DESCRIPTION:

This course, the second of a two-quarter sequence, will provide students with the opportunity to continue to learn the fundamental skills relating to video production as a tool for ministry, and will introduce them to the use of various related forms of media (audio production, satellite, web) in ministry. Students must have been enrolled in WS508A the preceding quarter. The student will explore a theology of media usage and demonstrate its applicability through small group production of a 3 to 10 minute video for use in a church ministry. Students will learn basic skills in storyboarding, script development, planning, production, editing, and presentation of video projects (including computer programs used in editing) that can be used in ministry. The collaborative and relational processes of motion picture production will be emphasized. Students will also be introduced to concepts relating to video and audio streaming and web hosting. There will be participation by guest instructors Steven Watts and Martha Copeland with expertise in media and technology.

The twenty-first century church is evolving into a multi-media ministry model that requires ministers to understand and appreciate how to utilize technology as a ministry and outreach tool. This course will provide familiarity with and basic skills relating to the use media and technology as ministry tools.

The format is designed to allow for the creative time to develop a theologically driven media project as well as to acquire the technical competence to carry the project to completion. The class will meet for a total of ten two-hour meetings, according to a schedule to be distributed in the course syllabus. The last three weeks will be for presentation and evaluation of group projects.

Chapman, N., Chapman, J. Digital Media Tools. Wiley Technology Publishing, 2003.

Fowler, J. Editing Digital Film: Integrating Final Cut Pro, Avid, and Media 100. Focal Press, 2001.

Liestol, G. Rasmussen, T., Morrison, A., eds. Digital Media Revisited: Theoretical and Conceptual Innovation in Digital Domains. MIT Press, 2003.

Long, B., & S. Schenk. The Digital Filmmaking Handbook with DVD. Charles River Media, 2002.

Course Reader.

Viewing: Selected motion pictures, TV shows, and commercials will be viewed (both inside and outside class; these are different from assigned viewing in WS508A).

Schmitz, B., N. Neubert, and C. Plikat. Navigation for the Internet and Other Digital Media. Ava Publishing, 2002.

Pakstas, A. Komiya, R., ed. Digital Media and Broadcasting: Virtual Reality Technologies: for Future Telecommunications Systems. John Wiley & Sons, 2002.

(1) Collaborative production, editing, and presentation of a 3 to 10 minute moving image project (including web hosting). (2) Critical evaluations (both oral and written) of the projects developed by the other groups. (2-4 pages each). (3) A 3-5 page paper critically evaluating computer hardware and software used in the production of group project.

The two-quarter course fulfills the Worship, Theology, and Arts specialized course requirements for the M.A. in WTA and the M.Div. concentration in WTA.