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Conway, Laura Rachel

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  • Broadly I am a filmmaker whose work pulls from non-fiction filmmaking, dance, narrative production, emergent technologies, and performance modalities. My work is politically grounded and engages critically with complex themes such as systems of power, gender scripts, and the history of disease. My current research is born from a paradox that arises when working with the moving image: How can the tools of media production, which, in the Foucauldian sense, discipline human bodies, also act as tools of liberation? My strategies include collage, the erotic, humor, and camp.

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  • ARTF 5020 - Analog Alternatives
    Primary Instructor - Fall 2024
    Introduction to small gauge analog moving image formats and technologies with a focus on process and experimentation through hands-on exploration and demonstrations. This process-oriented class will utilize DIY methods and Alternative Process Photography approaches to work creatively with silver based holographic mediums. Students will create moving image works with Super 8mm and 16mm film while exploring the implications and possibilities of working with these mediums within our current digital paradigm. Same as CINE 4020.
  • ARTF 5040 - Advanced Analog Alchemy
    Teaching Assistant - Fall 2019
    Investigating, developing, and re-interpreting historical approaches and processes involved in the creation of Analog motion picture works. Students will work with Analog mediums in alternative modes and unestablished ways and develop their personal process towards the goal of producing a unique moving image work to be presented in a final analog format for exhibition. Same as CINE 4040.
  • CINE 2000 - Moving Image Foundations I
    Primary Instructor - Spring 2020 / Fall 2020 / Spring 2022 / Fall 2022 / Summer 2023 / Fall 2024
    Introduces students to basic image making technology, aesthetics and methods. Fundamentals of film/video production in Super 8mm film, Digital ProRes 422 and other analog and digital image making, editing and management formats. May emphasize personal, experimental or narrative approaches with individual exercises, according to instructor. Basic competencies include composition, lighting, basic audio, basic editing, studio critique, file management, web upload, etc. Formerly FILM 2000.
  • CINE 2105 - Introduction to the Screenplay
    Primary Instructor - Spring 2022
    Explores, through close reading and original student work, the form and structure of the screenplay. Students will learn to analyze structural and character elements of classic screenplays, and breaking down such elements as character, motivation, and arc. Students may learn some very basics of screenwriting form, develop a treatment, explore formal and technical issues, etc. Formerly FILM 2105.
  • CINE 3030 - Analog Alternatives
    Primary Instructor - Fall 2022 / Fall 2023
    Introduction to small gauge analog moving image formats and technologies with a focus on process and experimentation through hands-on exploration and demonstrations. This process-oriented class will utilize DIY methods and Alternative Process Photography approaches to work creatively with silver based holographic mediums. Students will create moving image works with Super 8mm and 16mm film while exploring the implications and possibilities of working with these mediums within our current digital paradigm. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours. Formerly FILM 3030.
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