| 1 | Introduction to the Course | Various Excerpts.
  The Order Mathew Barney. |  | 
| 2 | Technical Workshop: Demonstration of DV Cameras   In-class Exercise #1: "Camera Play" | Basic Film Terms. |  | 
| 3 | Introduction to Assignment #1: "Abstractions"
   Technical Workshop: Introduction to Editing Lab and Final Cut Pro®
  Early History of Video Art Pt 1 | The Electronic Canvas - WGBH.
  Leger, Fernand. Ballet Mecanique. |  | 
| 4 | Introduction to Assignments #2 and #3: Edit "Abstractions" Early History of Video Art Pt 2: Aesthetics of the Video Signal
  Nam June Paik and the Video Signal  | Nam June Paik.
   Peter Campus.
  Richter, Hans. Rhythmus 21.
   Eggling, Viking. Abstractions.   Gibbons, Joe. Analogue. | Assignment #1 due | 
| 5 | Introduction to Assignment #4: Personal Documentary (Autobiography)
   Technical Workshop: Camera Supports | Huyghe, Pierre. The Third Memory 2000.   Hill, Jerome. Film Portrait.
  Gibbons, Joe. Living in the World. | Assignments #2 and #3 due | 
| 6 | Introduction to Assignment #4: Personal Documentary (Autobiography) (cont.) | Huyghe, Pierre. The Third Memory 2000.   Hill, Jerome. Film Portrait.   Gibbons, Joe. Living in the World.   Wilcha, Chris. The Target Shoots First. | Ideas for Assignment #4 due | 
| 7 | Technical Workshop: Audio Recording   Introduction to Assignment #4: Personal Documentary (Autobiography) (cont.)
   Technical Concepts, Resolution, Formats, Degradation, etc. |  | Assignment #4 works-in-progress due | 
| 8 | Assignment #4: "Personal Doc" |  | Assignment #4 due | 
| 9 | Introduction to Assignment #5: Personae and the Fictive Self (Autobiography) | McBride, David. D. Holzman’s Diary.
  Morin, Robert. Yes Sir Madam.   Gibbons, Joe, and Tony Oursler. On Our Own. |  | 
| 10 | Technical Workshop: Lighting    Introduction to Assignment #6: Group Exercise (In and Out of Class): Camera Placement and Continuity – "Hartley" | Hold Me While I’m Naked. |  | 
| 11 | Individual Presentations: Lighting
  Begin Individual Edits of Assignment #6 | Kuchar, George. I, an Actress. |  | 
| 12 | Class Exercise: Screening of Completed "Hartley" Edits |  | Individual edits of Assignment #6 Part One due | 
| 13 |  | Assignment #5: "The Fictive Self" work-in-progress screening |  | 
| 14 | Production Time |  |  | 
| 15 | Assignment #5: "The Fictive Self" |  | Assignment #5 due | 
| 16 | Individual Presentations: Cinematography | Ephemeral Films, Prelinger Collection. |  | 
| 17 | Technical Workshop: Voice-over Narration
   Individual Presentations: Sound |  |  | 
| 18 | Individual Edits of Hartley Scene |  | Individual edits of Assignment #6 Part Two due | 
| 19 | Introduction to Assignment #7: Stories (Alternative Narratives) | Smith, Mike. Mike's Nightmare. |  | 
| 20 | Individual Presentations |  |  | 
| 21 | Individual Meetings |  |  | 
| 22 | Individual Meetings (cont.) |  |  | 
| 23 | Technical Workshop: Final Cut Pro® Color Manipulation |  |  | 
| 24 | Presentation of Final Project Treatment, Storyboards and Influences | Screening of Assignment #7 Work-in-Progress Material |  | 
| 25 | Technical Workshop: Creating DVD's Using DVD Studio Pro 2.0
   Individual Consultations | Work-in-Progress Screening |  | 
| 26 | Assignment #7: Stories (Alternative Narratives) | Final Assignment Screening | Assignment #7 due |