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And a New Earth: Reprise by hitRECord

Media & Empathy

First, here's this to bridge our conversations from media's relationship with society & community to our current discussions of empathy and belief.

Here's another intersection of media and empathy.

And here's a taste of things to come.

Dana Atchley, "Next Exit"

Fireside Chat

Here is a list of reminders related to your upcoming Fireside Chat. Remember media is due to Josh by Thursday at midnight. The performance will be at 6:30pm (new, earlier time) on Thursday Apr. 11th in the Nelke.

• Your media should be thoughtfully selected/created and function to communicate your story and theme. This is not the time to sample crappy stock photos from Google to make a poor power point presentation to accompany your chat. You may use pre-existing images/text/video/audio, but your use of them has to be purposeful and artful.
• You may use images OR video OR audio OR props OR costumes OR whatever media (or combination of multiple media) you think will best serve your chat. It doesn't matter to me, as long as it exemplifies your effort and creativity.
• Your performance should be (more or less) scripted and performed BUT NOT wholly pre-recorded. Part of this experience is for you to tell your story in this space at this time. SO, there must be some performed element and some mediated element.
• Your artist's statement will require you to reflect on the creation and presentation of your chat, as well as your experience listening to and sharing with other students on the night of the performance.

In class on Thursday, we'll discuss the Exercise in Empathy, and continue our discussion of Belief.

Here's a link to This I Believe, if you're in need of some inspiration for your piece.

Thoughts on the Concerned Citizen

Here are a few admittedly scattered thoughts related to your Concerned Citizen project due Tuesday:

• Remember 1-3 minutes is your time requirement. 
• Post the video/audio doc on your blog with an accompanying artist's statement that (1) addresses your creative process--how and why did you choose to make this thing in the ways that you did, (2) correlates your piece with concepts from class discussion, the reading (Goldbard's article) and media from outside of class.
• A common mistake on this assignment is to overemphasize institutions rather than individuals. Remember that this is not a promotional video for a non-profit or whatever. It is to address an individual's involvement in their community. It should tell a story--one that will probably describe the person's engagement in their community, depict their relationships with others, and give us insight into the personal experiences and motivation behind this engagement.

 And for those of you who enjoyed And A New Earth film we viewed in class, here is a link to HitRECord. The film is on the main page under 'Videos' (along with some other interesting things they've made together).

Another thing having to do with community...

...This one addresses place.

Media & Community

Here's an example to consider...

Everyone Forever Now - "Stoop Sitting" from Everynone on Vimeo.

And another...

And another...