Introduction to Video

Calendar

SES #	TOPICS	SCREENINGS	KEY DATES
1	Introduction to the Course	Various Excerpts.   The Order Mathew Barney.
2	Technical Workshop: Demonstration of DV Cameras In-class Exercise #1: “Camera Play”	Basic Film Terms.
3	Introduction to Assignment #1: “Abstractions” Technical Workshop: Introduction to Editing Lab and Final Cut Pro® Early History of Video Art Pt 1	The Electronic Canvas - WGBH.  Leger, Fernand. Ballet Mecanique.
4	Introduction to Assignments #2 and #3: Edit “Abstractions” Early History of Video Art Pt 2: Aesthetics of the Video Signal Nam June Paik and the Video Signal	Nam June Paik. Peter Campus. Richter, Hans. Rhythmus 21. Eggling, Viking. Abstractions. Gibbons, Joe. Analogue.	Assignment #1 due
5	Introduction to Assignment #4: Personal Documentary (Autobiography) Technical Workshop: Camera Supports	Huyghe, Pierre. The Third Memory 2000. Hill, Jerome. Film Portrait.  Gibbons, Joe. Living in the World.	Assignments #2 and #3 due
6	Introduction to Assignment #4: Personal Documentary (Autobiography) (cont.)	Huyghe, Pierre. The Third Memory 2000. Hill, Jerome. Film Portrait. Gibbons, Joe. Living in the World. Wilcha, Chris. The Target Shoots First.	Ideas for Assignment #4 due
7	Technical Workshop: Audio Recording Introduction to Assignment #4: Personal Documentary (Autobiography) (cont.) Technical Concepts, Resolution, Formats, Degradation, etc.		Assignment #4 works-in-progress due
8	Assignment #4: “Personal Doc”		Assignment #4 due
9	Introduction to Assignment #5: Personae and the Fictive Self (Autobiography)	McBride, David. D. Holzman’s Diary.   Morin, Robert. Yes Sir Madam. Gibbons, Joe, and Tony Oursler. On Our Own.
10	Technical Workshop: Lighting Introduction to Assignment #6: Group Exercise (In and Out of Class): Camera Placement and Continuity – “Hartley”	Hold Me While I’m Naked.
11	Individual Presentations: Lighting Begin Individual Edits of Assignment #6	Kuchar, George. I, an Actress.
12	Class Exercise: Screening of Completed “Hartley” Edits		Individual edits of Assignment #6 Part One due
13		Assignment #5: “The Fictive Self” work-in-progress screening
14	Production Time
15	Assignment #5: “The Fictive Self”		Assignment #5 due
16	Individual Presentations: Cinematography	Ephemeral Films, Prelinger Collection.
17	Technical Workshop: Voice-over Narration Individual Presentations: Sound
18	Individual Edits of Hartley Scene		Individual edits of Assignment #6 Part Two due
19	Introduction to Assignment #7: Stories (Alternative Narratives)	Smith, Mike. Mike’s Nightmare.
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	Screening of Assignment #7 Work-in-Progress Material
25	Technical Workshop: Creating DVD’s Using DVD Studio Pro 2.0 Individual Consultations	Work-in-Progress Screening
26	Assignment #7: Stories (Alternative Narratives)	Final Assignment Screening	Assignment #7 due