I. General Information

1. Course Title:
Introduction to Photo/Video Art

2. Course Prefix & Number:
ARTS 2410

3. Course Credits and Contact Hours:

Credits: 3

Lecture Hours: 2

Lab Hours: 2

4. Course Description:

This course is an introduction to the aesthetic and conceptual practices of digital capture media. This course is a studio art class as such it will concentrate on conceptualization, interpretation, and evaluation of still and video-based art. Students will develop skills as artists through still and continuous image capture, presentation and/or screenings, discussions, critique, demonstrations, and assigned projects. Students will become familiar with basic production techniques, including project planning and storyboarding, lighting, exposure control, audio, editing, and performance for the camera. MnTC Goal 6

5. Placement Tests Required:

Accuplacer (specify test):

Next Gen Reading

Score:

237

6. Prerequisite Courses:

There are no prerequisites for this course.

8. Prerequisite (Entry) Skills:
Students must have the ability to use a computer, basic software, and understand DSLR camera exposure and controls in a basic sense

9. Co-requisite Courses:

There are no corequisites for this course.

II. Transfer and Articulation

1. Course Equivalency - similar course from other regional institutions:

Normandale Community College, ART 113: Video Art, 3 cr
Minnesota State University, Mankato, ART 231: Mixed Media, 3 cr
Minnesota State University, Mankato, ART 202: Introduction to Digital Media, 3 cr
Minnesota State University, Moorhead, ART 203F: Introduction to Photography

III. Course Purpose

2. MN Transfer Curriculum (General Education) Courses - This course fulfills the following goal area(s) of the MN Transfer Curriculum:
Goal 6 – Humanities and Fine Arts

IV. Learning Outcomes

1. College-Wide Outcomes

College-Wide Outcomes/Competencies	Students will be able to:
Demonstrate oral communication skills	Critique descriptive and interpretative qualities of a composition and artist perspective.
Analyze and follow a sequence of operations	Begin, develop, build, and finalize a work of art using this medium.
Apply abstract ideas to concrete situations	Create a work of imagery which contains individual perspective and compositional value based on a presented problem or need.

2. Course Specific Outcomes - Students will be able to achieve the following measurable goals upon completion of the course:

• Explain DSLR video camera operation, techniques of video making as a means to a creative end (MnTC Goal 6);
• Analyze historic and contemporary videoo art as a means of expressing human values (MnTC Goal 6);
• Explain the basic visual and conceptual elements which are common to all works of art and to demonstrate the abiity to use such ellements in creating effective works of video art (MnTC Goal 6);
• Create original works of video art which explore a variety of formall and conceptual problems, demonstrate a visual vocabulary, and posess the ability to make effective aesthetic judgments (MnTC Goal 6);
• Engage in the creative process(MnTC Goal 6);
• Demonstrate the ability to use artistic and technical skills by successfully completing a variety of assigned projects(MnTC Goal 6);
• Acquire and use a broad range of art vocabulary during class discussion and throughout the critquing process(MnTC Goal 6);
• Demonstate a general awareness and appreciation of the variety of works found in the arts and humanities (MnTC Goal 6); and
• Demonstrate proficiency in sequencing storyline as it applies to video art (MnTC Goal 6).
  

V. Topical Outline

Listed below are major areas of content typically covered in this course.

1. Lecture Sessions

1. The frame of communication within the medium of single and continuous imagery
2. Fundamentals of effective storeytelling: Historical to modern perspective
• Single frame vs. continuous clips
3. Project planning and storyboarding
4. Use and techniques of lighting
• Outdoor
• Studio
• For motion pictures
5. Use and techniques of audio
6. Video editing technique
7. Sequencing, narrative, and pacing
8. Critical discussion of video art & artists
9. Contemporary themes, problems, and issues relating to art
   

2. Laboratory/Studio Sessions

1. Evaluation of existing short media story
• Perspective
• Compositional value
2. Elements and principles of storytelling
• Oral presentation
• Enhancement
• Planning and storyboarding
3. Art communication through lighting
• White balance discussion
• Developing perspective through communicative thought
• Student reflection
4. Project selection
• Choosing a theme and subject
• Single frame exercises v. continuous clips
• Interpretation and theories in composition
• Planning and sequence
5. Combining single and continuous frames
• Software and editing principles
• Applying elements and principles in the art making process