Expertise and Activities
Shannon Weidner is a PhD student in film whose research interests lie at the intersection of art history, spatial design, and Spanish-language cinema, particularly in the filmography of Pedro Almodóvar. Her additional research interests include questions surrounding the form, function, theory, and reception of film music, as well as new modes and spaces for media criticism, with particular emphasis on the video essay and the film social-networking site, Letterboxd.
Education
- M.A. Film – Communication Arts, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2024
- B.A. English, The University of Texas at Austin, 2020
- Bridging Disciplines Certificate in Innovation, Creativity, and Entrepreneurship
Book Reviews
- 2023. Architecture, Film, and the In-between: Spatio-Cinematic Betwixt, edited by Vahid Vadat and James F. Kerestes. Alphaville: Journal of Film and Screen Media, no. 27, 2024, pp. 317–322.
- 2020. Chilean Cinema in the Twenty-First-Century World, edited by Vania Barraza and Carl Fischer. The Velvet Light Trap, No. 92, Fall 2023, 74-76.
Upcoming and Recent Conference Presentations
- 2025 – MaMI, “Romantic Tonalities: Tonal and Visual Design in Pride and Prejudice (2005)”
- 2025 – SCSMI – “The Fine Art of Minimalism: Meaning and Perception of Musical Repetition in The Favourite (2018)”
- 2024 – Midwest Graduate Film Studies Symposium, “Ô Saisons Ô Châteaux Ô Artistes Naïfs: “Naïve” and Non-“Naïve” Art in Agnès Varda’s Ô Saisons Ô Châteaux”
Courses
- CA100 – Introduction to Speech Composition, Fall 2022 – Spring 2024 – Instructor
- CA355 – Introduction to Media Production, Fall 2024 – TA
- CA465 – Editing and Post-Production for Video and Film, Summer 2024 – Grader
Service
- Editorial Board Member, The Velvet Light Trap, Fall 2022 – Present
- Graduate Student Organization Representative, Fall 2023 – Spring 2024
Awards
- Sharon Sites Scholarship in Radio, Television, and Film, Spring 2023