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Film, Video, and New Media
Office: 112 South Michigan Avenue, 3rd floor
312.345-3538
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Media —whether film, video, or newer digital technologies—
are not simply techniques, but, more broadly, the defining elements
of our culture and society. In recognition of this, the Department of
Film, Video, and New Media was created from two previously separate
departments, film and video. For over three decades, the two departments
have remained centers of formal experimentation and critical investigation
in film and video. These distinguished histories are the foundations
on which the Department of Film, Video, and New Media was built as an
interdisciplinary media production and studies program.
The graduate department curriculum covers a wide range of critical and
technical issues. Working closely with the graduate adviser of their
choice, students are encouraged to put together a course of study informed
by their own goals for their work as artists. Considerable weight is
given to establishing for the student a theoretical and historical context
for understanding their work, the work of other artists, and the work
of media in general.
The department’s faculty reflect the many diverse approaches to
experimental film, video, and media making, including animation, nonfiction,
narrative, installation, interactivity, and web-based work. Internationally
distinguished artists, critics, historians, and curators regularly visit
through the department’s visiting artists program.
Among the important resources that students in film, video, and new media
have access to at the School are the Video
Data Bank and the Gene
Siskel Film Center. The Video Data Bank’s collection is one
of the world’s most important archives of independent video work.
The Gene Siskel Film Center
is one of the nation’s finest screening venues, showcasing the diversity
of international cinema.
Equipment and facilities include:
Arriflex, Éclair, CP, and Bolex 16mm motion picture cameras and
accessories; Sony Betacam SP, Panasonic, and Canon DV video cameras;
Nagra, Sony, and Tascam analog and digital audio recorders; various
portable lighting kits; quality Sennheiser, AT, and Sony microphones;
AVID, Media 100, and Final Cut Pro digital nonlinear editing systems;
Steenbeck flatbed editing machines; JK and Oxberry optical printers;
Oxberry animation stand; two shooting studios; Pro Tools digital audio
mixing suite; 16mm film sound transfer and mixing facility; and 70-seat
screening theater.
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