Composing+vs+Writing

Two Views of Composing with Video
A Justification for Composing with Video "I’m struggling a bit with how this will connect to the writing they do in class (or rather with taking time away from more traditional writing). What’s your take on that?"

Traci Gardner: "my definition of composition includes more than just putting words on paper or screens. I think of composition more broadly, as something that can include visual and aural components..." (From William Costanzo) "Composition, as Costanzo explains, can’t be taught in isolation, focusing on a single way of communicating. To my way of thinking, working with video isn’t taking time away from composition. It’s simply exploring another way of composing and communicating ideas."

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However...
[|Is composing with video composition?] "But if we’re to remain honest with ourselves about what, exactly, those disciplinary concerns might encompass, we’ll likely find ourselves merely an element of most other disciplines. In other words, composition as a separate discipline would disintegrate." Ryan Trauman