This written thesis serves as a public record for the production of Jesse Kreitzer's MFA thesis film Black Canaries, a 1900s coal mining folktale inspired by his Iowan heritage. The thesis includes Mr. Kreitzer's genealogical and historical research as it pertains to his maternal ancestry and coal mining in south-central Iowa. The thesis also accounts for the conceptual, personal, and practical considerations for the production of Black Canaries. Additional materials include the film's production packet, reference guide, production storyboards, and screenplay.
Thesis
Black canaries: a story of ancestry, land and labor
University of Iowa
Master of Fine Arts (MFA), University of Iowa
Spring 2015
DOI: 10.17077/etd.lhxhfumr
Abstract
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Black canaries: a story of ancestry, land and labor
- Creators
- Jesse Lockwood Kreitzer - University of Iowa
- Contributors
- Jesse McLean (Advisor)Jason Livingston (Committee Member)Steve Choe (Committee Member)Jim Snitzer (Committee Member)
- Resource Type
- Thesis
- Degree Awarded
- Master of Fine Arts (MFA), University of Iowa
- Degree in
- Film and Video Production
- Date degree season
- Spring 2015
- DOI
- 10.17077/etd.lhxhfumr
- Publisher
- University of Iowa
- Number of pages
- vi, 43 pages
- Copyright
- Copyright © 2015 Jesse Kreitzer
- Comment
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- Language
- English
- Description illustrations
- illustrations (some color)
- Description bibliographic
- Includes bibliographical references (page 21).
- Public Abstract (ETD)
This written thesis serves as a public record for the production of Jesse Kreitzer’s MFA thesis film Black Canaries, a 1900s coal mining folktale inspired by his Iowan heritage. The thesis includes Mr. Kreitzer’s genealogical and historical research as it pertains to his maternal ancestry and coal mining in south-central Iowa. The thesis also accounts for the conceptual, personal, and practical considerations for the production of Black Canaries. Additional materials include the film’s production packet, reference guide, production storyboards, and screenplay.
- Academic Unit
- Cinematic Arts
- Record Identifier
- 9983777112002771
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