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Dr. Susan Ryan and Prof. Terry Byrne Present at Film Conference

 

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Dr. Susan Ryan and Prof. Terry Byrne participate in a panel discussion.

Dr. Susan Ryan and Prof. Terry Byrne participated in a panel discussion on the future of film/television education at the University Film and Video Association’s national conference in Washington DC in August.  Other panel members were Prof. Roy Cross from Concordia University in Montreal (chair) and Prof. Melanie LaRosa from Pace University.  The discussion concerned changes to technology and industry structures, student aspirations and expectations, and working conditions in modern universities.  Inevitably, it also extended to a discussion of differing approaches to film education (and working conditions) between the US and Canada.  The UFVA is the organization representing film and television programs in colleges and universities throughout the US and Canada, and is affiliated to CILECT, the international organization for teachers of film and TV.

The annual UFVA conference is a week-long event that provides a venue for screening of faculty and student work, discussions of issues pertinent to filmmaking and film/TV education, and cinema/media studies.  It also provides opportunities for script readings and workshops, equipment demonstrations and exhibits of new publications in the field.  TCNJ faculty and students have screened work and presented papers at the UFVA conference for many years; the first student work screened there was a video piece by Christine Collins shown at the 1998 conference at the North Carolina School of the Arts.

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