MEDIA RESEARCH WORKSHOP

Sponsored by:

Douglas Collede
Capilano College
National Film Board of Canada

Shawnigan Lake School
Vancouver Island
July 2nd to 19th, 1974

This year's Media Research
Workshop is organized by
Douglas College and Capilano
Colleae in cooperation with the
National Film Board and pro-
mises to be as successful as
others held across the country
by the NFB and sponsoring
institutions. It will take place
at Shawnigan Lake School on
Vancouver Island, an hour's
drive from Victoria or Nanaimo.
The site ovrovides 160 acres of
forest and gardens, opportunities
for swimming, boating, tennis,
squash and weekend trips to
points of interest and beauty.
The workshop is of interest to
people who would like to help
one another gain a better under-
standing of the effects of new
and old media on human exper-
ience. The emphasis will be

on the impact that technologies
have on institutions and on
persons, and on the resources,
for the most vart- personal, that

 

encourage a human response

to change. The project is being
organized by Jack Finnbogason
and Jim Sellers of Douglas
College; Paul Azaroff of
Capilano College; Doug Eliuk

and Mark Slade of the NFB

In addition, guest film-makers
and visiting resource people
will be involved. The schedule
will comprise full working days
throughout the three weeks with
optional evening and weekend
sessions. Resources include a
wide variety of films, film stock,
Super 8, 35mm and Polaroid \
cameras, portable videotape
equipment, graphics, sile
screen, sound synthesis, and

the environment itself. But the
most important resource will be
the people who participate.

The Media Research Workshop
will enrol a maximum of thirty
people. There is no fee charged
for the workshop and it is hopec
that participants will find
enough.support from a sponsorinc
institution, school board or
employer to defray the costs of
room and board. Everyone is
expected to contribute to the
program over the entire three-
week period. That is because
the proaram is you. We do not
encourage those whose interests
are in techniques of production
or who are concerned with
audio-visual services. If you
feel that this workshop will
provide a learning environment
in which you would like to
partcipate please let us hear