Courses:

Course Info

• Course Number / Code:
• 4.366 (Spring 2004) 
• Course Title:
• Advanced Projects in the Visual Arts: Personal Narrative 
• Course Level:
• Undergraduate 
• Offered by :
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
  Massachusetts, United States  
• Department:
• Architecture 
• Course Instructor(s):
• Prof. Joe Gibbons 
• Course Introduction:
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  4.366 Advanced Projects in the Visual Arts: Personal Narrative
  
  
  
  

  Spring 2004

  
  
  

  
  
  

  Course Highlights

  
  
  

  This advanced video class contains a complete set of assignments, and some of the best student projects from the class in the projects section.

  
  
  

  Course Description

  
  
  

  This advanced video class serves goes into greater depth on the topics covered in 4.351 , Introduction to Video. It also will explore the nature and function of narrative in cinema and video through exercises and screenings culminating in a final project. Starting with a brief introduction to the basic principles of classical narrative cinema, we will proceed to explore strategies designed to test the elements of narrative: story trajectory, character development, verisimilitude, time-space continuity, viewer identification, suspension of disbelief, and closure.

  
  
  

  Special Features

  
  
  

  • Student projects

  
  
  

  Technical Requirements

  
  
  

  RealOne™ Player software is required to run the .rm files found on this course site.

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