This course introduces the student to video theory, aesthetics, and techniques, as well as to hands-on production experience. It provides students with theoretical and applied knowledge of non-broadcast video applications. Video will be approached as a creative visual communication tool for the exploration of abstract concepts, creative endeavors, and the human condition. Skills covered in the class will include the fundamentals of all stages of production, use of the camera as a visual tool, audio, lighting, and editing. Video production will utilize MiniDV cameras and post-production will be in a digital non-linear editing (DNLE) environment on a Mac platform, using Final Cut Pro. Students will be attending lectures and technical demonstrations, viewing work of various video and film directors, completing production planning and coordination, and producing their own creative projects.