Introduction to Digital Video Production

LSC 314 teaches principles and techniques of digital documentary and informational video production, including analysis of video styles and subject matter.

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Recorded instructors · Fall 2026 Dexter Patterson4.0/5

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The course involves group and independent projects with creative liberty, while lectures are reported as quick and sometimes not lasting the full time.

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Raw average: 5.00/5 from 6 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

For this course: 5.0/5 raw quality · 1.7/5 difficulty · 3 reviews

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Dexter Patterson is described as kind, funny, and passionate, with students appreciating his generous grading and the creative freedom in projects. However, one reviewer found the lecture content uninteresting and boring, despite the instructor's personality.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.96 GPA, 96.3% A/AB (n=27 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.79 GPA, 92.3% A/AB (n=26 letter grades); Spring 2026: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=22 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

DEXTER PATTERSON is recorded teaching in Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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Dexter Patterson is described as kind, funny, and passionate, with students noting his generous grading and the creative freedom in projects.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.96 GPA, 96.3% A/AB (n=27 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.79 GPA, 92.3% A/AB (n=26 letter grades); Spring 2026: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=22 letter grades).

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The course involves group and independent projects with creative liberty, while lectures are reported as quick and sometimes not lasting the full time.

One reviewer found the lecture content uninteresting and unnecessary to follow closely, despite the instructor's engaging personality.

Topics

  • Digital documentary and informational video production
  • Video styles and subject matter treatment

Skills

  • Information gathering, videography, scripting, producing, and editing techniques
  • Analysis of video styles and subject matter treatment

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LSC 314 · Fall 2026

Introduction to Digital Video Production

Recorded 2026-09-07
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