In this course, students will be introduced to the technical and aesthetic aspects of video as an art form and will create short video projects. We will examine equipment and techniques, including concept development, storyboarding, composition, camerawork, staging, lighting, editing, sound tracks and digital effects. The creative and aesthetic issues involved in working in an expressive time-based medium will be emphasized in individual and group critiques. We will discuss the history of video as an art medium, screen historical and contemporary film and video, and visit current exhibitions of moving image work. Class critiques and group discussions will be stressed. Students will be encouraged to consider their work in terms of the particular parameters of the medium, as well as in relation to other forms and the broader cultural field. Students will be informed of professional practices and exhibition opportunities for time-based artwork and will receive technical instruction in the Apple Final Cut Pro editing suite.