Research in the Teaching of English May 2009

Writing with Visual Images: Examining the Video Composition Processes of High School Students

David L Bruce

Abstract

This teacher-researcher study explored the manner in which students created video compositions in a secondary English language arts media studies program. The study found that video composition is a complex, recursive process that allows for sequential multimodal representation of thoughts and ideas. Four areas are addressed: video allows for the expansion of compositional choices, demonstrates the verisimilitude of students’ initial concept to videotaped image, highlights the visuality in students’ re-presentations of ideas, and provides research methodological considerations.

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Research in the Teaching of English
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2009-05-01
DOI
10.58680/rte20097073
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first-year composition teacher development multimodality
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