Videography for Designers

3 units

This seminar course will examine the practice of capturing, producing and analyzing moving images as a method of inquiry for design. We will focus on the analytical and communicative qualities of time-based media [recorded sequences, video, slideshows, animation, simulation, remote sensing, etc.] as a human-landscape intermediary that has the ability to alter understanding and evaluation of the environment. We will explore techniques from a range of disciplines - art, design, sociology, anthropology, etc. The course will meet weekly for brief lectures/presentations to direct our inquiries, discussion of foundational readings and ideas, media workshops, screenings, local field trips, and/or student presentations of work. Throughout the semester, students will generate brief, exploratory work that focuses on methods and techniques, and a larger, final project that engages the themes of the course. Open to all graduate and upper level undergraduate students, a goal of the course is to blur boundaries between art and design, and to capitalize on their various approaches. No experience with video, animation, or other software is required - only the desire to explore and incorporate time-based methods into individual processes.