Movement, the Camera & the Creative Process

previous Student Work AND Sample course assignments

Maya Deren Revisited Assignment
- Using Maya Deren's A Study in Choreography for the Camera as inspiration, each student will design, direct, shoot and edit a human video dance in which the goal is to link seemingly disparate geographic spaces with uninterrupted locomotive and/or stationary movement sequences.
  - Nate Caple Interim 2006
3-D Character Animation of the Human Form Assignment
- Each student will design, direct, shoot and edit a new Poser video dance that conveys a specific idea selected by each individual student in consultation with the instructor. The video dance must utilize a range of video dance concepts and techniques explored and discussed in this course: intentional use of time, camera movement, space and the elements of dance.
  - Mitch Ebert Interim 2006
  - Denise Gagner Interim 2004
    - The following two samples added the element of collaboration with students enrolled in Music in the Electronic Medium
  - Abigail Kempe Interim 2007
  - Andrew Miller Interim 2007
Integration of Human Dance and 3-D Character Animation of the Human Form Assignment
- Each student will design, direct, shoot and edit a new video dance that integrates human dance and 3-D character animation of the human form (Poser) that conveys a specific idea selected by each individual student in consultation with the instructor. The video dance must utilize a range of video dance concepts and techniques explored and discussed in this course: intentional use of time, camera movement, space and the elements of dance.