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Course Description

Summary

Intermediate Video builds on the concepts and technical skills introduced in Intro to Video, and has a different theme each term. During this semester of Intermediate Video we will focus on the thematic of place and consider various modes of presenting moving image work. How do we engage with and portray the ethos of a place? Is a landscape merely pastoral? What does the cultural or historical context of a place tell us about it? What places inspire interiority? We will explore moving image works that explore these questions, and dive into the technical aspects of sound and image production and post-production that underline them. We will look at how ideas of place and formal innovations are implemented in mainstream narrative, non-narrative, and experimental work, and how filmmakers and moving image artists employ different forms of presentation in the cinema, art galleries, and public spaces. Students will be expected to produce two assigned projects and one final project of their own design that considers installation. All projects should implement specific equipment, software, and techniques discussed in class. Projects can be discrete or form parts of a series. They will also work in groups to complete several in-class technical exercises.