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Notebook

Hopkins in Hollywood

Published Fall 2024

A group of Johns Hopkins undergraduate film students now gets a firsthand glimpse of the entertainment industry, as Southern California–based alumni gather annually to talk about Hollywood / Johns Hopkins Magazine

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Arts+culture

Studio North marks 10 years of student filmmaking

Published April 24, 2024

Student-run film and media production company hosts anniversary gala at the Parkway Theatre on April 24

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Television

JHU group eyes science TV reboot

Published Oct 10, 2023

Inspired by a landmark Hopkins television show from the '40s and '50s, a small team wants to create a new type of science program for the streaming age

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Film

Forgotten era of filmmaking finds a new home

Published Jan 3, 2023

The Sheridan Libraries has acquired the Academic Film Archive of North America, an eclectic collection of more than 7,600 vintage 16-mm films

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Film

Emma Needell goes home again

Published Fall 2022

Screenwriter Emma Needell, A&S '12, returned to her family's Colorado ranch to film Life Rendered, her new film about a cowboy who uses virtual reality to explore his secret inner self / Johns Hopkins Magazine

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Inside the Writers Room at Johns Hopkins

Published July 28, 2022

The Writers Room, a small screenwriting club at Johns Hopkins, offers student participants a collaborative environment where imaginations can run wild in the creation of an episodic web series

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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

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Toon school

Published Jan 20, 2021

Students explore old and new animation techniques in Karen Yasinsky's Animating Cartoons course

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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

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Intersession

Intersession, from coast to coast

Published Fall 2019

Intersession courses can help students explore their passions from a new angle / Johns Hopkins Magazine