Digital Video Storytelling

3 Credits · Level: Graduate, Undergraduate

Thousands of organizations now use video to tell their stories to their clients and the public. This course will equip students with the visual, technical, and interviewing skills necessary to plan, produce, and edit professional quality video stories, designed for multi-purpose distribution in traditional, social, and digital media. This class focuses on using audio and video effectively to tell feature stories that can be distributed for informational or marketing purposes. It is ideal for students and career-seekers with a passion for communications, advocacy, journalism, or marketing. You will practice the fundamentals of video storytelling; gathering clear, compelling sound, shooting expressive and captivating video, and learning creative digital editing. You can use a digital camera or a phone with a video camera. You will post your final video for online distribution across multiple platforms of your choice. This class will be a combination of lectures, class discussion, location video shooting, and in-class exercises. There will be both indoor and outdoor assignments.