Media Production: Imaging Truth (or Reality and Other Inventions)

How do we define truth in a world teeming with still and moving image? If our histories are defined by these images, is truth on its way to becoming an invention? How true is truth? This course will introduce students to interdisciplinary work in media production. As thinkers, we will read, look at, and investigate the connections between meaning and image, truth and fiction, reality and invention. As art makers, we will explore these intersections as we experiment with a variety of media including photography, video, text, and sound. You will begin to interpret, translate and/or invent or re-invent your personal truth(s), while being asked to consider new ways in which to visually articulate these ideas. Be prepared to read, think, experiment and expand the ways in which you think about art making. This class will prepare students for continued work in media and media production. There is a lab fee charged for this course. NOTE: Enrolled or top 5 waitlist students who DO NOT attend the first class session risk losing their place on the class roster. REA, WRI, EXP, PRS.