“Both of them are arts that exist in time, both are primarily pre-recorded, they’re both processed these days using computer language, and the basis of both is the timeline,” he says.

Guzzetti and Tutschku recognize that the main challenge students face is finding the balance between the two art forms.

To achieve this equilibrium, Guzzetti explained that video makers have to break away from the ‘movie-soundtrack’ mentality, and that composers have to see beyond the music video.

Tutschku elaborated on the difficulty of stepping out of one’s artistic comfort zone: “The largest challenge for video makers is to forget about a story, so they don’t have a pre-written story and then try to narrate that.” He adds, “Perhaps their understanding of a video work can grow out of materials, energies, contrasts, and other forms of expression instead.”

Although Acuna’s forte lies more in the commercial aspect of video making, he hopes his experience in this class will broaden his artistic horizons.

“I am just really enjoying looking at how to tell a story differently than we usually think of doing it,” he says.