THE CINE–FILES, Issue 7 (Fall 2014) Special Issue on ‘The Video Essay: Parameters, Practice, Pedagogy’ (includes the following selected essays on teaching)
- “Strangers X: A Proof Of Concept” by Eric Faden
- “Teaching Videographic Film Studies” by Christian Keathley
- “Between Freedom And Constraints: What I Learned From Teaching Video Essays” by Chiara Grizzaffi
Cinema Journal Teaching Dossier: The Video Essay Assignment: Vol. 1 (2), 2013; co-edited by Christine Becker and Erin Copple Smith. Online at: http://www.teachingmedia.org/the-video-essay-assignment-cinema-journal-teaching-dossier-vol-12/:
- Ashley Hinck, “Framing the Video Essay as Argument”: http://www.teachingmedia.org/framing-the-video-essay-as-argument/;
- Suzanne Scott, “Teaching Tranformativity/Transformative Teaching: Fair Use and the Video Essay”: http://www.teachingmedia.org/teaching-transformativitytransformative-teaching-fair-use-and-the-video-essay/;
- Leah Shafer, “The Video Essay as Curatorial Enterprise”: http://www.teachingmedia.org/the-video-essay-as-curatorial-enterprise/;
- Brett Boessen, “Production as Plug-in: Considerations for Teaching Production Skills in Non-Production Courses”: http://www.teachingmedia.org/production-as-plug-in-considerations-for-teaching-production-skills-in-non-production-courses-2/;
- Jennifer Proctor, “Teaching the Annotated Video Essay with Mozilla’s Popcorn Maker”: http://www.teachingmedia.org/teaching-the-annotated-video-essay-with-mozillas-popcorn-maker/;
- Kelli Marshall, “Grading Rubrics and Assessing the Video Essay in the Media Studies Classroom”: http://www.teachingmedia.org/grading-rubrics-and-assessing-the-video-essay-in-the-media-studies-classroom/.
Frames Cinema Journal Special Issue: “Film and Moving Image Studies Re-Born Digital?”, 1.1, July 2012. Guest-edited by Catherine Grant. Online at: http://framescinemajournal.com/?issue=issue1 (includes the following selected essays on teaching):
- Matthias Stork and Janet Bergstrom, “Film Studies with High Production Values: An Interview with Janet Bergstrom on Making and Teaching Audiovisual Essays”: http://framescinemajournal.com/article/film-studies-with-high-production-values/ and “A Comprehensive List of Visual Essay Projects Created in Janet Bergstrom’s UCLA Seminar”: http://framescinemajournal.com/article/film-studies-with-high-production-values/2/;
- Christian Keathley, “Teaching the Scholarly Video”: http://framescinemajournal.com/article/teaching-the-scholarly-video/;
- Kelli Marshall, “Video Essays in the Cinema History Classroom”: http://framescinemajournal.com/article/video-essays-in-the-cinema-history-classroom/.
[in]Transition: Journal of Videographic Film and Moving Image Studies, 1.3, 2014 (edited by Catherine Grant) on The Audiovisual Essay (includes the following selected videos and essays on teaching)
- The Inward/Outward Turn by Adrian Martin
- From Idea to Concept by Cristina Álvarez López
- The Poetics of the Explanatory Audiovisual Essay by Ian Garwood
Introduction to Multimedia Composition [Manuel Betancourt’s wide-ranging class website – HT K.B. Lee for the link]
More on the Practicalities
- Anderson, Steven. 2012. “Fair Use and Media Studies in the Digital Age”, Frames Cinema Journal, 1.1. Online at: http://framescinemajournal.com/article/fair-use-and-media-studies-in-the-digital-age/
- Betancourt, Manuel, Introduction to Multimedia Composition [Thanks to Kevin B. Lee for the link]
- Butler, Jeremy. 2011. “Clip-DVD Tutorial (Mac)”, Television: Critical Methods & Applications. Online at: http://tvcrit3.tvcrit.com/content/view/68/116/
- Center for Social Media and Impact’s Fair Use Information. Online at: http://www.cmsimpact.org/blog/fair-use
- CopyrightUser.org. 2014. Online at: http://copyrightuser.org/
- Mittell, Jason. 2012. “How to Rip DVD Clips.” Chronicle of Higher Education, August 12. Online at: http://chronicle.com/blogs/profhacker/how-to-rip-dvd-clips/26090
- Ross, Miriam and Greer Fyfe. ‘How-to Video Essays.’ The Audiovisual Essay: Practice and Theory of Videographic Film and Moving Image Studies, February 2015. Online at: https://reframe.sussex.ac.uk/audiovisualessay/resources/how-to-guides/how-to-video-essays-by-greer-fyfe-and-miriam-ross/
- Butler, Jeremy, Marshall, Kelli, Morton, Drew, Payne, Matt and Sampson, Benjamin. ‘Teaching with Video in the 21st Century: Clips, Essays, Full Length Films and TV Programs’, The Audiovisual Essay: Practice and Theory of Videographic Film and Moving Image Studies, March 2015. Online at: https://reframe.sussex.ac.uk/audiovisualessay/resources/how-to-guides/teaching-with-video/
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