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Pete Lutze
Director of UTP


 

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UTP - University Television Productions

E-Mail:   plutze@boisestate.edu
Phone:    426-3086
Office:    C232

Office Hours:   
                             By appointment

Syllabi and Courses - SPRING 2008:
COMM 117/317 - UTP
COMM 365 - Film Styles and Genres
COMM 369 Video Post-Production
COMM 595 - Readings and Conference
COMM 294/494, Section 1093 - Documentary Film & Social Reform
COMM 294/494, Section 1098 - Silent Cinema: Comedy & Drama

CLASS ASSIGNMENTS and READINGS:
COMM 365:
1.  The Technique of Film and Video Editing:
    Introduction, Chapter 1: The Silent Period

TVTV Links:
A Brief History of TVTV
Mortimer's Ethnography of TVTV
TVTV:  A History by Tim Wolfrum
Studio Production Training Manual

Teaching Specialties:  Mass Media, Video Production, Cinema Studies, Documentary Films.

Research Interests/Activities:  German Film & TV, U.S. Film Industry, Critical Theory, Documentary Video Production

Biography:  Peter Lutze teaches media studies including video production, cinema studies, and cultural criticism.  He has a B.A. in German from Valparaiso, an M.F.A. in Filmmaking from Brandeis, and a J. D. and Ph.D. in Cinema Studies form the University of Wisconsin.  He has written an analysis of the work of a major German film director:  Alexander Kluge, The Last Modernist and is interested in producing documentaries (Dreamhouse: The Art and Life of James Castle, with Tom Trusky) and video art (Mountain Seasons, with James Armstrong).  Dr. Lutze has taught at Boise State since 1990.  He was a founding member and Chair of the Board of TVTV (1997-2003) and continues actively to promote the idea of grassroots, community media in Boise through his teaching, research and production activities.

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