Behind the Screen: Analyzing Film from the Maker's Perspective

In this 5 week course with Film Professor Ingrid Stobbe, students will learn the technical approaches and reasoning behind some of the most treasured moments of moving image storytelling.

From lens choice to editing room cuts, we delve into the "how" as it pairs with the "why," and allow attendees to leave this experience capable of recognizing the physical creative mechanisms aligned with story structure, to enable movie magic to jump off the screen.

ABOUT INGRID STOBBE

Ingrid is an Associate Professor of Film at Lesley University’s College of Art + Design in Cambridge. She is an advisor to the board of Women in Film & Video New England, an editorial board member of the Journal of Film & Video. She has comprehensive experience designing curricula for the visual arts, and her pedagogy has been internationally recognized - most recently including the 2021 Best-In-Track award at OLC Innovate, and the 2020 University Film and Video Association Award of Teaching Excellence.

Her recent book, The Filmmaker’s Guide to Creatively Embracing Limitations, is a democratic and multifaceted approach to realistic cinematic experiences. Co-authored with William Pace, the book was part of the Best of Literary Boston 2023 (Grubstreet), featured author events at Porter Square Books as well as the Coolidge Corner Theatre, and is available through multiple outlets (Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2023). Her upcoming book, The Camera is You: Medium, Identity, and the Moving Image in Personal Filmmaking, investigates this multifaceted and hybrid cinema genre through artists interviews, and historical contextualization. (Bloomsbury Publishing Inc., 2025). She will try any cupcake once.