VISC8009 Thinking with a Video Camera (Intensive)

Offered By	Interdisciplinary Humanities Group
Academic Career	Graduate Coursework
Course Subject	Visual Culture
Offered in	Autumn Session, 2013 and Autumn Session, 2014
Unit Value	6 units
Course Description	This course approaches video as a new "language" that researchers can acquire and apply to their own disciplines, addressing it as both a research method and medium of expression in the humanities and human sciences. It will provide training in basic video techniques through a series of exercises enabling researchers to use a video camera in the field with some degree of confidence. Students will be introduced to basic principles of video editing. The emphasis will be upon the use of video to create knowledge significantly different from that of written texts, rather than merely gathering visual records. The course assumes no prior knowledge of video-making. Participants will be requested to provide their own video cameras for the period of the course.
Learning Outcomes	Upon successful completion of this course, students will have: Basic skills in using a video camera, including in recording sound. An understandingof basic film editing strategies. A recognition of the diverse ways in which video fundamentally differs from written texts. The confidence to create your own video footage as an integral part of your disciplinary methodology.
Indicative Assessment	Class participation (10%) (Learning Outcomes 1,2,4) Week one video exercises (30%) (Learning Outcomes 1,2,3,4) Final essay (20%) (Learning Outcomes 3,4) Final video project (40%) (Learning Outcomes 1,2,3,4) The assessment package is designed to test students' developing competencies against the aims of the course.
Workload	20 hours intensive; 30 hours filming; 30 hours editing; 40 hours independent research, reading and writing
Course Classification(s)	SpecialistSpecialist courses are designed for students having reached 'first degree' level of assumed knowledge, which provide for the acquisition of specialist skills; or 'second degree' and higher level of knowledge; or for transition to research training programs; or knowledge associated with professional accreditation.
Areas of Interest	Anthropology, Cultural Studies, and Visual Arts
Requisite Statement	Entry to the course requires the permission of the Course Coordinator. Participants will be requested to provide their own video cameras for the period of the course although a few cameras can be made available on request. The course will demand your full time attention. Those with jobs are advised that you will have to make arrangements to take the time off. Missing a day for any other than medical reasons would be to the detriment of their final assessment.
Recommended Courses	All courses offered within the Visual Culture Research sub-plan of the Liberal Arts program
Consent Required	Consent is required prior to enrolling in this course.
Programs	Graduate Certificate in Liberal Arts, Graduate Certificate in Liberal Arts, Master of Liberal Arts (Visual Culture Research), Master of Music, and Graduate Certificate of Music
Academic Contact	Pip Deveson

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