Shara K. Lange, East Tennessee State University Imagine the Ethical Dilemmas Faced by Student Filmmakers was originally part of a series of assignments about integrating ethics into an entry-level production…
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Shara K. Lange, East Tennessee State University How does it feel to be misrepresented? was originally part of a series of assignments about integrating ethics into production course that I…
Rani Deighe Crowe, Ball State University Writing “Other” Screenwriting Module is a module on Diversity and Representation in screenwriting. The module includes five parts: 1. Watching videos and discussing the…
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…
This sequence from Berlanti’s Love, Simon lets us into the main character’s imagination, as we watch him play out this what-if scenario that subverts norms surrounding “coming out.”
An algorithmic, web-based mashup of white savior tropes and clips from popular cinema. WhitePeopleWon’tSaveYou.org
Professor Kate Raney, Ohio University This in-class activity asks students to analyze character design in existing animated works and then imaginatively and thoughtfully design their own characters with strong attention…
Sunday Emerson Gullifer’s black and white short film explores the often imbalanced and potentially dangerous power dynamic between actor and director, specifically between a male director and female actor. She…
Jennifer Peepas, Columbia College Chicago Assignment outline: https://web.archive.org/web/20170501155651/http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2011/08/23/step-into-my-film-school-the-importance-of-casting-in-breaking-open-movie-stereotypes/ Sample headshot sheets: HeadshotExercisePics Individual headshots: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1r79ASS9-1QXUi06gTEvyV-ZraFPwdDtT Sample scenario: A dramedy in which a struggling singer/songwriter with a day job in a corporate office seeks…
“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,…
