The Cold Open #51-The Priscilla Edition

December 3, 2023 by Dr. RCS

In the Cold Open # 51, Kynde Kiefel and Robert Sickels wax poetic about the many reasons they both adore Sofia Coppola’s Priscilla. Our intro and outro this week are Spectrum’s “How You Satisfy Me” and Dan Deacon’s “The Crystal Cat” from the Priscilla (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack). The Cold Open Podcast is available on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, so please subscribe!

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The Cold Open #50-The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar Edition

December 1, 2023 by Dr. RCS

In the Cold Open # 50, Kynde Kiefel and Robert Sickels dissect the four Wes Anderson short film adaptations of Roald Dahl’s short stories now playing on Netflix: The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, The Rat Catcher, Poison, and The Swan. The Cold Open Podcast is available on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, so please subscribe!

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About FMS

November 22, 2021 by Dr. RCS

Media’s omnipresence in our daily lives has changed the landscape of our innovation, understanding, and communication.  Indeed, it’s changed the way we live, and that’s not without complications.  How does one navigate our overwhelming media landscape?  How does one make sense of it through theoretical interpretation and understanding?  How does one participate in it by producing work that can be distributed in the media firmament?  How can the ability to parse modes of media help one to compete in the […]

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FMS Major and Minor

November 22, 2021 by Dr. RCS

The Film & Media Studies Major: A minimum of 34 credits including FMS 387 and FMS 490 and two of the following four courses: FMS 105, 120, 160, and 170. The remaining elective credits may be completed from the list of courses below, as well as other elective courses offered by the FMS program. Students may substitute up to 10 of the elective credits with program-approved film and media studies transfer credits. Department policy does not allow a P-D-F grade […]

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Course Schedule/Descriptions

November 22, 2021 by Dr. RCS

FALL 2023: FMS 120 – Introduction to Digital Media (Frank: T/Th 2:30 – 3:50) In an era where the majority of media are produced, distributed, and accessed digitally, how can we understand the influence of digitization on our media landscape? Are digital media “new?” Has digitization fundamentally changed approaches to making or consuming media? How has the Internet affected the cultural role of media? This course introduces historical and theoretical approaches to understanding digital media and digitization. Topics include the […]

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Meet Dr. Robert Sickels

November 22, 2021 by Dr. RCS

Robert C. Sickels received his Ph.D. from the University of Nevada in Reno, Nevada, where he wrote his dissertation on the narrative role of landscapes in John Ford’s Westerns and also spent a lot of time mountain bike riding and gambling on sports.  At Whitman, he is the Alma Meisnest Chair of Humanities and a Professor in the Film & Media Studies Program, in which he teaches filmmaking and film history courses.  He is also the father of two great […]

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Meet Dr. Tarik Elseewi

November 22, 2021 by Dr. RCS

Tarik Ahmed Elseewi, Associate Professor and Director of FMS, received his high school diploma from John North High school in Riverside, CA; his BA in comparative literature from UC Santa Cruz; and his MA and PhD from the University of Texas at Austin in the department of Radio, Television and Film. Prior to Whitman, he spent four years as a Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow and Visiting Assistant Professor in the Film department and Media Studies program at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, […]

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Meet Dr. Kathryn Frank

November 22, 2021 by Dr. RCS

 Kathryn M. Frank completed her Ph.D. in Communication at the University of Michigan and her B.A. in Chicana and Chicano Studies at Stanford University. Prof. Frank specializes in media industries, popular culture (especially comic books and comics-related media), Latina/o/x and Asian American media, digital/new media, and race/ethnicity in media. Her current research examines media industry practices and processes in comic book to live-action adaptation, the role of race/ethnicity in decision making and inter-industry relationships, and how these decisions impact representations […]

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FMS/Whitman Events

November 22, 2021 by Dr. RCS

Upcoming Events: 12/8/23 @ 7:00PM: The 2023 FMS Fall Film Festival Screens in Kimball Theatre. 5/3/24 @ 7PM: The 2024 Withycombe Documentary Festival Screens in Kimball Theatre, with Q &  A afterwards. 10/17/23 @ 7:00PM: Author Michael Branch gives a reading from On the Trail of the Jackalope in Kimball Theatre, with Q & A afterwards. Previous Events: 5/5/23 @ 7:00PM: The 2023 Withycombe Doc Film Festival Screens in Kimball Theatre, with Q &  A afterwards. 12/10/22 @ 7:00PM: The […]

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