Save Your Stuff: DIY Media Archiving
May 22-July 6
Tuesdays & Thursdays
6:00-9:00pm
Marie Lascu & Rufus DeRham
CINE-GT 1809 / c#2402
In a world where individuals are constantly generating digital content for personal and professional use, learning how to organize and save this material is essential for ensuring its long-term accessibility. This introductory course will impart practical skills from the world of archiving to help students take control of the media they store at home, in the studio, or online. Students will learn to identify legacy analog and digital formats, assess a filmmaker's collection for a digitization project, and plan for the ongoing care of their media. Designed for anyone who wants to save their digital content, this course is especially well-suited for students, scholars, artists, filmmakers, musicians, activists, bloggers, and journalists. Emphasis will be placed on preserving audiovisual and photographic materials, with additional consideration of documents and social media.
NOTE: In addition to tuition, there are Media & Production fees totaling $80 for this course.