During this time of social distancing, we’re offering our popular seminar, Anatomy of Cinema: How Movies Move Us, online at no cost.
We’ll offer four sessions, from 7-8pm, on successive Tuesdays, Mar 24 through Apr 14. Sessions will cover Mise-en-scène, Cinematography, Editing, and Acting in Cinema. Vanderbilt faculty members in cinema and media arts will lead interactive discussions on film technique and the aesthetic experience of the moving image.
*To get the info you’ll need to join a seminar session, RSVP at the link below. On the day of the session, you’ll receive an email with the details.
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Session 4: Acting in Cinema
Tue, Apr 14, 7-8pm
What difference does it make that film actors play to a camera instead of a live audience, or that what we perceive as a single performance is typically many performances edited together? How do human actors compete with animals, things, and cinema’s wider environments in film as opposed to theater? This seminar takes stock of the film actor as a force of narrative, a master of technique, and as an entity uniquely produced by film style. Led by Claire Sisco King
About the speaker:
Claire Sisco King is associate professor of communication studies and cinema and media arts at Vanderbilt University and chair of the communication studies department. She also teaches in Vanderbilt’s comparative media analysis and practice program. Her areas of teaching and research specialization include visual studies, popular film and media cultures, and gender and sexuality. She’s the author of Washed in Blood: Male Sacrifice, Trauma, and the Cinema. She is currently finishing a new book on celebrity culture and ephemeral media.