Film Studies 280 - INTRO TO VIDEO PRODUCTION

Topics course. This course provides a foundation in the principles, techniques, and equipment involved in making short videos. In it, students will make short documentary films from the first-person point of view. We will use our own stories as material, but we will look beyond self-expression, using video to explore places where our lives intersect with larger historical, economic, environmental, or social forces. We will develop our own voices while learning the vocabulary of moving images and gaining production and post-production technical training. Through in-class critiques, screenings, readings and discussion, students will explore the aesthetics and practice of the moving image while developing their own original projects. Prerequisite: Introduction to Film Studies. Application and permission of instructor required. Enrollment limited to 12.

Topic: First Person Documentary. Instructor Permission.