Week 2 Schedule

March 1 – Introduction in-class – meet via Zoom, but at 3pm we will come to Axinn doors (on Admissions side of building) to get important equipment

• Do Video Commentary post
• Choose 2 different options for your chosen critical object (film, TV show, webseries, etc.) – if possible, have digital files available or request media to be ripped.
• Read “Has the Video Essay Arrived?” (Monaghan)
• If you do not have experience with Adobe Premiere, start working on the LinkedIn Learning tutorials to help learn the platform.
• Watch “What Makes a Video Essay Great?” by Kevin B. Lee

In-class on Monday, we watched the following videos:

• Matt Zoller Seitz, “The Substance of Style” (alas, no longer online) and “Rushmore“
• Koganada, “What Is Neo-realism?”
• Emma Hampsten, “Women, Intimacy, and Sexual Violence in Hitchcock Films“

March 3 – Assignment #1 Workshop on Zoom.

• Make sure you have chosen media for the exercises on your hard drive ready to go!