Elements in Film/Video: Straight to Video
Course Description
Summary
This production course is designed to get students producing video immediately: we will look at basic techniques with an emphasis on simple and self-devised methods of media production, efficient approaches to lighting and sound, and emphasize quick turnover time to create a great amount of work in a relatively short period of time. The course will address hybrid methods such as video installation, found and mixed footage, durational performance and feedback loops (video about video), and less orthodox methods of video production that intersect with mediums such as abstract animation and sculpture. This course will also be built on the history of video art and self-produced film as a history of experimentation through simplicity: from earlier films for carnival crowds through early Portapak video works, Cin茅ma V茅rit茅 to Dogme 95, phone-shot shorts and features.
Learning Outcomes
- Basic camera and sound recording equipment operation
- Develop descriptive and critical skills relevant to film and video
- Knowledge of the history of experimental approaches to video art and film
- Become acquainted with a variety of film grammars, montage, and ways of
associating sound and moving images, especially through experimental processes