Introduction to Video
Course Description
Summary
This production course introduces students to the fundamentals of working in video and the language of film form. Drawing on the energy, intensity and criticality of avant-garde film and contemporary video art practices, students will complete a series of projects exploring dimensions of cinematography, mise-en-scène, editing and sound design before producing a final self-determined project. Concepts crucial to time-based media such as apparatus, montage and identification will be introduced through screenings, discussions and texts by a diverse range of artists, filmmakers, and theorists. Emphasis on technical instruction, formal experimentation, and critical vocabulary is balanced in order to give students a footing from which to find their own stakes in the medium.
Learning Outcomes
- Acquire proficiency in basic camera and sound equipment operation
- Gain technical and conceptual knowledge of editing processes and workflows
- Understand how to plan a production from initial steps through execution
- Devise collaborative and collective support structures for the production of moving image works
- Become acquainted with a variety of film grammars and ways of associating image and sound, as well as experimental processes
- Develop the vocabulary and descriptive skills necessary to critique each other's work
Cross List
- Media Arts
- Visual Arts