Division
of the Arts
Website:
http://film.bard.edu/
Updated
August 20,2021
Advising Faculty
1.
Ephraim
Asili
(director)
2.
Ben
Coonley (on sabbatical, fall
’21)
3.
Jacqueline
Goss (on sabbatical, spring ’22)
4.
Brent
Green
5.
Ed
Halter
6.
Sky
Hopinka
7.
Lisa
Katzman
8.
A.
Sayeeda Moreno
9.
Laura
Parnes (visiting 2021-22)
10.
Kelly
Reichardt (leave of absence,
fall ’21)
11.
Richard
Suchenski
Non-advising Faculty
12.
Charles
Burnett
13.
Andrew
Vielkind (visiting 2021-22)
Within the Film & Electronic Arts
program, students choose one of two tracks:
production or film history and criticism.
Program
Requirements - Production Track
Moderation
Requirements:
1.
Film and Electronic Arts history
course (AA)
2.
Film
and Electronic Arts history course (AA)
3.
200-level
Film or Video production course (PA) (sophomore year) (not including elective courses such as “Writing the
Film”)
4.
200-level
Film or Video production course (PA) (sophomore year) (not including elective courses)
Students must complete at least
one film history course before they may take a production course.
200-level and above production courses (PA) are not open to first-year
students. Students can only take one
production course per semester in the sophomore, junior, and senior years. For
Moderation each prospective major in production presents to the board a
creative portfolio (15-20 minutes of completed films, videos and/or other
electronic artworks and, optionally, a short original script).
Graduation
Requirements:
5. FILM 208 Introduction
to 16mm Film (or another 200 or 300 level production course, not including
elective courses)
6. 300-level Film or
Video production course (PA)
7. 300-level Film and Electronic Arts history course (AA)
8. Senior
Seminar I (no credit)
9. Senior
Seminar II (no credit)
10.
Senior Project I
11. Senior
Project II
The Senior Project can take a variety of
forms: 1) a work in film or video, 2) a media
installation, 3) a media-enriched live performance, or 4) an online
project or new media work designed in conjunction with the adviser.
Program Requirements - Film History and Criticism Track
Moderation
Requirements:
1.
Film and Electronic Arts history
course (AA)
2.
Film and Electronic Arts history
course (AA)
3.
Film and Electronic Arts history
course (AA)
4.
200-level
Film or Video production course (PA) (sophomore year) (not including elective courses such as “Writing the Film”)
For Moderation,
prospective majors in film history and criticism present a 10-page
historical/critical essay.
Graduation
Requirements:
5. 300-level Film and Electronic Arts history course (junior year) (AA)
6. 300-level Film and Electronic Arts history course (AA)
7. a
course outside the program related to proposed Senior Project work
8. Senior
Project I
9. Senior
Project II
Additional upper
level requirements for history and criticism are charted in consultation with
one’s adviser. The Senior Project in
history & criticism takes
the form of an extended, in-depth, historical/critical essay.