Art 250: Writing with Video

This course engages students in a comprehensive exploration of video as a rhetorical narrative medium, with emphasis on the actual production of video work. Directed writing is integrated into all aspects of the production process — brainstorming and conceptualization, drafting and storyboarding, revision, and critique. Writing is positioned as an integral part of the process of thinking, problem solving, and creating.

Electronic media play an increasingly important role in today’s communication landscape. Consider, for example, the role that time-based visualization now plays in many areas of scientific research, or how video is used in popular culture to inform and persuade. Students who understand visual, time-based communication and have robust writing skills will have a competitive advantage in the coming decades.

After completing this course, students can expect to have (1) gained a deeper appreciation for writing as a powerful tool in creative and intellectual endeavors, (2) concrete skills as video authors, and (3) nurture critical perspectives and new ways of seeing.

::Writing with Video was conceived and developed by Maria Lovett and Joseph Squier.

University of Illinois partners: Office of the Provost, School of Art+Design, Center for Writing Studies, College of Fine and Applied Arts, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.