
5th Annual Notre Dame Undergraduate Film & Television Conference
April 1-2, 2011
The Notre Dame Undergraduate Film & Television Conference offers undergraduate students the opportunity to present papers representing their best work in film and television studies. Students will deliver papers on any aspect of film and television history, criticism, or theory. Papers will be given in twenty-minute slots (up to a 10-page doubled spaced paper presented at normal talking speed with a few visual aids).
Film Festival of Hendricks County, Indiana.
April 22-23, 2011
The festival seeks to present the art of cinematographic storytelling through emerging film talent and independent films while highlighting the arts in Hendricks County.
The Phantoscope High School Film Festival
Festival Date: April 30, 2011
Panel Discussion: 5:30 PM
Film Screening: 7:00 PM
Are you making films in class? In your basement? On the street? By yourself? With your friends? Have you ever had to beg your mom or dad to be in one of your films? Bribed your little brother or sister? We're talking to you!
Phantoscope is especially for budding filmmakers who are high school students. Phantoscope shows a juried program of short films created by Mid-Western teens annually and features a panel discussion with area industry professionals, along with cash and other prizes. There is a $1000 cash prize awarded to the contest's best film.
FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Lance M. Crow, Ed. Director, (765) 966-0256
Indianapolis International Film Festival
July 14-24, 2011 in Indianapolis
This is a feature and shorts film festival for independent filmmakers that presents films that inform, enlighten, and educate the community by providing a vivid reflection of the rich cultural diversity of Indianapolis and the world beyond our doors.
Summer 2011 Courses
CMN 4030-Genre Science Fiction Film
Joseph Heumann
May 20-21, June 3-4 and 17-18 in Physical Science Building 3060.
EIU 4115G-Pop Culture Economics
First Four Weeks, two sections.
M-F, 10-12 and M-R, 1-3:35
EIU 4170G-History on Film
David Smith
Off Campus: Parkland
May 20-21, June 3-4 and 17-18
Fall 2011 Courses
AF 3300—African Cinema
Klevor Abo
MWF, 3-3:50 in Blair Hall 2130
This is a course which encounters and interprets traditions of Africa through its cinema. Credits: 3 Prerequisites & Notes ENG 1002G.
3.000 Credit hours
CMN 3530 - Film Communication (3-2-4)
Wilson-Brown TR 9:30-10:45 and T 7-9:30
Film as the expression of the performers, producers, directors, writers, and technicians. Critical discussion of film theory, history, and criticism. WI Credits: 4
4.000 Credit hours
CMN 3540 - Video Production. (1-4-3) On Demand. 8-10:05 TR
This course deals with the principles of preproduction planning, scripting, lighting, and audio and video mixing for studio and remote television productions as unified by the television director. Credits: 3
CMN 4030-The War Film
Joseph Heumann
October 7-8, 21-22, and November 4-5
Location to be announced.
EIU 4115G-Pop Culture Economics
Please check catalogue for multiple listings
EIU 4192G Section 099 CRN 90860
Boswell
Film and Contemporary Society, Honors Senior Seminar 1530-1850 R
Film represents the most popular—and probably the most powerful—art form of our own time. We will watch, study, and discuss a variety of movies throughout the semester as we explore the history, aesthetics, and critical theory which inform the movies. Prerequisites: Admission to the University Honors Program and permission of the Director of Honors Program.
Requirements: class participation, several short papers, one substantial research paper.
Note: This University Senior Seminar does not fulfill the English Honors Senior Seminar requirement, English 4300/4390. (General Education)
English 3504 Section 001 CRN 90795
Martinez
Film and Literature 1500-1700 MW
“Fella, you don’t know what this story means”: Conspiracy and Trauma in Literature and Film
In this course, we will focus on the explosion of radical developments in film and literature that respond to key political, social, and philosophical challenges of the late twentieth century. Specifically, we will examine how film and literature represent and explore themes of conspiracy and trauma. Some of our films and texts will have their roots in major cultural events (such as the political assassinations and scandals of the 1960s/early 1970s and the Vietnam War), while others will focus on more subtle social and technological developments and their impact on the individual. Crucial to this class will be the question of identity and the nature of truth—in other words, how do we process shocking events and attempt to make sense of them, fashion meaning out of them?
Note: We will most likely discuss all works on Monday and screen all films on Wednesdays during “lab time.” The class will be assessed through film responses, a final paper, a group presentation, and a midterm and final exam. (Group 5)
Eastern Film Society Films/Fall 2010 Wednesdays from 7-9
Coleman Auditorium
Come join us for Eastern Film Society meetings every Wednesday at 7:00 in the Coleman Auditorium!
