ART 354 - Digital Video II

4 Credits

1 Units

This course is intended to provide Intermediate students with the opportunity to further develop their work and clarify their individual “voices” in the context of video, film, and electronic media. Frequent workshops will expand upon the concepts and techniques covered in Video 1, covering areas such as special equipment, lighting, sound recording/mixing, advanced editing, special effects, and creating a DVD. Projects will consist of short, video sketches that highlight particular technical skills and several longer projects that will conceptually explore a variety of genres in electronic media (i.e., documentary, narrative, experimental, animation, interactive, installation). Outside weekly reading is an essential component to this course which gives students a critical, theoretical, and artistic context in which to develop their own work as well as provide a platform for class discussion on issues pertaining to art and media culture. Assignments will include various pre-production, production, and post-production deadlines where progress can be assessed and critical discussion can take place. Classes will be structured around group and individual critiques, screenings of works by prominent video makers and digital artists, technical demonstrations as needed, readings about the history and technology of video and electronic art, and presentations from students. The semester will culminate with the Moravian Student Video Premiere in late April. Every video student will be required to submit at least one work to the premiere as well as participate in organizing and facilitating the event.

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