VMAP 117

Catalog description

Introduction to film, sound and video production within the context of contemporary art. Uses readings, screenings, workshops, and hands-on assignments, to gain the technical and conceptual skills required to produce resolved independent projects in 16mm film, digital video, and analog/digital sound. By foregrounding the distinct features of these media, this course also illustrates their many similarities and differences – from the technical and perceptual to the historical, cultural, and socio-political. Production of independent work that explores creative approaches to film, sound and video production that fall beyond the aesthetic and cultural norms of mainstream media.