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JULY 2024

Register for Fall 2024

Registration for Fall classes is still open! To discuss scheduling questions, please reach out to your Academic Advisor, Maddie Portnoy, at mportnoy@gmu.edu. 
 
Below, see some of our highlighted classes for Fall that still have open seats. 

Fall Course Spotlight 

Please click here to see more courses available in Fall 2024.
FAVS 366 Video Production for Social Change
Monday, 1:30-4:10pm | AB 1007
Professor Rebekah Wingert-Jabi

This video production course emulates a professional production environment where student teams, under the instructor’s supervision, produce effective pieces for local community-based non-profit organizations. Students will assess clients’ goals, develop a creative concept and strategy, and a statement of work. Developing professionalism and collaboration, students will see their work reach beyond the classroom, speaking to broad and also specific audiences.
FAVS 399 Elections, Issues, and Films
Thursday, 1:30-4:10 | Planet 224
Professor Samirah Alkassim
In this class, students explore fiction and non-fiction films that reflect major concerns during an American presidential election year. These concerns connect to the foundational mythology of American democracy and are reflected in issues such as health care, lobbies, immigration reform, climate change, surveillance, and civil and human rights. Films include James DeMonaco’s The Purge: Election Year, Raoul Peck’s I Am Not Your Negro, Laura Poitras’ Citizen Four, Ava DuVernay’s 13th, and Jose Antonio Vargas’ Documented.
FAVS 399 Documentary Film Editing
Monday, 1:30-4:10pm | IN 233
Professor Maura Ugarte
This three-credit course focuses on the art and craft of editing a documentary film. We will study editing theory, current trends in documentary, ethical considerations, how to shape documentary stories, and how to approach different modes of documentary storytelling. We will also discuss technical considerations such as workflow, incorporating archival material, and using sound and visual effects. The course primarily uses Adobe software.
FAVS 399 Color Correction
Tuesday, 4:30-7:10pm | AB 2001
Professor Russell Santos
In this course, students will learn The Art and Technique of Color Correction, which will further their artistic skills, whether they're a cinematographer, editor, or director, making their finished image stand out with a cinematic and polished look. They will use the Blackmagic Design DaVinci Resolve Mini Panel to enhance their skills and quickly master the tricks of the trade.
Photo: Raul Rosado and Jim Lepp, Interactive Media and Creative Design Supervisor, PWCS

Alumni Accomplishment


Congratulations to Raul Rosado ('12), a senior writer and producer in the PWCS Communications Department, who was recognized with a prestigious regional Emmy award for his impactful video titled “Determined to Beat the Odds: Student Walks at Graduation.” Raul Rosado's video was nominated in the Education/Schools-News (Single Shift) category.

Student and Faculty Achievement 


Two films produced by students in Professor Rebekah Wingert-Jabi's fall 2023 Video Production for Social Change class were featured at Herndon-Reston FISH’s 2024 FISH Fling, the organization's annual fund-raising event, on June 9, 2024. She introduced the films and read a statement from the director, Bodhi Bryan-Roig. Here is an excerpt from his statement: 
"My experience making these videos was amazing. I had such a great team around me, most notably Iana Lee who was my producer...These are real people’s stories from a potentially very vulnerable time in their lives... I was so fortunate to get to interview such kind and open people. Because of them the process became much more fulfilling than scary." 

The films can be viewed here. 
Students (in all majors) still have the opportunity to enroll in this upcoming semester’s FAVS 366 course. See information above. 

Faculty Achievement


Professor Tommy Britt presented a new paper on the panel "Ephemeral Soundscapes" at the British Association for Modernist Studies Conference. He also served as chair for the panel "Ephemeral Genres." Additionally, his new script, Today While Resting, won Best Screenplay at the Bratislava Film Awards. 

Affiliate Faculty Achievement


FAVS Affiliate Faculty William Meaux will take a film crew to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, August 18-22, 2024. Working for the Italian American Democrats Communication Committee, the team will cover the representation of this community at the Convention, including a Festa Event attended by prominent national Democrats and Italian American celebrities, as well as activities at the United Center and McCormick Place throughout the Convention. Professor Meaux is also a member of George Mason University’s Mason Arts Board and founder and producer at Longthrow Media (see “Bridge to Italy,” made with the support of Film and Video Studies students as interns). Congratulations and best of luck to Professor Meaux and his crew. 

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