This class will build writing skills for a wide range of contemporary media, incluing fiction and non-fiction movies, personal documentaries, video poems and multimedia programs. It will use in-class examples of successful writing in these forms as a springboard into discussions of student projects. An exploration of interpersonal communication in everyday life. The central concern of the course is the consequences of how we communicate for what happens to us in everyday life. This course will introduce film sound, classical continuity editing, and sound-image relationships.
Emphasis is on learning to create meanings in cinematic terms with a critical and creative eye.
Additional field work outside of class and labs are required. This course focuses on the growth of new forms of journalism, from the 24 hour cable news channel to on-line newspapers and new magazines. Attention will also be given to new available markets for electronic journalists and writers. This intermediate level video course will focus on the applied techniques and processes of contemporary single camera videomaking. Students will produce two short videos which experiment with the concept of video as an art form.