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Kera MacKenzie

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Education: BS (2007) Lesley University & The Art Institute of Boston; MFA (2013) University of Illinois-Chicago. Screenings: International Film Festival Rotterdam, NL; Rencontres Internationales Sciences & Cinémas, FR; Simultan Festival, RO; La lumière collective, CA; Iowa City International Documentary Film Festival; Virginia Film Festival; Spectral Film Festival, WI; That One Film Festival, IN; Florida Experimental Film/Video Festival; The Film and Video Poetry Symposium, CA; Mimesis Documentary Festival, CO; Anthology Film Archives, NY; UnionDocs, NY; the Museum of Contemporary Art, IL; the Museum of Contemporary Photography, IL; Onion City Experimental Film + Video Festival, IL; The Block Museum of Art, IL; the Chicago Underground Film Festival; The Nightingale, IL. Bibliography: Bad at Sports; Cine-File; Newcity Magazine; Chicago Reader; Art in America. Awards: Jury Award, the Chicago Underground Film Festival; Best of the Festival (Jury Award), Onion City Experimental Film + Video Festival, IL; Jurors' Award, That One Film Festival, IN; Individual Artist Support Grant, Illinois Arts Council Agency; City of Big Shoulders Award, Onion City Experimental Film + Video Festival, IL; Individual Artist Program Grant, The Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE).

Courses

Title Department Catalog Term

Description

This course is designed to introduce students to the language and histories of the moving image arts and the diverse ways in which artists have contributed to them. Throughout the semester we will examine a range of approaches to creating moving image work. We will compare and contrast established ?norms? with radical and experimental approaches to these various media, leading to an understanding of the rich, complex, and evolving landscape upon which individuals have been making, and continue to make, moving image art.

Students will engage with this expanded field through lectures, readings, screenings, meetings with visiting artists as well as becoming active in discussions and practitioners in the field via group projects.

Working in small groups, students will complete a series of short projects to introduce them to the various pathways of the department. By the end of the semester, students should have gain basic production and postproduction skills as well a good understanding of the key concepts relevant to contemporary film, video, new media, installation and animation.

Class Number

1571

Credits

3

Description

This course gives students the opportunity to comprehensively explore industry-standard devices in digital editing and visual effects, bringing to bear the power and versatility of nonlinear editing on their creative projects. The class offers advanced editing techniques including data management, sound mixing, visual effects, color correction, compression and output options. The course is structured around a series of technical lectures and hands-on workshops as well as discussions of theoretical texts and screenings of films specifically selected to address important issues in the post-production process. Students will be working on the post-production of a single self-directed project. Students should come prepared with some of their footage ready for editing at the beginning of the semester. Students must participate in a mid-term critique and end-of-semester critique. Students will also generate a press kit for their project.

Class Number

1602

Credits

3

Description

This course gives students the opportunity to comprehensively explore industry-standard devices in digital editing and visual effects, bringing to bear the power and versatility of nonlinear editing on their creative projects. The class offers advanced editing techniques including data management, sound mixing, visual effects, color correction, compression and output options. The course is structured around a series of technical lectures and hands-on workshops as well as discussions of theoretical texts and screenings of films specifically selected to address important issues in the post-production process. Students will be working on the post-production of a single self-directed project. Students should come prepared with some of their footage ready for editing at the beginning of the semester. Students must participate in a mid-term critique and end-of-semester critique. Students will also generate a press kit for their project.

Class Number

1434

Credits

3