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Students in my intermediate level today talked about what they themselves, friends and family members did over the weekend. One of my students, Andrea Dull decided to add retro cat images to each page of her Google slides presentation. Hilarious! She then seguéd into her favorite My Little Pony's activities.
Althea final French project.MOVAlthea's Presentation for Intermediate 2.
French Fall Semester Highlights
French Fall Semester Highlights
Maria Xioufaridou dressed up as Garfield for Halloween
Agnes Zhou and Liam Chen dressed up as Adobe PhotoShop and Illustrator
Samantha Smeal dressed up as Gladys the witch
My French 2 students created their interactive boulangerie, and in
one of the pictures they are doing a role play, ordering croissants
and pain au chocolate. Dani Dull created such a beautiful set, and a great role-play
to go with it.
Mention to Netanya Bravard, Ava Teetsel and Lucía De Alba Zabalza for
doing an amazing French improv: Claude Monet's neighbors came over and
ate all of his pain au chocolate while he was trying to work.
Althea Rogenes for an amazing biographical presentation about Brigitte Bardot.
Mention to Samantha Smeal, Lex Howells, and Elise Kleinbauer for an
incredibly in-depth dialogue with terrific vocabulary, choosing and trying on clothes in a French boutique.
French 2 final project
French 2 final project
Althea's final French project, a video blog, Insta stories of her favorite Francophone/magic places around NYC
Althea final French project.MOVFrench 1 final project
French 1 final project
Wanted to share three students' final projects: the assignment was to create a love story between a New York cockroach and a Parisian bedbug. This is their animated video.
Excalibur Jacqueline Maria.movThe Winner of the inaugural Degree Project Prize for Excellence in Writing is awarded to
Elizabeth Clapp – Future Publics: All Wrapped Up With Honorable Mention going to finalists:
Valeria Bardi Cohen – ARCHITECTURE AFTER EXTRACION:
NADA MUERE EN MÉXICO
Kathryn Ulowetz – ANTI-MONUMENTAL FOLLY: A CAUTIONARY TALE FOR THE FUTURE
Antonio Velasco – ARCHITECTURE AFTER EXTRACION:
About the Prize
The inaugural Prize for Writing Excellence in Degree Project is co- sponsored by Undergraduate Architecture and the Department of Humanities and Media Studies at Pratt Institute. It recognizes a 5th- year Architecture student whose Degree Project Booklet demonstrates creativity, scholarship and excellence in writing while addressing compelling issues in architecture and contemporary discourse. The winner receives a $500 award.
Many thanks to Pierre de Looz for spearheading this wonderful
recognition of our students’ achievements.
The Documentary Image Student Films 2022
The Documentary Image Student Films 2022
HMS 340E: Topics in Cinema and Media Studies: The Documentary Image
HMS 340E: Topics in Cinema and Media Studies: The Documentary Image
Course Description:
Course Description:
This course introduces students to the history, theory, and practice of making documentary images; both photographs and video. In addition to studying and writing evaluative essays about visual and critical works, students will learn basic photo and video editing tools Apple’s iPhoto and iMovie applications and/or Adobe Premiere, to produce photo essays and digital video shorts to be presented on individual student websites. Class time will be split between these academic and 'praxis' components. For example, the course will include independent field projects/experiences; such as trips to theaters in the city like: Firehouse: DCTV’s Cinema for Documentary Film, Maysles, IFC, Quad Cinema.
During the second half of the course, students will make short documentaries, putting into practice aspects of the academic component covered during the first half. For the final documentary project, emphasis will be placed on the development of exploratory documentary subjects that cover contemporary issues including: global climate change, water scarcity, food insecurity, poverty, endangered cultures, migration, LGBTQ discrimination, femicide, and racism. The goal of the final documentary project is to bring pressing contemporary issues into public discourse, by creating awareness and understanding, with the ultimate objective being to affect broad societal change. In this way, the course culminates with student documentary films that go beyond the classroom, giving voice to new ideas and solutions that are transmitted to the public realm via student websites and social media.
Student Films are linked Below:
Student Films are linked Below:
Bonjour! French Project Awards
Bonjour! French Project Awards
Jean Luc Godard hommage/ soap opera projects:
Jean Luc Godard hommage/ soap opera projects:
Sohyun Park and Aria Lee
Sude Kurban, Victoria Choe, Sophia Han
Halloween character projects:
Halloween character projects:
Alejandro Langan and Yuqiao Xu
Yeseon Kang
Jack Kettler, Victoria Choe
Chloe Chun
Special mention: fully improvised culture and fashion news segment for the final spoken exam:
Special mention: fully improvised culture and fashion news segment for the final spoken exam:
Weilin Berkey, Seo Yoon Lee
FRENCH FILM (SH, SK, VC).mp4FRENCH GHOST + CHICKEN.pdfsoap opera.mp45974092e2e200e705af937f56805691b.movStudent accomplishments in French 201
Student accomplishments in French 201
French 201 (Intermediate) taught by Dr. Layla Zami
The assignment asked students to design a poster to raise awareness and/or give advice on the issue of food waste.
Here are some of the fantastic works created by students this Fall 2022!
Student names are in the file name:
Azalea Afendi (file name starts with afendi...)
Nafisha Awwal (file name starts with awwal...)
Jingyuan Teng (file name starts with teng..)
COUNTER- ARCHIVE PROJECT
COUNTER- ARCHIVE PROJECT
ABOUT THE COUNTER-ARCHIVE PROJECT
ABOUT THE COUNTER-ARCHIVE PROJECT
The Counter-Archive Project is the end result of the Pratt Institute Media Studies' Methodologies Lab course on the research, creation, and use of archival materials. During the semester, first-year Master’s students are introduced to and encouraged to explore a number of different methodologies and practices in Media Studies. They discern what skills and techniques they need to develop, and practice articulating and manifesting their own particular theoretical and artistic approaches. Students offer critiques of each other’s work and help brainstorm.
Each student undertakes a four-month-long creative research project that puts their critical thinking into practice. The project must address or challenge the notion of an (official) archive in some way. It may involve the creation of an alternative or reimagined archive (a counter-archive). It can take various forms, such as an installation, performance, happening, series of photographs, film, website, or work of creative writing.
HMS OPEN CLASSROOMS: BODY, TEXT, SPACE
HMS OPEN CLASSROOMS: BODY, TEXT, SPACE
Try to stop by the other open classes this week:
Course Title: Introduction to Performance Studies
Instructor’s name: Karin Shankar
Course Title: Introduction to Performance Practice
Instructor’s name: David Thomson
Venue: North 210
Date: Tuesday, May 2, 2023
Time: 2- 4:50 PM
Featuring final performance projects by the class
Contact: dthomson@pratt.edu
Course Title: Deep Listening
Instructor’s name: Julia Steinmetz
Venue: North Hall 210
Date: Tuesday, May 2, 2023
Time: 5-7:50pm
Featuring original sound compositions and sonic meditations by the class
Contact: jstein34@pratt.edu
Course Title: Theater of the Ridiculous
Instructor’s name: Jennifer Miller
Venue: North Hall 307
Date: Wednesday, May 3, 2023
Time: 3- 4:50 PM
Featuring performances of scenes by Charles Ludlam and original student work
Contact: Jmille11@pratt.edu
CONFERENCE ATTENDANCE
CONFERENCE ATTENDANCE
MA in Media Studies student Narae Lee attended the Korean Film Conference in Buffalo, New York. She presented 'Escaping Western Gaze in Understanding Korean Queer Film' on Saturday morning at the University at Buffalo on April 15. Here are Narae’s thoughts on her experience: “Despite feeling nervous, I received valuable feedback and made new connections. Watching other graduate students' presentations also motivated me to develop my scattered ideas for my future thesis. While it was challenging to connect with people in an unfamiliar setting, the conference environment encouraged me to push myself to reach out to professors and scholars and introduce myself. After the conference, I needed some time to recharge, but I felt it was entirely worth it. As someone who aspires to pursue a PhD, I was pleased to identify scholars who study similar areas to me, such as Asian Studies, Korean Studies, and Film and Media Studies. I felt a sense of belonging within the community.”
THE ANNUAL THESIS PRESENTATION WAS HELD ON APRIL 21 AS A PUBLIC EVENT BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, IT WAS A GPMS COMMUNITY EVENT THAT SHOWCASED INTELLECTUAL AND ARTISTIC GROWTH AND THE CULMINATION OF GRADUATE WORK AT PRATT.
THE ANNUAL THESIS PRESENTATION WAS HELD ON APRIL 21 AS A PUBLIC EVENT BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, IT WAS A GPMS COMMUNITY EVENT THAT SHOWCASED INTELLECTUAL AND ARTISTIC GROWTH AND THE CULMINATION OF GRADUATE WORK AT PRATT.
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