SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATION
CMNS 428-4 D3

MEDIA ANALYSIS PROJECT GROUP:
PRODUCTION WORKSHOP IN VIDEOGRAPHY

Prerequisites:

75 credit hours including CMNS 226 or CMNS 326 and Instructor or Advisor’s permission. Advisor (Lucie) registers you – not telereg.

In the field of communication studies, the essay has become a favoured genre for cultural criticism among writers like Innis, Barthes and Eco. In the hands of videographers like Berger, Moyer, Jhally, 60 Minutes, The Journal, television has also sometimes proved adept at provocative and lively cultural commentary. This workshop will examine the video essay as an emerging genre analyzing the structure, aesthetics and uses of thoughtful point of view/opinion based television journalism for cultural analysis. In the course, students will research, review, discuss and analyze various examples of the video essay. Also students will explore this production modality creatively by completing a production assignment in critical social analysis. The course will be run as an advanced course in digital video production approaches emphasizing a more thoughtful research and writing process for television. All students will propose, research, write, edit and produce at least one video essay project.

Grading:

Seminar presentations and review 25%
Contribution to production assignment 75%

Schedule:

Seminar, Mondays, 10:30 – 15:20 AQ 2002.

The School expects that the grades awarded in this course will bear some reasonable relation to established university-wide practices to both levels and distribution of grades. In addition, the School will also follow Policy T10.02 with respect to “Intellectual Honesty” and” Academic Discipline” (see the current calendar, General Regulations Section).