Penn State University
– School of Visual Arts
Fall 2015
ART 316 Video Art
Professor: Eduardo Navas
(ean13@psu.edu)
Mondays & Wednesdays
2:30 PM – 5:30 PM
Office Hours: Mon/Wed, 12 PM
– 1 PM, 209 Arts Cottage
Course Description (as
defined by Penn State School of Visual Arts)
This
is a studio art class that focuses on creating, authoring, exhibiting, and
critically evaluating video and time-based arts. This new media course explores
experimental uses of video by visual artists with an emphasis on integrating
digital video into current studio practice (i.e., new media digital arts, mixed
media, installation, and performance). The course will engage students in
research methods to advance their skills in time-based media and to help them
develop an understanding of the critical evaluation and assessment of video and
time-based artworks and media projects.
This
course explores the nature and potential of digital video art practice and
media
production
through lectures, readings, demonstrations, studio practice, and critiques.
Assignments
will cover a range of digital video authoring applications central to video
and
time-based arts production.
Emphasis of Class:
In
this course students explore concepts of sequential media, meaning the concept
of movement with different forms of digital visual presentation, such as still
graphics, animation, typography and video. The influence of film language
across various media disciplines will be discussed at length and explored with
a hands-on-approach to produce video projects. Students will explore concepts
of motion in art, film and video. Issues of design practice in time based media
in general will also be covered. Students will gain a theoretical and practical
understanding of sequential movement.
The class is specifically focused on
how to create engaging experiences with still images, video footage, text and
sound. Participants will gain a theoretical and practical understanding of film
and video production that will prepare them to develop advanced projects for their
own interests as well as for future classes.
Class Structure
Class
sections for the most part will be
divided as follows: on Monday, the first half of class will consist of
critiquing weekly exercises and projects, followed with lectures on video editing
and formal aspects of film language. Wednesdays is lab time. This is the time
for students to go over technical issues that come up with their editing
process. Screenings of specific videos
and films will be scheduled on specific days either Monday or Wednesday. The
screening days will be defined throughout the term, and students will be
notified with ample time to prepare for the screenings. The students will
turn in a total of seven projects, which are
Project
1: Stop Motion (no sound)
Project
2: Stop Motion (with Sound)
Project
3: Graphics/Still Images and Video (with sound)
Project
4: Video Analysis + First Advanced Video
Project
5: Second Advanced Video
Project
6: Final
Details
on each project will be announced at least two weeks prior to the due date.
Learning Outcomes:
A Note on Plagiarism
Plagiarism
will not be tolerated. A student who commits plagiarism will be reported to the
office of the visual arts. The studentıs behavior will be taken very seriously
and dealt with according to the guidelines provided by Penn State University
– School of Visual Arts. To avoid plagiarism, please cite your sources
when appropriate.
Academic Integrity
Statement
University Policies and Rules Guidelines states that academic integrity is the pursuit of
scholarly activity in an open, honest and responsible manner. Academic
integrity is a basic guiding principle for all academic activity at The
Pennsylvania State University, and all members of the University community are
expected to act in accordance with this principle. Consistent with this
expectation, the University's Code of Conduct states that all students should
act with personal integrity, respect other students' dignity, rights and
property, and help create and maintain an environment in which all can succeed
through the fruits of their efforts. Academic integrity includes a commitment
not to engage in or tolerate acts of falsification, misrepresentation or
deception. Such acts of dishonesty violate the fundamental ethical principles
of the University community and compromise the worth of work completed by
others.
Academic dishonesty includes but
is not limited to acts such as cheating on exams or assignments; plagiarizing
the words or ideas of another; fabricating information or citations;
facilitating acts of academic dishonesty by others; claiming authorship of work
done by another person; submitting work completed in previous classes; and/or
submitting the same work to multiple classes in which a student is enrolled
simultaneously.
Accessibility
Statement
Penn State welcomes students with disabilities into the University's educational programs. Every Penn State campus has an office for students with disabilities. The Office for Disability Services (ODS) Web site provides contact information for every Penn State campus: http://equity.psu.edu/ods/dcl. For further information, please visit the Office for Disability Services Web site: http://equity.psu.edu/ods.
In order to receive consideration for reasonable accommodations, you must contact the appropriate disability services office at the campus where you are officially enrolled, participate in an intake interview, and provide documentation: http://equity.psu.edu/ods/guidelines. If the documentation supports your request for reasonable accommodations, your campusıs disability services office will provide you with an accommodation letter. Please share this letter with your instructors and discuss the accommodations with them as early in your courses as possible. You must follow this process for every semester that you request accommodations.
Safety Information
Students in the School of Visual Arts may find themselves working in the shop or in their studios or classrooms using a variety of power and hand held equipment, which may cause injury. Students should use the shop only after having received an orientation in the use of such equipment and when supervised by faculty or shop personnel. Should any injuries occur, in the shop, studios, or classrooms in the School of Visual Arts please report them to Matt Olson, Shop Supervisor, Room 108-A Visual Arts Building, Phone: 814-865-3962, email: mjo5165@psu.edu.
Required Equipment
You
will need an external hard drive that is fast enough to handle real time
editing of your videos. You will have to bring this hard drive with you to all
class lab sessions. If you donıt have one, it will be extremely difficult to
develop your projects successfully. The possibility of your files becoming
corrupted is higher if you store your working files on the hard drive of the
computer you will use to edit your project. Video cameras will be used
throughout the semester, if you donıtı have a good camera you should check one
out from the media center: http://www.libraries.psu.edu/psul/mtss.html
Required Book
(These
books are available at the bookstore)
Deleuze, Gilles, Cinema 1. Minneapolis: Minnesota Press, 1986.
Highly recommended book
Deleuze, Gilles, Cinema 2. Minneapolis: Minnesota Press,
1989.
Recommended Book
You are not required to
buy the following book, but you are strongly encouraged to purchase it. Many of
the examples that will be presented throughout the term are also discussed in
the book:
Rush, Michael. New Media in Art. New York: Thames &
Hudson, 1999.
Additional Recommended Books
I will not require the
books listed below for class, but I strongly encourage you to buy the following
texts which are meant to function as complementary reference manuals. They will be quite useful not only
during class, but also for other classes and future projects.
John Jackman, Lighting for Digital Video and Television
(Amsterdam, Boston, New York:
Focal
Press, 2010).
Steven Katz, Film Directing: Shot by Shot (Studio City: Michael Wiese, 1991).Course
Requirements
Please
note that final grades are dependent upon consistent performance in all course
requirements.
Grading
Total 100%
Grade Scale
Attendance
Semester Schedule
Note
that the class includes a series of short exercises and screenings, which are
considered part of class participation. These sessions are designed to
complement the successful completion of your projects. Lectures on history and
theory will shift according to the studentsı needs to gain practical knowledge
from week to week.
Week 1:
Monday, August 24, 2015
Introduction
to Class | Examples | Read: Deleuze, Cinema
1 Chapter 1 (pp. 1-11) | First
Project Assigned (Due September 9)
Wednesday, August 26, 2015
Concepts
of sequential media | Lecture on Film: View La
Jettee | Lecture on film language | Stop Motion and Time Based Media
Lecture | Weekly Project Assigned, due on Monday August 31 | Lab Time
Week 2:
Monday, August 31, 2015
Weekly
Assignment Due | Discussion of Weekly Assignment | Online and in-class
Discussion of Deleuze Cinema 1,
Chapter 1. | Lecture on Video Editing | Work on First Project due on Wednesday
September 9, 2015 | Read Deleuze, Cinema
1, Chapter 2 (pp. 12 - 28)
Wednesday, September 2, 2015
Lab
Day: work on first project
Week 3:
Monday, September 7, 2015
Labor Day, no class
Wednesday, September 9, 2015
Due: Project 1, Stop Motion (no sound) | Class Critique | Online and inclass
discussion of Deleuze Cinema 1,
Chapter 2. Homework: Develop one
paragraph concept proposal with storyboard for Stop Motion (with Sound) | Read:
Deleuze, Cinema 1 Chapter 3 (pp. 29 -
55)
Week 4:
Monday, September 14, 2015
Due: Concept proposal and
storyboard for Project 2, Stop Motion (with Sound)
Basic
Editing Techniques | Principles of Narratives and Montage | Online and inclass
discussion of Deleuze Cinema 1, Chapter
3 | Lecture on Sound | Screening of film or video | Lab Time | Read: Deleuze, Cinema 1 Chapter 4 (pp. 56 - 70)
Wednesday, September 16,
2015
Lab
Day
Week 5:
Monday, September 21, 2015
Due: Project 2, Stop Motion (with Sound)
10% | Class Critique | Moving Typography Lecture | Homework: Develop one paragraph concept proposal with storyboard
for Project 3 on Graphics/Still Images and Video (with sound)) | Online and
inclass discussion of Deleuze Cinema 1,
Chapter 4 | Read: Deleuze, Cinema 1
Chapter 5 (pp. 71 - 86)
Wednesday, September 23,
2015
Lab
Day |
Week 6:
Monday, September 28, 2015
Due: One paragraph concept
proposal with storyboard for Project 3 on Graphics/Still Images and Video (with
sound) | Lecture on Image, Text, and Sound | Online and inclass discussion of
Deleuze Cinema 1, Chapter 5 | Read:
Deleuze, Cinema 1 Chapter 6 (pp. 87 -
101)
Wednesday, September 30,
2015
Lab
day to work on Project 3
Week 7:
Monday, October 5, 2015
Due: Project 3, Graphics/Still Images and Video (with sound) 10% | Class
Critique
Homework: Guidelines for Film/video
Analysis available – begin research for film analysis | Online and
inclass discussion of Deleuze Cinema 1,
Chapter 6 | Read: Deleuze, Cinema 1
Chapter 7 (pp. 102 - 122) | Lab time to work on Weekly Assignment |
Wednesday, October 7, 2015
Lab
day
Week 8:
Monday, October 11, 2015
Due: Preliminary materials for
film analysis | Technics in video
analysis | Online and inclass discussion of Deleuze Cinema 1, Chapter 7 | Read: Deleuze, Cinema 1 Chapter 8 (pp. 123 - 140) | Lab time to work on Project 4
Wednesday, October 13, 2015
Lab
day to work on project 4
Week 9:
Monday, October 19, 2015
Due: Part
1 of Project 4, Video Analysis
10%
Homework: Work on second part of
Project 4: First Advanced Video | Online and inclass discussion of Deleuze Cinema 1, Chapter 8 | Read: Deleuze, Cinema 1 Chapter 9 (pp. 141 - 159)
Wednesday, October 21, 2015
Lab
day
Week 10:
Monday, October 26, 2015
Due: Preliminary studies for
First Advanced Video | Lecture on Advanced Video Editing | Online and inclass
discussion of Deleuze Cinema 1,
Chapter 9 | Read: Deleuze, Cinema 1
Chapter 10 (pp. 160 - 177)
Wednesday, October 28, 2015
Lab
Time to Work on Project 5.
Week 11:
Monday, November 2, 2015
DUE: Part 2 of Project 4, First Advanced Video |
Class Critique | Introduction to Diverse Formats for Output | Homework: One page concept proposal
with storyboard for Project 5. | Online and inclass discussion of Deleuze Cinema 1, Chapter 10 | Read: Deleuze, Cinema 1 Chapter 11 (pp. 178 - 196)
Wednesday, November 4, 2015
Lab
Day
Week 12:
Monday, November 9, 2015
Due: One page concept proposal
with storyboard for Project 5, Second Advanced Video | Video Screening | Online
and inclass discussion of Deleuze Cinema 1,
Chapter 11 | Read: Deleuze, Cinema 1,
Chapter 12 (pp. 197 - 216) | Lab
Time
Wednesday, November 11, 2015
Lab
day to work on Project 6
Week 13:
Monday, November 16, 2015
DUE: Project 5, Second Advanced Video | Class Critique | Homework: Proposal for Final project | Online and inclass
discussion of Deleuze Cinema 1,
Chapter 12 | Catch up with online forum discussions | Lab Time
Wednesday, November 18, 2015
Lab
day
Week 14:
Monday, November 23 2015
Thanksgiving
Wednesday, November 25, 2015
Thanksgiving
Week 15:
Monday, November 30, 2015
Due: proposal for Final project
| Learn Advanced Techniques for Output | Brief review of works | Proposal to be
critiqued
Wednesday, December 2, 2015
Lab
day
Week 16:
Monday, December 7, 2015
Final Project Critiqued Assignment includes a brief
essay on one of the readings assigned throughout the semester. The text cited
in assignment 3 cannot be cited in your final assignment.
Wednesday, December 9, 2015
Lab day: make necessary
adjustments to final project.
Week 17: December 16, 2015
Due: Final Project.