Mdocs Poster-2016-12-13, Student Showcase, Jordana Dym, Jesse Wakeman

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MDOCS Student Work Showcases

Tue, December 13 @ 6-8pm, Davis: Act I

Wed, December 14 @ 6-8pm, Davis: Act II

Check out what the students in DS courses have been up to this semester. For two nights, an array of video, audio, and multimedia work will be presented in Emerson auditorium.

Event organized by students in DS 251B: Festival Programming Followed by a reception with light snacks and refreshments.

Mdocs Flyer-2016-12-02, Harry T. Burleigh 150th Year Commemoration, Jordana Dym, Jesse Wakeman

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Commemorating music history

November 22, 2016

A series of events, Nov. 30 to Dec. 3, will commemorate the 150th anniversary of African-American musician (and onetime Saratogian) Harry T. Burleigh. A highlight will be a recital of Burleigh's works by renowned baritone Stephen Salters with pianist Linda Osborn, and with a special appearance by the Skidmore Vocal Chamber Ensemble. The concert is Friday, Dec. 2, at 8 p.m. in the Zankel Music Center's Ladd Concert Hall.

Harry T. Burleigh (1866­–1949) was a trail-blazing singer, composer, and arranger. According to Saratoga historian Field Horne, while the 25-year-old Burleigh was studying at New …

Mdocs Publicaton- 2016-11-06, Photographer Touches The Soul Of Rock'n'Roll, Kathleen Phalen-Tomaselli

MDOCS Publications

"Photographer touches the soul of rock'n'roll with Grateful Dead, Phish, Neil Young and many more"

The Post Star

November 6, 2016

Author: Kathleen Phalen-Tomaselli

Mdocs Poster-2016-11-01, Chasing The Light With Jay Blakesberg, Jordana Dym, Jesse Wakeman

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Chasing the Light: The Rock & Roll Photography of Jay Blakesberg

Tue, November 1 @ 7pm, Davis

Join Jay Blakesberg for a presentation of his 35 year journey in rock and roll photography - from documenting the Grateful Dead to his latest book Hippie Chick: A Tale of Love, Devotion & Surrender. The presentation will be followed by a Q&A and book signing.

Mdocs Publication-2016-10-31, Rock Photographer Jay Blakesberg Speaks, Wendy Liberatore

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"Rock Photographer Jay Blakesberg speaks at Skidmore College"

The Times Union

October 31, 2016

Author: Wendy Liberatore

Mdocs Poster-2016-10-28, Eric Jenks Photography Workshop, Jordana Dym, Jesse Wakeman

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Workshop: DSLR Photography Basics

Fri, October 28 @ 2-4 pm, LIB 113

Still stuck in the auto-function of your DSLR camera? Learn the basics of DSLR photography and get some tips on how to create more engaging, lively images. Led by Eric Jenks, Skidmore alum and Capital region photojournalist.

Mdocs Postcard-2016-10-20, Networking Night, Jordana Dym, Jesse Wakeman

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Off Campus Networking Night

Thu, October 20 @ 5-7pm, Saratoga Arts

Looking to set up an internship at a creative workspace? Meet regional professionals working in art, media, film, photography, event management, and more at the MDOCS, Arts Administration, and Media & Film Studies Networking Night. A skill-up workshop offering networking tips and communication starters for Skidmore students will precede this evening of mingling.

Mdocs Poster, 2016-10-03, Lib 113 Spring 2016 Workshops, Zhiyu (Michael) Zhou

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This is a poster publicizing LIB 113 workshops that are offered each semester and led by the LIB 113 student lab assistants. This poster was created for the Spring 2016 workshop offerings.

The workshops offered in Spring 2016:

Final Cut ProX (video)

Intro to GoPro (video)

Poster Design 101 (design)

Photoshop 101 (photo)

Interviewing 101 (audio)

Audacity (audio)

Mdocs Postcard-2016-10-01, Fall Documentary Photo Talks And Workshops, Jordana Dym, Jesse Wakeman

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Fall Documentary Photography Talks and Workshops:

Through a native lens: Portraiture, social documentary and narrative in Saratoga

Mon, October 17 @ 7pm, Emerson

On October 17, join Daesha Devón Harris, a Saratoga Springs native and documentary photographer who creates powerful multimedia pieces that speak to social issues in a creative and compelling way. The photos depict subjects not as victims, but instead show them in a light of determination illuminating Daesha's relentless optimism.

Moderated by Robert ParkeHarrison

This event is part of MDOCS' series on portraiture and biography in documentary work. One Monday each month, creators from photography, audio …

Mdocs Poster-2016-09-27, Ethics Bowl, Jordana Dym, Jesse Wakeman

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Ethics Bowl: The Ethics and Law in Media Production

Tue, September 27 @ 6-8pm, Emerson

Tackle the issues facing today's non-fiction storytellers and prepare yourself for the roadblocks to public use that media creators may come to realize only after wrapping production--often too late to resolve crucial rights and relationships. The session will combine brief presentations on law, ethics and methods with background and tips and group discussion by attendees who will grapple with a real-world case and come together to present solutions.

This hands-on training session is a must-have knowledge base for all students planning on creating media …

Mdocs Poster-2016-09-25, 8 Deer: Despues De Ocho Anos Screening, Jordana Dym, Jesse Wakeman

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8 Deer: Despues De ocho Anos

Directed by Jake DeNicola

Case Center Gallary

Sunday, September 25, 2016-October 3, 2016

1pm-5pm

The Cultural Media Archive presents a story about a young man who left his small town in southern Mexico in search of a better life. After eight years he returned for the first time. Follow his journey from Upstate New York to Oaxaca, Mexico.

Mdocs Tri-Fold-2016-09-01, Mdocs Information Card, Jordana Dym, Jesse Wakeman

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Learn more about the John B. Moore Documentary Studies Collaborative at Skidmore College

Mdocs Postcard-2016-09-01, Storytellers' Institute Seeking Director, Jordana Dym, Jesse Wakeman

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Seeking: MDOCS Storytellers' Institute Director for summer 2017.

Documentary makers, programmers, and leaders ready to help today's documentary creators bring their visions to fruition in a hybrid creative-academic context.

Mdocs Slide-09-01-2016, Spring Courses, Jordana Dym, Jesse Wakeman

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Spring 2017 Courses:

DS 202A: Video Storytelling

DS 202A: Interview 101: Skidmore Stories

DS 302A: Video Projects

DS: 302B: Audio Projects

DS 251D: Introduction to Audio Documentary

DS 251C: Principles of Documentary Studies

DS 251B: Storytelling for the Screen I

DS 251B: Storytelling for the Screen II

AHDS 324: The Artistic Interview

EN 217: 'Film'

PH 230C: Film Truth

DS 302A: Storytellers' Institute Prep

Mdocs Banner-2016-09-01, Project Vis Events, Jordana Dym, Jesse Wakeman

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List of all Fall 2016 Project VIS Events. Events include:

Ethics Bowl: The Ethics and Law in Media Production

Tue, September 27 @ 6-8pm, Emerson

Tackle the issues facing today's non-fiction storytellers and prepare yourself for the roadblocks to public use that media creators may come to realize only after wrapping production--often too late to resolve crucial rights and relationships. The session will combine brief presentations on law, ethics and methods with background and tips and group discussion by attendees who will grapple with a real-world case and come together to present solutions.

This hands-on training session is a …

Mdocs Poster-2016-09-01, Li 113 Fall Workshops, Jordana Dym, Jesse Wakeman

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Fall 2016 Li 113 Workshops:

Final Cut Prox

Monday, October 3, 2016- 8pm-9:30pm/Monday, November 7, 2016- 8pm-9:30

A detailed introduction to video editing using advanced software

Intro To GoPro

Thursday, November 10, 2016- 8pm-9:30

An introduction to using GoPro video cameras

Poster Design 101

Thursday, November 3, 2016-8pm-9:30

An introduction to basic poster design using Adobe InDesign

Photoshop 101

Sunday, October 9, 2016-3pm-4:30/Sunday, November 6, 2016-3pm-4:30

An introduction to photo editing from start to finish

Interviewing 101

Monday, October 17, 2016-8pm-9:30

A crash course in interviewing skills that can be applied to both audio and video

Audacity

Sunday, October 20, …

Mdocs Poster-2016-09-01, Fall Doc Dates, Jordana Dym, Jesse Wakeman

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When documentarians focus on a single subject-- a person, a research project, a community, an event-- they develop an individual or collective story from up close. These cases may illuminate a moment or a lifetime, the personal or professional, defeat or success, the interior or exterior journey taken by the subject. How do documentarians make such cases compelling, resonant and relevant? What are the building blocks that take the subject to story? How does the singular become the universal?

In Fall 2016, MDOCS presents a mini-series in which area practitioners engage with portraiture and biography in documentary work. One Monday …

Mdocs Flyer-2016-09-01, Storytellers' Institute Application, Jordana Dym, Jesse Wakeman

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Do you have a documentary story to tell?

Join us this summer.

Invitation to students and faculty working on an evidence-based, research-driven, creative project in any medium (audio, video, photo, writing, etc.)- to apply to the Storytellers' Institute for summer 2017, May 30-June 30.

Mdocs Program-2016-06-16, Storytellers' Spring St. Gallery, Nicky Tavares

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No abstract provided.

Mdocs Poster-2016-06-09, Festosium 2016, Jesse Wakeman

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Festosium™ (n). A gathering that combines the best elements of a festival to showcase and a symposium to bring together a small group of scholars and artists to engage with intellectual and creative work.

MDOCS’ inaugural festosium will be held June 10–12, 2016, with filmmakers, audio creators, visual artists, and virtual reality designers presenting recent documentary work that interrogates the division between fact and fiction, truth and reality.

All events are hosted at the Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum on the Skidmore College campus. Everything is free and open to the public.

SCHEDULE

Thursday, June 9

8 p.m.: Opening screening …

Mdocs Poster-06-09, Storytellers' Institute Festosium, Jordana Dym, Jesse Wakeman

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A gathering that combines the best elements of a festival to showcase and a symposium to bring together a small group of scholars and artists to engage with intellectual and creative work.

MDOCS’ inaugural festosium will be held June 10-12, 2016, with filmmakers, audio creators, visual artists, and virtual reality designers presenting recent documentary work that interrogates the division between fact and fiction, truth and reality.

All events are hosted at the Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum on the Skidmore College campus. Everything is free and open to the public.

Thursday June 9

8p: Opening Screening & Discussion: Pussy Riot: …

Mdocs Poster-2016-06-02, Storytellers' Adapting Reality For Stage And Screen, Jesse Wakeman

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Fact or Fiction?: Adapting Reality for Stage and Screen

What is the relationship between truth, or fact, and story? Many documentary storytellers push the boundaries of truth, whether by sins of omission (framing, selection) or commission (reenactment, ordering). Conversely, many works of fiction are “based on a true story” and strive for emotional truth when choosing between art and narrow factuality. In this Point of Departure filmmaker and photographer Chip Duncan, producer of stage and screen Dan Markley, and co-founder and president of the Nantucket Film Festival Jonathan Burkhart talk truth and fiction in storytelling.

5 pm: Keynote: A conversation …

Mdocs Poster-2016-06-02, Adapting Reality For Stage And Screen, Jordana Dym, Jesse Wakeman

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Fact or Fiction?: Adapting Reality for Stage and Screen

What is the relationship between truth, or fact, and story? Many documentary storytellers push the boundaries of truth, whether by sins of omission (framing, selection) or commission (reenactment, ordering). Conversely, many works of fiction are “based on a true story” and strive for emotional truth when choosing between art and narrow factuality. In this Point of Departure filmmaker and photographer Chip Duncan, producer of stage and screen Dan Markley, and co-founder and president of the Nantucket Film Festival Jonathan Burkhart talk truth and fiction in storytelling.

5 pm: Keynote: A conversation …

Mdocs Flyer-2016-06-01, Summer 2016 Courses, Jesse Wakeman

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2016 Summer Courses

Both courses are Session 1 (May 31-July 1)

The Essay Film

DS-251C, Joanna McKone, MTWR 1:15-3:30pm

3 cr

An Essay Film looks for answers, truths or moments of reflection in all sorts of places: memory, personal experience, travel and more. This course will consist of small projects leading up to a final project of an essay film.

Intro to Audio Doc, DS-251D, Eileen McAdam, MTWR 9-11am

4cr

This class will focus on the art of storytelling through sound. With an emphasis on the production process, you'll learn how to turn an idea into a compelling audio story …

Mdocs Postcard-2016-06-01, Storytellers' Institute 2016, Jesse Wakeman

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THEME

This June, the MDOCS' Storytellers' Institute explores the theme of "fact and fiction." Documentary works are evidence-based stories, working with facts to render, reveal, and represent truth(s) to inform and, at times, inspire action. Despite relying on real people, depicting real places, and presenting real events, documentaries engage by interpreting and representing reality (Lamarre 2009).

In the words of John Grierson (1926) (considered the father of the term "documentary"), a documentary film is a "creative treatment of actuality." Tools in a documentarian's kit are many -- and many that shape reaction and response are not that different than those …

Mdocs Art Book-2016-06-01, Storytellers' Institute 2016, Urvi Kalra

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THEME

This June, the MDOCS' Storytellers' Institute explores the theme of "fact and fiction." Documentary works are evidence-based stories, working with facts to render, reveal, and represent truth(s) to inform and, at times, inspire action. Despite relying on real people, depicting real places, and presenting real events, documentaries engage by interpreting and representing reality (Lamarre 2009).

In the words of John Grierson (1926) (considered the father of the term "documentary"), a documentary film is a "creative treatment of actuality." Tools in a documentarian's kit are many -- and many that shape reaction and response are not that different than those …

Mdocs Program-2016-06-01, Storytellers' Institute 2016, Jesse Wakeman

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THEME

This June, the MDOCS' Storytellers' Institute explores the theme of "fact and fiction." Documentary works are evidence-based stories, working with facts to render, reveal, and represent truth(s) to inform and, at times, inspire action. Despite relying on real people, depicting real places, and presenting real events, documentaries engage by interpreting and representing reality (Lamarre 2009).

In the words of John Grierson (1926) (considered the father of the term "documentary"), a documentary film is a "creative treatment of actuality." Tools in a documentarian's kit are many -- and many that shape reaction and response are not that different than those …

Mdocs Flyer-2016-06-01, Summer Courses List, Jordana Dym, Jesse Wakeman

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2016 Summer Courses!

Both courses are Session 1 (May 31 – July 1)

The Essay Film

DS-251C Jonna McKone MTWR 1:15-3:30pm 3 cr

Essay Film looks for answers, truths or moments of reflection in all sorts of places: memory, personal experience, travel and more. This course will consist of small projects leading up to a final project of an essay film.

Intro to Audio Doc

DS-251D Eileen McAdam MTWR 9-11:55am 4cr

This class will focus on the art of storytelling through sound. With an emphasis on the production process, you’ll learn how to turn an idea into a compelling …

Mdocs Poster-2016-06-01, Mdocs Series At Spring Street Gallery, Jordana Dym, Jesse Wakeman

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From June 16-29, the Spring Street Gallery in Saratoga Springs hosts an MDOCS exhibition showcasing the work of the 2016 Institute Fellows as well as documentary work by Affiliated Faculty and MDOCS/Storytellers' Institute Students.

Institute Fellows Aggie Ebrahimi Bazaz, Amanda Dawn Christie, Jake Nussbauam and Courtney Reid-Eaton present a glimpse of their practice in exhibition and artist talks, pop-up exhibits and screenings.

Additional work on display by: Affiliated Faculty Sarah Sweeney (Art) and Adam Tinkle (MDOCS/MFS); 2015 Institute scholars Jackson Bryant, '16, Nat Cabrera, '17, Wilson Espinal,'17, Ele Martínez, '18, Evian Pan '17; 2016 Institute scholar Emily Rizzo, '18; and …

Mdocs Newsletter-2016-06-01, 2.7 June, Jordana Dym, Jesse Wakeman

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No abstract provided.