THE ART OF THE REAL

In this video project for Art 350: Writing with Video, students were instructed to select a person and/or topic that they found intriguing and interesting, but that they didn't already know a lot about. Students were then asked to research their subject, think carefully about why it interested them and what they wanted to learn, engage and interact with their subject through interviews and other situations, collect data (footage), organize their findings (visual evidence), then synthesize the raw materials into a 3-5 minute video. As a result, students produced fantastic documentary shorts that allowed them to explore the community on and off campus.