Reel Images: Gender, Genre, and
the Movies in English Studies at the English Studies Summer Camp
Eastern Illinois University will host the English Studies Summer Camp
July 24-30, 2016. We look forward to welcoming high school students who
share our love of reading and writing for years to come. This one-week
camp allows students to hone their English skills while providing them
with a chance to sample life on a college campus and meet peers with
similar interests. Offering courses that reflect students’ interests,
our engaged faculty and tranquil setting provide that perfect
opportunity for students to have an academically charged summer getaway
where they can grow as readers, writers, debaters, and English scholars!
This session will examine gender roles in genre films and
highlight ways at least some horror, screwball comedy, and animated movies
move beyond gender stereotypes. Students
will learn useful strategies for analyzing film and media portrayals of gender and apply them in a short creative or
analytic project in a medium of their choice.
A Message from Robin Murray, your
instructor for “Reel Images: Gender, Genre, and the Movies in English Studies”: Welcome! To prepare for this session,
all you need to do is watch your favorite movie (s) and/or television show(s)
and think about how you might classify it or them if you were searching for
them on Netflix. Do you like animated films or media? Do you like science
fiction or fantasy? Do you like dramas?
Once you have a classification, you’re
ready to begin analyzing! Once I have some idea of your favorite films and/or
TV shows, we’ll watch clips from them and apply strategies for analyzing them
in relation to film and media form, style, and gender representations.
To get
us started, we’ll watch clips from Cabin
in the Woods (2012), The Big Lebowski
(1998), and Frozen (2014), as
well as a variety of Netflix series, including Jessica Jones and The
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt. One of our projects will be to develop a short
media project, like a blog, wiki, or podcast, so your film and media knowledge
and preferences will come in handy. Please bring them with you!
The EIU English Studies Summer Camp is a unique program that allows students to customize their program of study, selecting two sessions from a range of offerings in creative writing, literature, professional/academic writing, media studies, and more. Students grow academically and socially as they prepare for college and are mentored by expert faculty who share their passion for reading and writing. Students receive individual attention through small class sizes and gain skills in analyzing and crafting texts and expressing their ideas both verbally and through writing.
The camp offers two levels of discounted tuition:
- a residency rate which includes tuition, housing, recreation, and three meals per day, and
- a commuter rate which includes tuition, some recreational activities, and daily lunches.
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