Extra Curricular

by Holly Willis

Paradigms of Change

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On Jan 18, 2017
By Holly Willis on Jan 18, 2017Columns
Embodied Teaching

The notorious 1964 film Scorpio Rising opens on a tangle of metal, pieces from a disassembled motorcycle, and a young man tinkering with the detritus in a garage. Ricky Nelson sings “Fools Rush In” on the soundtrack as the camera pans lovingly over rugged boots, bulky links of chain, and then down over the back of a leather jacket with the film’s title and director’s name — Kenneth Anger — written in shiny studs. The man wearing the jacket spins around, and we’re suddenly up close both to his crotch and the soft naked skin of his belly. I was… Read more
On Oct 20, 2016
By Holly Willis on Oct 20, 2016Columns
Building Better Entertainment: SCI-Arc’s MA in Fiction and Entertainment

Liam Young is an architect, but rather than building skyscrapers or designing public squares, he makes movies. “I call myself an architect, but I solely work in the spaces of fiction and film,” he says from his studio in London. Indeed, his entire practice is devoted to interrogating the increasingly blurred boundaries among film, fiction, design and storytelling with the goal of imagining our future. Using speculative design and the conjuring of imaginary cities that are assembled from the physical world around us, he opens up conversations querying urban existence, asking provocative questions about the roles of both architecture and… Read more
On Jul 25, 2016
By Holly Willis on Jul 25, 2016Columns
Investing in Change: The Ghetto Film School

Just after the Oscar nominations in 2015, Derrick Cameron wrote a guest column in The Hollywood Reporter titled “How to Fix the Oscars: Take a Cue from the Sports World and Fix the Talent Pool” in which he argued that “we have not invested in developing new voices in American cinema, particularly from communities that reflect our various cultures.” In contrast, Cameron and a team of other passionate educators have worked for more than a decade to make precisely that investment. They are the team responsible for Ghetto Film School. Founded in 2000 by Joe Hall in the South Bronx,… Read more
On Apr 21, 2016
By Holly Willis on Apr 21, 2016Columns
To Protect and Preserve

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On Jan 20, 2016
By Holly Willis on Jan 20, 2016Columns
Teaching Virtual Reality

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On Oct 28, 2015
By Holly Willis on Oct 28, 2015Columns
Shifting the Gaze

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On Jul 23, 2015
By Holly Willis on Jul 23, 2015Columns
Teaching Immersion and Stereoscopy

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On Apr 28, 2015
By Holly Willis on Apr 28, 2015Columns
Computational Storytelling

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On Jan 21, 2015
By Holly Willis on Jan 21, 2015Columns
Film Studies for the 21st Century

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On Oct 20, 2014
By Holly Willis on Oct 20, 2014Columns