Introduction to Video

A motion blurry photo of two performers on stage.

Still image of a live concert performance. (Photo © openphoto.net.)

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MIT Course Number

4.351

As Taught In

Spring 2004

Level

Undergraduate

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Course Description

Course Features

Course Description

This class serves as an introduction to video recording and editing, presenting video as a tool of personal apprehension and expression, with an emphasis on self-exploration, performance, social critique, and the organization of raw experience into aesthetic form (narrative, abstract, documentary, essay). Students are required to complete a variety of assignments to learn the basics of video capture and editing, culminating in a final assignment that has to do with personal storytelling.

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Joe Gibbons. 4.351 Introduction to Video. Spring 2004. Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT OpenCourseWare, https://ocw.mit.edu. License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA.


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