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FCAD The Creative Innovation Hub Faculty of Communication & Design 1 OPPORTUNITIES ALUMNI PROFILES 22 Labs & Facilities 40 Alumni Profiles TABLE OF 24 Exchange Program 42 Walter Chin 26 Scholarships, Awards & 46 Ryan Enn Hughes Competitions 50 Andrew Civideno CONTENTS 28 Ryerson Communication and Design Society (RCDS) 54 Student Work 30 The Ryerson Image Centre 32 Maximum Exposure (MaxEx) GRADUATE PROGRAMS INTRODUCTION PROGRAMS 34 Ryerson University Film Festival 64 Masters Programs (RUFF) 4 The Field of Image Arts 9 The Programs 36 Function Magazine 6 Why Image Arts at Ryerson? 10 Photography and Integrated Digital 37 RadMag 14 Film and Integrated Digital 38 Converge Lecture Series 20 A Part of FCAD 39 Ryerson Art Space 2 3 IS A LIFE IN IMAGERY RIGHT FOR YOU? Most people can shoot a video or snap Working with imagery, you will develop a deep a photo with their phone, but not every- knowledge and working expertise of fine arts one can create imagery that transcends and hone skills that are transferrable across the frame, moving viewers to action and a wide variety of industries. Taking a piece THE FIELD OF emotion. It’s a craft — one that skilled film- of work form concept to production requires makers and photographers use to produce critical thinking and the ability to collaborate works of art that can be shocking, funny, in- with colleagues. You will also gain a keen busi- furiating, satirical, but most of all, inspiring. ness sense, as you promote and sell your work, The world needs these image-makers, to learn to stick to tight budgets and deadlines, IMAGE ARTS share information and tell stories. and attract funding through sponsorships and grants. Careers in film and photography give you the opportunity for creative control — your As an image-maker, you will get to tell mean- choice of equipment, technique, lighting, ingful stories, often on your terms. You will be and post production all affect the way your a versatile, entrepreneurial and creative con- work is perceived. Perfecting these arts is tributor to society. not easy, but can be extremely fulfilling. 5 44 TOOLS & FACILITIES Introduction Image Arts students have access to indus- events that allow undergraduate and graduate try-grade production and post-production students to exhibit their work for their peers, equipment and facilities, including a huge suite friends and industry professionals. The Ryerson of cameras and lenses, photography studios, University Film Festival (RUFF), Maximum film editing rooms, non-linear digital editing Exposure (MaxEx) and Doc Now attract people suites, black-and-white darkrooms, sound from around Toronto to see the best student stages, audio mixing facilities, mounting and work. This is your chance to be noticed. mat-cutting areas, a carpentry workshop and a motion picture lab. Plus, Ryerson has its own world-class, on-campus gallery: The Ryerson FCAD: THE CREATIVE Image Centre (RIC) is a premier venue for ex- HUB hibiting student work and also hosts talks and Ryerson’s Faculty of Communication and exhibitions from artists outside of the Ryerson Design (FCAD) is home to Canada’s leading WHY IMAGE ARTS AT community. creative and communications programs. As an image arts student, you’ll have the opportunity DIGITAL IMAGING to connect with the future leaders in media, communications, performance, fashion and RYERSON? Film and photography majors in their third year design. Be it shooting on the red carpet at one of studies can choose to enrol in the Integrated of the most prestigious student media awards Digital (ID) Option. Comprised of studio and shows in Toronto, going behind the scenes at Founded in 1948, Ryerson’s School of Image Arts is the lecture courses in image-based media and the largest student-run fashion show in the oldest and highest-regarded school of its kind in Canada. visual studies, the ID Option takes students world, or contributing original art to the many Internationally, it is renowned as a destination for study, pro- beyond film and photography, teaching skills collaborative conferences, shows and compe- duction and exhibition in film and photography, respected by in areas such as multi-channel, titling, web- titions on campus, the opportunities for you to both academia and industry. A degree from here will ensure you based image book design, soundscapes and experience different creative fields are limitless. stand out in the world. visual effects. Through FCAD’s School of Performance, you’ll also have a wide casting pool of actors and CONNECTIONS dancers to star in your films and model for your photoshoots. There are five longstanding, annual student-run 6 7 Programs THE PROGRAMS PHOTOGRAPHY & INTEGRATED DIGITAL FILM & INTEGRATED DIGITAL Programs Programs A FINE ARTS EDUCATION WITH PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE. THE PROGRAM a lecture series, take part in the year-end show, Maximum Exposure, and assist with production The four-year, undergraduate photography of Function, the school’s photography maga- program at Ryerson blends theory and zine. practice to give students an academic and historic framework of the medium, as well You’ll leave the program with re- as the skills and techniques required to al-world experience, developed through PHOTOGRAPHY create great images. Photography is an old a hands-on curriculum, including: AND INTEGRATED DIGITAL medium that has been revolutionized by new technologies. Our program recognizes • A WORK PLACEMENT WITH A PHO- this, covering a variety of methods of im- TOGRAPHY STUDIO OR BUSINESS age-making and editing in our curriculum. • PRACTICAL COURSE ASSIGNMENTS, You’ll study historic photographic processes INCLUDING PHOTOGRAPHY BOOKS, and the most cutting-edge applications in MAGAZINES, INSTALLATIONS, AND digital imaging. EXHIBITIONS Through the program’s intensive produc- • AN INDEPENDENT PROJECT, REQUIR- tion environment, you’ll develop your own, ING A CONCEPTUAL AND VISUAL PRO- photographic style and vision, constantly DUCTION OF IMAGES TO BE PUBLICLY modifying and improving your techniques DISPLAYED and honing your craft. You’ll help organize 11 THE Programs CURRICULUM YEAR ONE YEAR TWO YEAR THREE* YEAR FOUR* Your first year is all about building a solid foun- Second-year will build on your foundation es- Third-year further expands your creative Fourth-year is focused on your capstone dation of knowledge and basic techniques. tablished in first year, and you will work through control, focusing on self directed assignments project. You will work in regular consultation We will place art from around the world in its intermediate and advanced workshops in light, where you design and create artwork, taking it with an advisor through the research and de- context and historical period, understanding sound, colour, graphic layout, sequencing and from concept to production. You will enhance velopment stage to the making of your final how styles are built and why each exists. You more. You will be encouraged to develop your image manipulation skills, both through conceptual and visual production of images. will be introduced to lens, print and web based self-reliance, risk taking and initiative through shooting technique and editing. Other projects The critique and public display of the senior imaging, learning the subtleties and essential several production projects. will encourage you to combine imagery with project is an integral and mandatory part of the techniques in the early stages of production. audio, basic programming and digital modes process. of presentation. Visual Studies I Visual Studies II Art and the Classical Tradition Visual Studies III History of Photography II Senior Project Concepts and Theories History of Photography I The Visual Culture of Photography Topics in Photography Art in the Modern World The Idea of Photography Photography Production Contemporary Issues in Photography Photography Production The Photographic Print The Photographic Book Two Liberal Studies Photography and Digital Imaging Photography Production Photography Production One Professional Elective Photography Production The Photographic Studio The Expanded Image One Professionally-Related Elective Photography and the Web Photography Production Two Liberal Studies From top: Two Liberal Studies One Professional Elective One Professional Elective * If you choose to enroll in the Integrated One Professionally-Related Elective One Professionally-Related Elective Digital (ID) Option, years three and four will look slightly different. For more information on ID, see pages 18 and 19. 12 13 Programs GET OUT OF THE CLASSROOM AND ONTO SETS. and genres, including documentary, fiction and THE PROGRAM experimental. In each of the four years of study, you’ll contribute to the creation of collabora- The four-year undergraduate film program tive short films and videos, putting what you’ve at Ryerson emphasizes experiential learning, learned into practice. providing you with extensive training in the practice of both analogue and digital story- FILM Real-world experience and connections may telling techniques. That hands-on education be gained through an internship elective with AND INTEGRATED DIGITAL is complemented by studies in the theory a studio or business within the film industry, of filmmaking; you’ll learn about the history, as well as with a final year project, when you’ll genres, concepts and philosophies of film- produce your own film, or focus intensively on making, gaining insight into what makes a work in another role within the film world. film a work of art. Through the program’s curriculum, you’ll During your years in the film studies develop and strengthen your own personal program, you’ll take courses in screenwrit- vision and style, and grow as an adaptable, ing, directing, cinematography, production dynamic filmmaker ready to work in a variety of design, editing and more. You’ll learn tech- roles, both in Canada and abroad. nical and storytelling skills that will enable you to create short and long films of all styles 15 THE Programs * If you choose to enroll in the Integrated Digital (ID) Option, years three and four will CURRICULUM look slightly different.