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Film and media studies

Marin Alsop leads an orchestra
A pioneer at the podium
Published Spring 2022
A new documentary directed by JHU Professor of Media Studies Bernadette Wegenstein explores the many firsts of conductor Marin Alsop / Johns Hopkins Magazine
A cartoon of a woman disco dancing with a broom
Toon school
Published Jan 20, 2021
Students explore old and new animation techniques in Karen Yasinsky's Animating Cartoons course
Photograph of the Hollywood sign from behind
Q+A
How to make it in a Hollywood on hiatus
Published July 8, 2020
Johns Hopkins alum Emma Needell leads a conversation series about breaking into the entertainment industry during coronavirus shutdowns
Illustration of a notebook with doodles
Intersession
Intersession, from coast to coast
Published Fall 2019
Intersession courses can help students explore their passions from a new angle / Johns Hopkins Magazine
'Static in the System' book cover
Nonfiction
Exploring the history of silence and film
Published Summer 2019
Meredith Ward explores what moviegoing has sounded like from the tumultuous days of the early silent cinema through the modern experience of watching media on a smartphone with earbuds in public / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Meredith Ward
Q+A
Talking with Meredith Ward
Published Summer 2019
Director of the Johns Hopkins Program in Film and Media Studies discusses her debut book on the 'sound' of moviegoing / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Bradford Young
Film+Media
Lighting the way
Published March 20, 2019
Academy Award-nominated cinematographer Bradford Young mentors film students as part of visiting artist series
Screenshots of films screened in Tournées Film Festival
Tournées Film Festival
French film foray
Published Feb 25, 2019
Suzanne Roos, the Tournées Film Festival programmer, discusses the festival's lineup and shares her favorite classic French films
Etching of a scientist assembling a skeleton
#Frankenstein200
Two centuries of Frankenstein
Published Oct 29, 2018
Experts from Johns Hopkins discuss the issues raised by Mary Shelley's groundbreaking novel
Meredith Ward
Film+Media
Blockbuster summer, action-packed fall
Published Sept 13, 2018
Program in Film and Media Studies is expanding and plans to bring a number of industry experts to campus this fall for master classes, workshops, and Q+As