This video production course will explore the essay-film. Film critic Alexandre Astruce created the term camera-stylo in 1948 to suggest a new means of writing through cinema, in which the camera would serve as a pen, creating arguments, meditations and inquiries. The course will examine the work of several film-essayists, including Chris Marker, Harun Farocki, Trinh T. Minh-Ha, Jean-Luc Godard, Werner Herzog, Kidlat Tahimik, Agnes Varda, Errol Morris, and Michael Moore, who deploy documentary strategies, fictional and staged elements, and reflexivity in exploring their films' themes. Readings, screenings and discussions will provide a context for students to make their own video-essays. The course will encourage a creative process that moves back and forth between writing and image-making as modes of production. Evaluation will be based on the quality of work produced and engagement in class discussions and critiques. Prerequisites are Video I or English 101, or permission of instructor. Enrollment limit: 10 (expected: 10).

Hour: HORNE