{"id":261,"date":"2016-03-04T09:34:28","date_gmt":"2016-03-04T15:34:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/visualrhetoric\/?p=261"},"modified":"2016-03-28T16:59:36","modified_gmt":"2016-03-28T22:59:36","slug":"video-essay-resource-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/visualrhetoric\/2016\/03\/04\/video-essay-resource-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Video essay resource guide"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n
about video essays<\/a><\/td>\nvideo essayists and venues<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
software guides<\/a><\/td>\nfile management<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
finding and capturing video<\/a><\/td>\ncriticism on film form<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Lab Info<\/h3>\n

PAR 102<\/a> (M-Th, 9 AM- 5 PM)
\nFine Arts Library Media Lab <\/a>(same hours as FAL)
\nPCL Media Lab<\/a> (same hours as PCL)<\/p>\n

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About video essays<\/h3>\n

what are they?<\/em><\/h4>\n

“The video essay is often described as a form of new media, but the basic principles are as old as rhetoric: the author makes an assertion, then presents evidence to back up his claim. Of course it was always possible for film critics to do this in print, and they\u2019ve been doing it for over 100 years, following more or less the same template that one would use while writing about any art form: state your thesis or opinion, then back it with examples. In college, I was assured that in its heart, all written criticism was essentially the same \u2013 that in terms of rhetorical construction, book reviews, music reviews, dance reviews and film reviews were cut from the same cloth, but tailored to suit the specific properties of the medium being described, with greater emphasis given to form or content depending on the author\u2019s goals and the reader\u2019s presumed interest.”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Matt Zoller Seitz on the video essay<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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what makes a good video essay?\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n