Cameraphone Composition: Documentary Filmmaking as Civic-Rhetorical Action in First-Year Composition

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Contents

Introduction

The Multimodal Turn

Composing to Assemble Publics

The Retold Histories of Clemson

The Process: Making Documentary Videos in the FYC Classroom

The Retold Histories of Clemson: Three Documentary Films

Behind the Scenes”: Access, Accessibility, & Audiences

Conclusions

References

Appendix A: Assignment Prompt for The Retold Histories of Clemson Project

About the Author

About the Author

Jacob D. Richter is Assistant Director of First-Year Composition and a PhD student in the Rhetorics, Communication and Information Design (RCID) program at Clemson University. Jacob’s research has appeared in Computers & Composition, Prompt: A Journal of Academic Writing Assignments, and in Textshop Experiments. His research examines rhetorical theory, composition pedagogy, and writing within networked environments. He can be reached on Twitter at @Richter_Rhetor.