Throughout the emergence of videographic criticism as a scholarly practice in recent years, video essays have primarily used remix practices to rework sounds and images from source materials. However we can see a growing strain of videographic practice that incorporates original footage into video essays, shooting material that is placed in dialogue with source films and media to create interesting possibilities for reflexivity, embodiment, imitation, and creativity. Leading videographic scholar Jason Mittell will present a range of work by him and other critics that exemplify these possibilities, and guide participants through a hands-on exercise to explore the possibilities of using reflexive footage in their video work.

Jason Mittell is Professor of Film & Media Culture at Middlebury College. His books include Complex Television: The Poetics of Contemporary Television Storytelling, The Videographic Essay: Practice & Pedagogy (with Christian Keathley & Catherine Grant), and The Chemistry of Character in Breaking Bad: A Videographic Book. He is the journal manager for [in]Transition: Journal of Videographic Film & Moving Image Studies, co-director of the workshop series Scholarship in Sound & Image, and series editor of Videographic Books for Lever Press.