4.366 | Spring 2004 | Undergraduate

Advanced Projects in the Visual Arts: Personal Narrative

Course Description

This advanced video class serves goes into greater depth on the topics covered in 4.351 Introduction to Video. It also will explore the nature and function of narrative in cinema and video through exercises and screenings culminating in a final …
This advanced video class serves goes into greater depth on the topics covered in 4.351 Introduction to Video. It also will explore the nature and function of narrative in cinema and video through exercises and screenings culminating in a final project. Starting with a brief introduction to the basic principles of classical narrative cinema, we will proceed to explore strategies designed to test the elements of narrative: story trajectory, character development, verisimilitude, time-space continuity, viewer identification, suspension of disbelief, and closure.
Learning Resource Types
Projects with Examples
Media Assignments
A photo of people sitting at a mall bench with people walking by.
The ubiquitous American shopping mall, source of many personal narratives. (Photo © openphoto.net.)