Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Overview of Group Project: Video Essay

In four-person groups, you will develop a video essay that deals with the tensions of seeing “there” from “here” -- in relation to a particular film.  Your video essay should integrate readings, ideas, discussions from our class into an elegantly crafted, filmically engaging video, 5-10 minutes long.  

Along with your group, you will submit a Group Film Proposal during the third week of the semester.   Once you integrate my feedback into your proposal, you can proceed in developing the project.  While you will have some input into group selection, I will select the groups.

At midterm, you will propose the particular scene from your film and explain the contextual material that you will use to frame your video essay. Your midterm proposal will receive a grade separate from your final video essay grade.  

At the close of the semester, your video essay will be shown in class and your group will answer questions about it.   Groups will evaluate the contributions of their members at the midpoint and the end of the semester. 

You can see an example of a student video essay from this class here.  The requirements for this essay were different than your requirements (fewer contexts of meaning had to be researched and referenced), but the constraints (of choosing a particular scene / sequence & of adding commentary) are the same.


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