FYS: Remixing the Archive

3 Credits.

This First-Year Seminar explores the art and ideology of films that remix previous cultural products to produce new works, sometimes called Found Footage Films or Collage Films. Through screenings, readings and discussions students will have fun and gain a strong foundational understanding of this fascinating genre that remixes films of the past to create new effects, meanings, and messages. Dealing with history, art theory, and the practical act of editing, it serves to ground students in both the method and the theory of motion picture art. For the final project, each student will make their own film, drawing materials from the Academic Film Archive of North America, a newly acquired collection of 7,600 16mm films housed right here at Johns Hopkins.