Recommended Texts
Rabiger, Michael. Directing – Film Techniques and Aesthetics. Focal Press, 2003. ISBN: 0240805178.
Rush, Michael. New Media in Late 20th Century Art. Thames and Hudson, 2001. ISBN: 0500203296.
Rush, Michael. Video Art. Thames and Hudson, 2003. ISBN: 0500237980.
Zettl, Herbert. Sight, Sound, Motion: Applied Media Aesthetics. Wadsworth Pub. Co., 1998. ISBN: 0534526772.
| SES # | TOPICS | READINGS |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction to the Course | |
| 2 | Technical Workshop: Demonstration of DV Cameras In-class Exercise #1: "Camera Play" | |
| 3 |
Introduction to Assignment #1: "Abstractions" Technical Workshop: Introduction to Editing Lab and Final Cut Pro | |
| 4 |
Introduction to Assignments #2 and #3: Edit "Abstractions" Early History of Video Art Pt 2: Aesthetics of the Video Signal | |
| 5 | Introduction to Assignment #4: Personal Documentary (Autobiography) Technical Workshop: Camera Supports | |
| 6 | Introduction to Assignment #4: Personal Documentary (Autobiography) (cont.) |
Rush, Michael. Introduction in New Media in Late 20th Century Art. Thames and Hudson, 2001. ISBN: 0500203296. |
| 7 | Technical Workshop: Audio Recording Introduction to Assignment #4: Personal Documentary (Autobiography) (cont.) Technical Concepts, Resolution, Formats, Degradation, etc. |
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| 8 | Assignment #4: "Personal Doc" | |
| 9 | Introduction to Assignment #5: Personae and the Fictive Self (Autobiography) | |
| 10 | Technical Workshop: Lighting Introduction to Assignment #6: Group Exercise (In and Out of Class): Camera Placement and Continuity – "Hartley" | George Kuchar. “Tips on Directing.” Wide Angle , vol 13, no. 3–4 (July–October 1992): 13. |
| 11 | Individual Presentations: Lighting Begin Individual Edits of Assignment #6 | |
| 12 | Class Exercise: Screening of Completed "Hartley" Edits | |
| 14 | Production Time | |
| 15 | Assignment #5: "The Fictive Self" | |
| 16 | Individual Presentations: Cinematography | |
| 17 | Technical Workshop: Voice-over Narration Individual Presentations: Sound | |
| 18 | Individual Edits of Hartley Scene | |
| 19 | Introduction to Assignment #7: Stories (Alternative Narratives) | |
| 20 | Individual Presentations | |
| 21 | Individual Meetings | |
| 22 | Individual Meetings (cont.) | |
| 23 | Technical Workshop: Final Cut Pro Color Manipulation | |
| 24 | Presentation of Final Project Treatment, Storyboards and Influences | |
| 25 | Technical Workshop: Creating DVD's using DVD Studio Pro 2.0 Individual Consultations | |
| 26 | Assignment #7: Stories (Alternative Narratives) |