AEMS: Events

Digital Asia: Documentary Digital Video Workshop

Friday, May 16– Saturday, May 17, 2008
Urbana, Illinois
Application Deadline: February 28, 2008

Presented by Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies (EAPS),
Asian Educational Media Service (AEMS),
and Applied Technologies for Learning in the Arts & Sciences (ATLAS)
at The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Contents:
Announcement
Workshop Presenters
Participants (coming soon)
Application

Announcement

The Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies (EAPS), the Asian Educational Media Service (AEMS), and Applied Technologies for Learning in the Arts & Sciences (ATLAS) at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, invite applications for a weekend workshop on documentary digital video for scholars in Asian Studies, May 15-16, 2008, in Urbana, Illinois.

This workshop is intended for faculty and graduate students who are interested in turning a current Asia-focused research project into a documentary digital video for an educational or public audience. Today’s user-friendly media inspires many scholars to envision an audio-visual expression of their research. We will offer eight such scholars introductory training towards the creation of a professional video, in the context of an academic career.

The workshop will provide an introductory overview of the filmmaking process, from framing your project, through funding and planning, to filming in the field, and finally, to post-production and distribution. Equipment choices, ethical issues, and resources for further assistance will be discussed. Both lecture and hands-on components will be included. Participants will produce a short interview project in the course of the weekend. No prior experience or training in media design or techniques is assumed. The workshop will be led by both academics with filmmaking experience and professional filmmakers with research experience.

Eligibility: Scholars at any level of seniority affiliated with an academic and/or research institution. Graduate students should have already defined their dissertation project. Applicants must have an original, current research project on an Asian topic (any discipline), a portion of which they envision expressing in documentary video format. Participation is competitive; successful applicants will have delineated a video project which addresses a gap in available Asian Studies media and will have the potential for bringing this project to fruition. Those accepted must complete a questionnaire and prepare assigned readings prior to attending the workshop. Accommodations for May 15-17 and meals for May 16-17 are included; graduate students will be offered assistance with transportation up to $400.

After completing the workshop, participants will be eligible to compete for two small seed grants to produce pilot videos to launch their projects.

Workshop Presenters

Invited Presenters

Ellen Bruno Both filmmaker and international relief worker, Ellen has spent much of the last 20 years in southeast Asia. She began her relief efforts more than 25 years ago in Mexico, working in remote Mayan villages. Since then she has worked in refugee camps on the Thai-Cambodian border, as field coordinator for the International Rescue Committee, and as director of the Cambodian Women's Project for the American Friends Service Committee. She has been a hospice worker for the Zen Hospice Project in San Francisco, providing bedside assistance for people dying of AIDS and cancer.

Ellen completed a masters degree in documentary film at Stanford University in 1990. Her first film Samsara, her Masters thesis at Stanford, documents Cambodian life in the aftermath of Pol Pot's killing fields. Satya: A Prayer for the Enemy is based on the experiences of young Tibetan Buddhist nuns who have been imprisoned and tortured for their nonviolent protests of the Chinese occupation of Tibet. Sacrifice is the final installment in her Asian trilogy. All three films premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. Ellen was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1998, a Rockefeller Fellowship in 1997, fellowships from the Western States Media Arts and a Shenkin Fellowship from Yale University School of Art.

Information on her films, including trailers and and how to purchase, can be found on her website: http://www.brunofilms.com/

Linda Hoaglund Film advisor for the Japan Society in New York, Linda was born and raised in Japan, the daughter of American missionary parents, she attended Japanese public schools. A graduate of Yale University, after working as a bilingual news producer for Japanese television, she joined an independent American film production company as a producer. Since 1996, she has subtitled 200 Japanese films. She represents Japanese directors and artists and serves as an international liaison for producers. In 2004, she received a commendation from the Foreign Minister of Japan for her work promoting Japanese film abroad.

Risa Morimoto Producer of the feature film, The LaMastas, Risa produces, writes, and directs for film and television. She produced the award-winning program Cinema AZN, a half-hour show on Asian film. President of Edgewood Pictures Inc., a motion picture production company, Risa graduated with a masters degree in film and education from New York University in 1999 where she served as the Associate Director of the Asian/Pacific/American Studies Program and Institute. From 2002-2006, she served as Executive Director of Asian CineVision, a non-profit media arts organization. A second-generation Japanese American, Risa studied at Doshisha University in Kyoto, Japan.

Together, Linda and Risa co-produced the film Wings of Defeat, a thoughtful and moving look back on the phenomenon of Japanese kamikaze missions at the end of World War II, with rare interviews in which surviving kamikaze pilots tell their own stories. More information, including a trailer, is available at: http://www.edgewoodpictures.com/wingsofdefeat/

Digital Asia Planning Committee

David W. Plath Emeritus professor of anthropology and Asian Studies in the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, David Plath has designed and written all Media Production Group programs, and has served in them variously as producer, host, narrator, editor, director and videographer. A founding member of MPG in 1989, he took on its leadership after the death of co-founder Jackson H.Bailey a decade ago. In 2000 the Society for East Asian Anthropology established a David Plath Media Award, given every other year for the best new educational media product on Asian culture and society. Plath has published six books and more than 60 articles on topics in anthropology and Japan Studies. In addition to his 35 years on the faculty at Illinois-Urbana he has taught at the University of California at Berkeley, the University of Iowa, and Konan University in Kobe. He also has been a visiting researcher in Kyoto University, The National University of Singapore, and Japan's National Institute for Media Education.

Currently he has three documentaries in various stages of production, one set in a regional city in northeastern Japan and two among the Lahu people of northern Thailand.

Jacquetta Hill Emeritus professor of Anthropology and Educational Psychology at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), Jacquie has used video in her ethnographic research (beginning with reel to reel, black and white) in Puerto Rican neighborhoods and schools in Chicago, in rural schools with Latino student populations, and in schools and mountain villages in Thailand in. Though early these were intended as primary data collection resources, more recently they have been for documentary production. For about three decades she has been studying, working with and publishing on the Tibeto-Berman speaking Lahu peoples of Northern Thailand . She began working in documentary videography with David Plath as consultant anthropologist and narrator in the 1992 production Candles for New Years . She has taught visual ethnography courses at the UIUC. She was a founding member of the Council on Anthropology and Education of the American Anthropological Association and recipient of the G. Spindler Award for outstanding contribution to that field. Currently she is studying and publishing on the dance and music of the Lahu Na Shehleh and, with David Plath, producing a documentary on the anthropology of dance and music among the Lahu.

Paul Riismandel Paul is the Director of Curricular Support for the School of Communication at Northwestern University , where he oversees the use of digital media technologies for use in the classroom, as a supplement to classroom instruction, for distance education and for research and administrative purposes. His primary focus is Internet audio and video, both in terms of producing content that best takes advantage of this medium, as well as the technical infrastructure that supports it.

Prior to joining Northwestern Paul was the Manager of Digital Media Production and Support for eight years at ATLAS, the technology support department serving the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Illinois. At ATLAS Paul built a digital media service to serve the diverse needs of the College and collaborated with other media producers and users on campus to build a robust live and archive streaming media infrastructure. He has led or participated in numerous workshops and panels on educational media, in addition to designing and teaching an undergraduate course on creating and understanding digital media.

Paul is also a contributing editor to Streaming Media magazine where he writes the "Class Act" column on educational online media.

Colleen Cook Colleen is a coordinating producer for ATLAS at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign , where she assists educators in developing new media for use in their curriculum. She received her BFA from Florida State University 's School of Motion Picture , Television, and Recording Arts, before coming to UIUC for her master's degree in Educational Policy Studies focusing on educational media distribution. Trained in both film and video production, she is most comfortable behind the camera and has traveled as a videographer in Thailand and Argentina . Her interest in educational media distribution stems from her experience running an independent film theatre which provided the community with annual international film festivals, in addition to its regular fare of foreign, independent, and art films.

Participants Coming Soon

Application-DEADLINE HAS PASSED

Please submit the following:

1) A description of your ongoing, larger research project and its contribution to Asian Studies. (Maximum 500 words)

2) A description of your proposed digital video project and what compels you to turn to the video medium. Include the audience and use you imagine for the resulting product. (Maximum 500 words)

3) Short answers to the questions below:
a. What other films or videos exist on the topic of your proposed project and how would your project differ from these? (maximum 250 words)_(NB: The AEMS Media Database may help you answer this question)
b. What uniquely qualifies you to produce this video project, beyond what is already stated in other parts of this application? (max. 150 words)

4) One reference letter, attesting to your qualifications and the feasibility of your proposed digital video project.

5) Your curriculum vitae (CV) (no more than 5 pages).

As a header on each document you submit, please provide your name, title, department institutional affiliation, address, preferred and alternate telephone numbers, and email address.

Electronic submissions are strongly preferred. Please include the words "Digital Asia" in the subject header of your email and include your last name in the filename for all attachments. Preferred format is .PDF, but .DOC, .RTF, and .TXT are also acceptable.

Please submit to:
Jason Finkelman
Events Coordinator, Asian Educational Media Service
University of Illinois
805 W. Pennsylvania
Urbana, IL 61801
finkelma@uiuc.edu
217-265-0640

DEADLINE: February 28, 2008, midnight Central Standard Time (CST). Hard copy of application (optional) must be postmarked by February 28.

Last Updated: April 10, 2008


	Digital Asia: Documentary Digital Video Workshop Friday, May 16– Saturday, May 17, 2008 Urbana, Illinois Application Deadline: February 28, 2008 Presented by Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies (EAPS), Asian Educational Media Service (AEMS), and Applied Technologies for Learning in the Arts & Sciences (ATLAS) at The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Contents: Announcement Workshop Presenters Participants (coming soon) Application Announcement The Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies (EAPS), the Asian Educational Media Service (AEMS), and Applied Technologies for Learning in the Arts & Sciences (ATLAS) at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, invite applications for a weekend workshop on documentary digital video for scholars in Asian Studies, May 15-16, 2008, in Urbana, Illinois. This workshop is intended for faculty and graduate students who are interested in turning a current Asia-focused research project into a documentary digital video for an educational or public audience. Today’s user-friendly media inspires many scholars to envision an audio-visual expression of their research. We will offer eight such scholars introductory training towards the creation of a professional video, in the context of an academic career. The workshop will provide an introductory overview of the filmmaking process, from framing your project, through funding and planning, to filming in the field, and finally, to post-production and distribution. Equipment choices, ethical issues, and resources for further assistance will be discussed. Both lecture and hands-on components will be included. Participants will produce a short interview project in the course of the weekend. No prior experience or training in media design or techniques is assumed. The workshop will be led by both academics with filmmaking experience and professional filmmakers with research experience. Eligibility: Scholars at any level of seniority affiliated with an academic and/or research institution. Graduate students should have already defined their dissertation project. Applicants must have an original, current research project on an Asian topic (any discipline), a portion of which they envision expressing in documentary video format. Participation is competitive; successful applicants will have delineated a video project which addresses a gap in available Asian Studies media and will have the potential for bringing this project to fruition. Those accepted must complete a questionnaire and prepare assigned readings prior to attending the workshop. Accommodations for May 15-17 and meals for May 16-17 are included; graduate students will be offered assistance with transportation up to $400. After completing the workshop, participants will be eligible to compete for two small seed grants to produce pilot videos to launch their projects. Workshop Presenters *Invited Presenters* Ellen Bruno Both filmmaker and international relief worker, Ellen has spent much of the last 20 years in southeast Asia. She began her relief efforts more than 25 years ago in Mexico, working in remote Mayan villages. Since then she has worked in refugee camps on the Thai-Cambodian border, as field coordinator for the International Rescue Committee, and as director of the Cambodian Women's Project for the American Friends Service Committee. She has been a hospice worker for the Zen Hospice Project in San Francisco, providing bedside assistance for people dying of AIDS and cancer. Ellen completed a masters degree in documentary film at Stanford University in 1990. Her first film Samsara, her Masters thesis at Stanford, documents Cambodian life in the aftermath of Pol Pot's killing fields. Satya: A Prayer for the Enemy is based on the experiences of young Tibetan Buddhist nuns who have been imprisoned and tortured for their nonviolent protests of the Chinese occupation of Tibet. Sacrifice is the final installment in her Asian trilogy. All three films premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. Ellen was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1998, a Rockefeller Fellowship in 1997, fellowships from the Western States Media Arts and a Shenkin Fellowship from Yale University School of Art. Information on her films, including trailers and and how to purchase, can be found on her website: http://www.brunofilms.com/ Linda Hoaglund Film advisor for the Japan Society in New York, Linda was born and raised in Japan, the daughter of American missionary parents, she attended Japanese public schools. A graduate of Yale University, after working as a bilingual news producer for Japanese television, she joined an independent American film production company as a producer. Since 1996, she has subtitled 200 Japanese films. She represents Japanese directors and artists and serves as an international liaison for producers. In 2004, she received a commendation from the Foreign Minister of Japan for her work promoting Japanese film abroad. Risa Morimoto Producer of the feature film, The LaMastas, Risa produces, writes, and directs for film and television. She produced the award-winning program Cinema AZN, a half-hour show on Asian film. President of Edgewood Pictures Inc., a motion picture production company, Risa graduated with a masters degree in film and education from New York University in 1999 where she served as the Associate Director of the Asian/Pacific/American Studies Program and Institute. From 2002-2006, she served as Executive Director of Asian CineVision, a non-profit media arts organization. A second-generation Japanese American, Risa studied at Doshisha University in Kyoto, Japan. Together, Linda and Risa co-produced the film Wings of Defeat, a thoughtful and moving look back on the phenomenon of Japanese kamikaze missions at the end of World War II, with rare interviews in which surviving kamikaze pilots tell their own stories. More information, including a trailer, is available at: http://www.edgewoodpictures.com/wingsofdefeat/ *Digital Asia Planning Committee* David W. Plath Emeritus professor of anthropology and Asian Studies in the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, David Plath has designed and written all Media Production Group programs, and has served in them variously as producer, host, narrator, editor, director and videographer. A founding member of MPG in 1989, he took on its leadership after the death of co-founder Jackson H.Bailey a decade ago. In 2000 the Society for East Asian Anthropology established a David Plath Media Award, given every other year for the best new educational media product on Asian culture and society. Plath has published six books and more than 60 articles on topics in anthropology and Japan Studies. In addition to his 35 years on the faculty at Illinois-Urbana he has taught at the University of California at Berkeley, the University of Iowa, and Konan University in Kobe. He also has been a visiting researcher in Kyoto University, The National University of Singapore, and Japan's National Institute for Media Education. Currently he has three documentaries in various stages of production, one set in a regional city in northeastern Japan and two among the Lahu people of northern Thailand. Jacquetta Hill Emeritus professor of Anthropology and Educational Psychology at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), Jacquie has used video in her ethnographic research (beginning with reel to reel, black and white) in Puerto Rican neighborhoods and schools in Chicago, in rural schools with Latino student populations, and in schools and mountain villages in Thailand in. Though early these were intended as primary data collection resources, more recently they have been for documentary production. For about three decades she has been studying, working with and publishing on the Tibeto-Berman speaking Lahu peoples of Northern Thailand . She began working in documentary videography with David Plath as consultant anthropologist and narrator in the 1992 production Candles for New Years . She has taught visual ethnography courses at the UIUC. She was a founding member of the Council on Anthropology and Education of the American Anthropological Association and recipient of the G. Spindler Award for outstanding contribution to that field. Currently she is studying and publishing on the dance and music of the Lahu Na Shehleh and, with David Plath, producing a documentary on the anthropology of dance and music among the Lahu. Paul Riismandel Paul is the Director of Curricular Support for the School of Communication at Northwestern University , where he oversees the use of digital media technologies for use in the classroom, as a supplement to classroom instruction, for distance education and for research and administrative purposes. His primary focus is Internet audio and video, both in terms of producing content that best takes advantage of this medium, as well as the technical infrastructure that supports it. Prior to joining Northwestern Paul was the Manager of Digital Media Production and Support for eight years at ATLAS, the technology support department serving the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Illinois. At ATLAS Paul built a digital media service to serve the diverse needs of the College and collaborated with other media producers and users on campus to build a robust live and archive streaming media infrastructure. He has led or participated in numerous workshops and panels on educational media, in addition to designing and teaching an undergraduate course on creating and understanding digital media. Paul is also a contributing editor to Streaming Media magazine where he writes the "Class Act" column on educational online media. Colleen Cook Colleen is a coordinating producer for ATLAS at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign , where she assists educators in developing new media for use in their curriculum. She received her BFA from Florida State University 's School of Motion Picture , Television, and Recording Arts, before coming to UIUC for her master's degree in Educational Policy Studies focusing on educational media distribution. Trained in both film and video production, she is most comfortable behind the camera and has traveled as a videographer in Thailand and Argentina . Her interest in educational media distribution stems from her experience running an independent film theatre which provided the community with annual international film festivals, in addition to its regular fare of foreign, independent, and art films. Participants Coming Soon Application-DEADLINE HAS PASSED Please submit the following: 1) A description of your ongoing, larger research project and its contribution to Asian Studies. (Maximum 500 words) 2) A description of your proposed digital video project and what compels you to turn to the video medium. Include the audience and use you imagine for the resulting product. (Maximum 500 words) 3) Short answers to the questions below: a. What other films or videos exist on the topic of your proposed project and how would your project differ from these? (maximum 250 words)_(NB: The AEMS Media Database may help you answer this question) b. What uniquely qualifies you to produce this video project, beyond what is already stated in other parts of this application? (max. 150 words) 4) One reference letter, attesting to your qualifications and the feasibility of your proposed digital video project. 5) Your curriculum vitae (CV) (no more than 5 pages). As a header on each document you submit, please provide your name, title, department institutional affiliation, address, preferred and alternate telephone numbers, and email address. Electronic submissions are strongly preferred. Please include the words "Digital Asia" in the subject header of your email and include your last name in the filename for all attachments. Preferred format is .PDF, but .DOC, .RTF, and .TXT are also acceptable. Please submit to: Jason Finkelman Events Coordinator, Asian Educational Media Service University of Illinois 805 W. Pennsylvania Urbana, IL 61801 finkelma@uiuc.edu 217-265-0640 DEADLINE: February 28, 2008, midnight Central Standard Time (CST). 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