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2022-2023 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Courses

As a reminder, all courses have been renumbered beginning with the Fall 2018 semester. Click on Course Number Look-up Tool.
 
  

  • CINE 386B Advanced Topics in Cinematography

    This is an advanced course in cinematography. Topics will vary.

    Repeatable: Y
    Minimum Credits 1 Maximum Credits 6



  

  • CINE 386C Advanced Topics in Cinematography

    This is an advanced course in cinematography. Topics will vary.

    Repeatable: Y
    Minimum Credits 1 Maximum Credits 6



  

  • CINE 386D Advanced Topics in Cinematography

    This is an advanced course in cinematography. Topics will vary.

    Repeatable: Y
    Minimum Credits 1 Maximum Credits 6



  

  • CINE 386E Advanced Topics in Cinematography

    This is an advanced course in cinematography. Topics will vary.

    Repeatable: Y
    Minimum Credits 1 Maximum Credits 6



  

  • CINE 387A Advanced Topics in Cinema Lighting:

    This repeatable course consists of rotating subjects of interest.

    Repeatable: Y
    Formerly CINE 387
    Minimum Credits 1 Maximum Credits 6



  

  • CINE 387B Advanced Topics in Cinema Lighting:

    This repeatable course consists of rotating subjects of interest.

    Repeatable: Y
    Minimum Credits 1 Maximum Credits 6



  

  • CINE 387C Advanced Topics in Cinema Lighting:

    This repeatable course consists of rotating subjects of interest.

    Repeatable: Y
    Minimum Credits 1 Maximum Credits 6



  

  • CINE 387D Advanced Topics in Cinema Lighting:

    This repeatable course consists of rotating subjects of interest.

    Repeatable: Y
    Minimum Credits 1 Maximum Credits 6



  

  • CINE 387E Advanced Topics in Cinema Lighting:

    This repeatable course consists of rotating subjects of interest.

    Repeatable: Y
    Minimum Credits 1 Maximum Credits 6



  

  • CINE 388A Advanced Topics in Cinema Studies

    Advanced Topics in Cinema Studies is a speculative and highly focused inquiry into emergent discourses of cinema history, theory, and culture on the forefront of recent scholarship. Students will synthesize the results of their inquiry into the composition of a graduate-level essay or into the crafting of a video essay. Topics will vary.

    Repeatable: Y
    Formerly CINE 388
    Requirements Junior Standing or Above (JR)
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



  

  • CINE 388B Advanced Topics in Cinema Studies

    Advanced Topics in Cinema Studies is a speculative and highly focused inquiry into emergent discourses of cinema history, theory, and culture on the forefront of recent scholarship. Students will synthesize the results of their inquiry into the composition of a graduate-level essay or into the crafting of a video essay. Topics will vary.

    Repeatable: Y
    Requirements Junior Standing or Above (JR)
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



  

  • CINE 388C Advanced Topics in Cinema Studies

    Advanced Topics in Cinema Studies is a speculative and highly focused inquiry into emergent discourses of cinema history, theory, and culture on the forefront of recent scholarship. Students will synthesize the results of their inquiry into the composition of a graduate-level essay or into the crafting of a video essay. Topics will vary.

    Repeatable: Y
    Requirements Junior Standing or Above (JR)
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



  

  • CINE 388D Advanced Topics in Cinema Studies

    Advanced Topics in Cinema Studies is a speculative and highly focused inquiry into emergent discourses of cinema history, theory, and culture on the forefront of recent scholarship. Students will synthesize the results of their inquiry into the composition of a graduate-level essay or into the crafting of a video essay. Topics will vary.

    Repeatable: Y
    Requirements Junior Standing or Above (JR)
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



  

  • CINE 388E Advanced Topics in Cinema Studies

    Advanced Topics in Cinema Studies is a speculative and highly focused inquiry into emergent discourses of cinema history, theory, and culture on the forefront of recent scholarship. Students will synthesize the results of their inquiry into the composition of a graduate-level essay or into the crafting of a video essay. Topics will vary.

    Repeatable: Y
    Requirements Junior Standing or Above (JR)
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



  

  • CINE 389A Advanced Topics in Documentary

    This is an advanced Topics course in Documentary. The topics will vary. This repeatable course consists of rotating subjects of interest.

    Repeatable: Y
    Formerly CINE 389
    Minimum Credits 1 Maximum Credits 6



  

  • CINE 389B Advanced Topics in Documentary

    This is an advanced Topics course in Documentary. The topics will vary. This repeatable course consists of rotating subjects of interest.

    Repeatable: Y
    Minimum Credits 1 Maximum Credits 6



  

  • CINE 389C Advanced Topics in Documentary

    This is an advanced Topics course in Documentary. The topics will vary. This repeatable course consists of rotating subjects of interest.

    Repeatable: Y
    Minimum Credits 1 Maximum Credits 6



  

  • CINE 389D Advanced Topics in Documentary

    This is an advanced Topics course in Documentary. The topics will vary. This repeatable course consists of rotating subjects of interest.

    Repeatable: Y
    Minimum Credits 1 Maximum Credits 6



  

  • CINE 389E Advanced Topics in Documentary

    This is an advanced Topics course in Documentary. The topics will vary. This repeatable course consists of rotating subjects of interest.

    Repeatable: Y
    Minimum Credits 1 Maximum Credits 6



  

  • CINE 401 BFA Studio

    Students begin the development of the Thesis Project by collaborating with other BFA candidates. All will contribute ideas for development with ongoing revisions, peer evaluation, and Advisor/Instructor critiques. The work will culminate in a single locked script approved by the Thesis Advisors/Instructors for production. Concurrent with the script development, students will hone their skills through progressively complex assignments building toward a final short narrative cinematic story.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 24-4020
    Minimum Credits 6 Maximum Credits 6



  

  • CINE 402 BFA Research and Presentation

    The Research and Presentation component of the BFA course of study provides an opportunity for candidates to place their Thesis work in the appropriate historical, thematic, and aesthetic context. Using the subject matter of the Thesis as the focal point of their work, candidates will research artists, genres, and cultural influences that provide a backdrop for the development and execution of the Thesis. A self-reflection and analysis of the candidate’s work throughout the course of study, culminating in the Thesis, is integral to the overall written presentation

     

    Repeatable: Y
    Formerly 24-4040
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



  

  • CINE 403 Teacher Training in Film & Video

    Course provides students an opportunity to establish teaching skills and to develop curriculum for foundations curriculum. Participants will discover how they learn and how best to teach others film production. Lectures, along with all support material, will be developed collectively and will become the property of all those involved in the class. Students completing this course will be prepared for the rigors of teaching beginning filmmakers.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 24-4063
    Requirements Permission Required (DP)
    Minimum Credits 2 Maximum Credits 2



  

  • CINE 404 Preproduction: Development and Visual Design

    This course partners advanced production producers and directors with screenwriters to continue the development of previously approved screen stories through multiple drafts culminating in a locked script for production.  All three will contribute ideas for development with ongoing revisions, peer evaluation, and instructor critiques. Other department heads will join the creative teams to collaborate in the conceptual visual design necessary for the ensuing production.

    Repeatable: N
    Prerequisites CINE 350 Producing IV: Project Development  or CINE 480 Script Development Practicum  
    Requirements Permission Required (DP)
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



  

  • CINE 406 Cinematography III

    Building on Cinematography II, this course focuses on visual storytelling with an emphasis on color, camera movement, shot design, and other creative choices. Students develop a story and visual concept and shoot a short project without any dialogue, relying heavily on visuals to communicate story, tone, theme, and emotional impact.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 24-4203
    Prerequisites CINE 308 Cinematography II  and CINE 315 Cinematography: Camera Seminar II  and CINE 316 Camera Seminar II Studio  
    Requirements Permission Required (DP)
    Minimum Credits 4 Maximum Credits 4



  

  • CINE 407 Preproduction: Techniques and Practice

    This course partners advanced production cinematographers, directors, and editors to collaborate and hone their skills and mastery of their respective crafts. Progressively complex visualization, blocking, staging and editing assignments will facilitate the building of a production team and result in a final short narrative cinematic story. The work done in this course builds the foundation for ensuing capstone production. 

    Repeatable: N
    Prerequisites CINE 308 Cinematography II  or CINE 325 Cinema Directing II  or CINE 230 Editing II  and CINE 231 Editing II Studio  
    Requirements Permission Required (DP)
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



  

  • CINE 409 Pitching Hollywood: Los Angeles

    The most important part of any successful career is the ability to present ideas clearly. This course will examine how entertainment professionals pitch their stories, and provide students with tools to present their own creative work. Students will engage in repetitive pitching of various types and lengths before an audience. 

    Repeatable: N
    Requirements Permission Required (DP)
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



  

  • CINE 410 Advanced Editing Seminar

    This intensive course provides an opportunity for editing students to collaborate on original creative work by advanced direction, thesis and independent projects, in a seminar environment. Deadlines are strictly enforced as editors collaborate with students in other areas of expertise in creating a short digital narrative project. Students also develop an extensive written career plan to showcase their creative work and important portfolio materials such as website, editing samples, resume, cover letters, and business cards.

    Repeatable: Y
    Formerly 24-4406
    Prerequisites CINE 230 Editing II  
    Requirements Permission Required (DP)
    Minimum Credits 4 Maximum Credits 4



  

  • CINE 411 Post-Production Audio III

    Advanced level Sound for Cinema course designed to further student’s insight and experience into the art of preparing, mixing and re-recording sound tracks for cinema. Students work in collaborative environment to complete class projects that mirror professional industry cinema sound practice. Skills training and learning outcomes offered in this class represent the capstone in the Sound for Cinema pathway.

    Repeatable: Y
    Formerly 24-3122
    Prerequisites CINE 311 Post-Production Audio II 
    Minimum Credits 4 Maximum Credits 4



  

  • CINE 413 Advanced Production Sound Applications

    Course further examines and practices production sound recording strategies and techniques to better prepare advanced location sound students for a career as a professional sound mixer. Students will provide production sound services to advanced projects including pre-production assessment of equipment applications, budgets, attend all production meetings, location scouting, acquisition of audio tracks, keep production journals, manage all audio media, formats and documentation. Emphasis is on collaboration and providing a high level of production sound services to Cinema and Television Arts productions.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 24-3102
    Prerequisites CINE 313 Location Sound Recording II  
    Minimum Credits 4 Maximum Credits 4



  

  • CINE 414 Digital Cinema Mastering

    Course provides an advanced editing experience in three areas: developing skills necessary to manipulate large amounts of cinema source material; acquiring the means to apply those skills while working with clients; and using nonlinear editing and color correction equipment to complete assigned online editing and cinema mastering projects. Students also learn organizational skills necessary to edit projects and gain advanced knowledge of post-production protocols in offline editing and the generation of EDLs and KeyKode cutlists, video online editing and digital cinema mastering. Students work on advanced cinema and high definition projects on industry leading nonlinear editing and color correction software. Digital Intermediates and Digital Cinema Packages will also be covered. Students receive critiques of their work after each project to determine the development of their proficiency of craft and creativity. Course culminates in the finishing of a cinema project from an off-line creative edit to a digital cinema master.

    Repeatable: Y
    Formerly 24-4428
    Prerequisites CINE 230 Editing II  
    Minimum Credits 4 Maximum Credits 4



  

  • CINE 415 Sound Mixing for Cinema

    Sound Mixing For Cinema explores the advanced processes used to create effective state-of-the-art cinema sound mixes. In this intensive, hands-on studio course, students will study the latest trends in soundtrack aesthetics & rerecording technology and employ these techniques in mixing soundtracks for a variety of cinema genres & media.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 24-3126
    Prerequisites CINE 311 Post-Production Audio II 
    Minimum Credits 4 Maximum Credits 4



  

  • CINE 416 Advanced First Assistant Director

    Course would focus on applied advanced first assistant director skills, including short and feature film scheduling, calling roll on-set, collaborating with the director and other key crew during production, working in both union and non-union settings, and wrangling associated production documentation.

    Repeatable: Y
    Formerly 24-4615
    Prerequisites   CINE 364 The Assistant Director’s Workshop  
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



  

  • CINE 420 Concept, Pitch & Sales - Los Angeles

    This course examines how films are sold to major studios, producers, and distributors. In this class, students learn first how to shape the initial idea, how to deliver the pitch, and how to negotiate a deal. Course emphasizes not only the theory of the pitch but its practice as well. Course admission is by application.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 24-4630L
    Requirements Permission Required (DP)
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



  

  • CINE 421 Lighting III

    This course is a stage-based lighting workshop in which advanced camera and production design teams collaborate to develop and reproduce a pre-existing painting or photograph as a moving image. This work includes prevailing aesthetic principles of lighting for cinema, and highlights how lighting for still imagery differs from lighting for moving characters/objects/camera.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 24-3205
    Prerequisites CINE 321 Lighting II  and CINE 315 Cinematography: Camera Seminar II 
    Requirements Permission Required (DP)
    Minimum Credits 4 Maximum Credits 4



  

  • CINE 422 Camera Movement: Practical Application of the Moving Camera

    This advanced course is designed for cinematography students who are about to embark on a capstone experience. The class covers the study and practical application of camera movement. Students will complete multiple exercises in designing, blocking, lighting and shooting that contain choreographed camera movement. Additionally, students rotate through the four distinct jobs required for successful shot making: director of photography, camera operator, first camera assistant, and dolly grip.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 24-3211J
    Prerequisites CINE 321 Lighting II  and CINE 306 Cinematography I  and CINE 315 Cinematography: Camera Seminar II  
    Requirements Permission Required (DP)
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



  

  • CINE 424 Strategic Distribution for Filmmakers

    This course focuses on the practical step-by-step process of creating and implementing strategies to launch short-form content into current distribution and festival venues. Having a good film is not enough; a producer must identify specific elements in the film across a myriad of different and evolving technology and trend-driven platforms, as well as be able to effectively secure distribution.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 24-4660
    Prerequisites CINE 248 Producing I: Production Team  or CINE 225 Cinema Directing I  
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



  

  • CINE 425 Cinema Directing III

    Course covers directing original material, from script breakdown and pre-visualization through location production and picture cut, culminating in a short narrative cinematic story. Using HD video format, instruction elaborates on collaborative skills needed to work with a cinematographer, production designer, editor, and other department heads. Students apply for admittance by submitting a very short, dramatically effective screenplay that is ready for pre-production.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 24-3303
    Prerequisites CINE 325 Cinema Directing II  
    Requirements Permission Required (DP)
    Minimum Credits 6 Maximum Credits 6



  
  

  • CINE 428 The Business of Screenwriting

    Course instructs students how the inner workings of the film industry directly affect their ambitions as screenwriters. They will understand that there is much more to being a screenwriter than writing the script alone. Course will give the students a working knowledge of finding an agent, researching producers for their material, dealing with studios, understanding different types of contracts, copyright law and the Writers Guild of America. Students will also have a chance to take their scripts through a professional submission process to the agent or production company of their choice.

    Repeatable: Y
    Formerly 24-4742
    Prerequisites CINE 245 Screenwriting II: The Feature Film  and CINE 140 Script Analysis for Cinema  
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



  

  • CINE 429 Fictional Cinema Production

    This course brings students together to pitch and collaboratively create short fictional films in a group throughout the semester. In this course, students will hone various filmmaking skills they are already mastering (shooting, sound recording, editing, etc.) while also being reintroduced, at a more advanced level, to areas they may not have actively participated in since their first-year courses. The goal is for students to emerge at the end of the semester with a portfolio-quality piece suitable for film festivals and reels showcasing their talents.

    Repeatable: N
    Prerequisites CINE 203 Production: Fact and Fiction  or  CINE 102 Cinema Notebooks  and CINE 103 Cinema Image and Process  or MEDI 101 Cinematic Storytelling  and MEDI 102 Cinema and Television Production  
    Requirements Junior Standing or Above (JR)
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



  

  • CINE 430 Creative Seminar: Portfolio Review

    This course provides an opportunity for students to revisit work completed throughout their studies. Students critique their previous work in an effort to understand their themes and styles, their strengths and weaknesses, and their development as a filmmaker. This examination assists students in setting future goals both in terms of selecting their Capstone classes and what they plan to do after graduation, whether that includes working in media, applying to grad schools, or identifying other career paths.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 24-4000
    Requirements Junior Standing or Above (JR)
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



  

  • CINE 435 Exploration in Career Development:

    This intensive workshop explores disciplines related to cinema, television, and other visual media like Production Design, Cinematography, Costume Design, and Film Festivals and potential career paths that lie before students. Students meet professionals and receive tours of discipline-specific facilities, or have other on-site experiences, acquainting them with steps for transitioning from an academic life to a professional one. Students should arrive with samples of creative work which may be refined during the semester. Students submit a paper detailing their overall experience and a self-assessment based on feedback given throughout the course. Students spend one week in the classroom with an additional one week online. This is a rotating subjects course.

    Repeatable: Y
    Requirements Junior Standing or Above (JR) and Permission Required (DP)
    Minimum Credits 1 Maximum Credits 1



  

  • CINE 438 The Machine Room

    Course is an intensive two-day seminar in machine-room technology. The machine room is the heart of a post-production facility. Students will learn video and audio signal patching and monitoring. The mechanics of professional videotape decks, patchbays, distribution amps, waveform monitors, and vectorscopes will be covered. This practicum prepares students for post-production industry entrance exams.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 24-4430
    Prerequisites  CINE 130 Editing I   
    Minimum Credits 1 Maximum Credits 1



  

  • CINE 440A Seminar in Cinema, Television, and Media Studies

    In this seminar, students will engage in extensive research into areas of cinema and/or television history, media, or theory and criticism. Students will apply their research into the composition of a graduate-level essay. This is a rotating subjects course.

    Repeatable: Y
    Formerly CINE 440
    Requirements Junior Standing or Above (JR)
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



  

  • CINE 440B Seminar in Cinema, Television, and Media Studies

    In this seminar, students will engage in extensive research into areas of cinema and/or television history, media, or theory and criticism. Students will apply their research into the composition of a graduate-level essay. This is a rotating subjects course.

    Repeatable: Y
    Requirements Junior Standing or Above (JR)
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



  

  • CINE 440C Seminar in Cinema, Television, and Media Studies

    In this seminar, students will engage in extensive research into areas of cinema and/or television history, media, or theory and criticism. Students will apply their research into the composition of a graduate-level essay. This is a rotating subjects course.

    Repeatable: Y
    Requirements Junior Standing or Above (JR)
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



  

  • CINE 440D Seminar in Cinema, Television, and Media Studies

    In this seminar, students will engage in extensive research into areas of cinema and/or television history, media, or theory and criticism. Students will apply their research into the composition of a graduate-level essay. This is a rotating subjects course.

    Repeatable: Y
    Requirements Junior Standing or Above (JR)
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



  

  • CINE 440E Seminar in Cinema, Television, and Media Studies

    In this seminar, students will engage in extensive research into areas of cinema and/or television history, media, or theory and criticism. Students will apply their research into the composition of a graduate-level essay. This is a rotating subjects course.

    Repeatable: Y
    Requirements Junior Standing or Above (JR)
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



  
  

  • CINE 466 Production Design: Special Effects

    This course introduces students to the design and execution of safe practical special effects for cinema. Students will develop and design effects taking advantage of camera, frame, object, and space manipulation. Students will combine techniques and technology such as forced perspective, mechanical movements, electric motors, actuators and electronics to create safe and effective illusions for the screen. Students will study professional effects and will collaborate on a final project to be captured on film or video.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 24-3006
    Prerequisites CINE 208 Cinema Set Design and Construction  or CINE 205 Cinema Props  
    Minimum Credits 4 Maximum Credits 4



  

  • CINE 467 Production Design for Television

    This course will engage in the specialized design necessary to fulfill the scenic needs of episodic and other television broadcast.  Discussions and assignments will center on the creative and logistic needs of an advanced production of a television series.  Emphasis will be on the technical and logistic needs of scenery and prop changeover on multiple stages, as well as the aesthetic choices that best support the established style of a live production.

     

    Repeatable: Y
    Prerequisites CINE 205 Cinema Props  or CINE 208 Cinema Set Design and Construction  
    Requirements Sophomore Standing or Above (SO)
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



  

  • CINE 475 Experimental Production II

    Project-centered course stimulates and assists students in the creation of an alternative film, video, or digital work. Students will employ an aesthetic that explores, challenges, or subverts mainstream narrative or documentary structures. The class builds on topics from Experimental Production I, including camera experimentation and image manipulation as well as the development of personal, political, or social themes. Festivals, distribution, and marketing of experimental film and video will also be emphasized. The class will produce a show at the end of the semester.

    Repeatable: Y
    Formerly 24-4902
    Prerequisites CINE 275 Experimental Production I  
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



  
  

  • CINE 479 Editing and Finishing the Advanced Project

    This course is an opportunity for student directors, editors, producers and others who have a project in postproduction to complete the creative edit of their film and take the film through finishing. Students will work with the instructor through successive creative cuts and collaborate with the entire creative team, guiding them through the Post process, prepping the project for sound design, visual fx and color, until delivery of a completed Master is achieved.
    Students must have an advanced project in postproduction and permission of instructor.

    Repeatable: Y
    Formerly 24-4400B
    Requirements Permission Required (DP)
    Minimum Credits 2 Maximum Credits 2



  

  • CINE 480 Script Development Practicum

    Course familiarizes students with the short film as a distinct form and explores the range of ways fictional short films can be originated along with associated best practices, including legal and ethical considerations. Students will establish and nurture creative partners capable of finding and developing viable short scripts from a wide range of source material; facilitate a deeper understanding of the creative and legal aspects of the cinematic development process; and yield production-ready shooting scripts for the practicum production cycle that maximize the potential of the short film form to deliver concentrated (primarily visual) narrative.

    Repeatable: Y
    Formerly 24-4730
    Prerequisites CINE 253 Adaptation  and CINE 260 Screen Treatment & Presentation 
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



  

  • CINE 483 Directing Practicum

    Workshop course requires that students direct a significant short film or video in collaboration with students from other concentrations. Emphasis is on visual and aural realization from a screenplay to affect an audience through dramatic screen presentation. Student directors take creative leadership of their project in collaboration with the producer. The ability to incorporate and maximize the value of contributions made by the cinematographers, editors, and other specialists will be assessed. Directors will create storyboards and shotlists, cast performers, participate in pre-production and production meetings, execute shooting within set production parameters, and supervise editing to a rough cut. They will be expected to continue with the project until delivery of a complete master ready for exhibition on either film or a broadcast video format.

    Repeatable: Y
    Formerly 24-3304
    Requirements Permission Required (DP)
    Minimum Credits 6 Maximum Credits 6



  

  • CINE 484 Producing V: Production Practicum

    Workshop course partners students with other practicum students including directors, editors, post-production supervisors, production designers, and others to produce a significant, short production within the semester of no more than 10 minutes in length that is festival- and distribution-ready. Emphasis is on creative collaboration script development, crew assembly and pre-production, production management, and post-production supervision. Producing students are required to take Producing IV and provide a detailed application for entry into this course.

    Repeatable: Y
    Formerly 24-4608
    Requirements Permission Required (DP)
    Minimum Credits 6 Maximum Credits 6



  

  • CINE 485 Production Design Practicum

    Workshop course asks students to serve as the production designer on a significant short film using a screenplay developed in a previous semester.  They will collaborate with advanced student directors, producers, and cinematographers and conceive the overall visual concept for the film.  Emphasis will be on the artistic relationship with the director and cinematographer, as well as on the organizational and financial relationship with the producer.  Under the leadership of the producers, the production design students will assemble an art department with key personnel, develop and monitor the art department budget, and supervise the execution of their design.

    Repeatable: Y
    Formerly 24-3004
    Prerequisites CINE 107 Production Design I 
    Requirements Permission Required (DP)
    Minimum Credits 6 Maximum Credits 6



  

  • CINE 486 Cinematography Practicum

    In this capstone class, cinematography students work as Director of Photography on an advanced short film. Emphasis is on the visual and oral realization of a screenplay to affect an audience through dramatic screen presentation. Cinematographers will collaborate on storyboards, scout locations, develop the visual concept of the story, create floor plans for scenes, participate in pre-production and production meetings, execute shooting within production parameters, and supervise the timing of the final project.

    Repeatable: Y
    Formerly 24-4210
    Prerequisites CINE 406 Cinematography III  
    Requirements Permission Required (DP)
    Minimum Credits 6 Maximum Credits 6



  

  • CINE 488 Editing Practicum

    Workshop class is the first of a two-semester course in which post-production students edit an Advanced Practicum film. Students will partner with other Practicum students including directors, producers, cinematographers, and others, to produce a significant short film or video. Editing students continue to develop their skills in the editing room by participating in the production phase through reviewing coverage, preparing dailies, and completing a work-in-process edit to guide effective completion of the narrative story. Students are expected to enroll in the second semester to complete a Master ready for exhibition.

    Repeatable: Y
    Formerly 24-4400A
    Requirements Permission Required (DP)
    Minimum Credits 4 Maximum Credits 4



  

  • CINE 491A BFA Thesis I

    In this course, CTVA BFA students commence with preproduction on scripts developed in the designated BFA Studio curriculum and approved by the BFA faculty instructors. Students will collaborate with their thesis cohorts with an emphasis on visual and aural realization for all department heads including Directing, Producing, Cinematography, Production Design, and Sound for Cinema. The teams must meet specified milestones during the process, and production will take place during designated production windows once green lit by their advisors. Each BFA candidate is expected to meet the complete deliverable schedule required by their department.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly CINE 491
    Minimum Credits 6 Maximum Credits 6



  

  • CINE 491B BFA Thesis II

    In this course, Film and Television BFA students complete the thesis project produced in CINE 491A BFA Thesis I. Students will continue to collaborate with their thesis cohorts with an emphasis on visual and aural realization for all department heads including Directing, Producing, Cinematography, Production Design, Editing and Post Production, and Sound for Cinema. The teams must meet specified milestones during the completion process. Each BFA candidate is expected to meet the complete deliverable schedule required by their department.

    Repeatable: Y
    Prerequisites CINE 491A BFA Thesis I  
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



  

  • CINE 495 Directed Study

    Course consists of learning activities involving student independence within the context of regular guidance and direction from a faculty advisor. Directed Studies are appropriate for students who wish to explore a subject beyond what is possible in regular courses or for students who wish to engage in a subject or activity not otherwise offered that semester by the College. Directed Studies involve close collaboration with a faculty advisor who will assist in development and design of the project, oversee its progress, evaluate the final results, and submit a grade.

    Repeatable: Y
    Formerly 24-4080
    Requirements Permission Required (DP)
    Minimum Credits 1 Maximum Credits 6



  

  • CINE 496 Independent Project: Cinema and Television Arts

    Course involves the instructor acting as the supervisor for students who meet the criteria necessary for enrollment. Students must submit a complete production packet prior to enrolling in this class.

    Repeatable: Y
    Formerly 24-3098
    Requirements Permission Required (DP)
    Minimum Credits 1 Maximum Credits 6



  

  • CINE 501 Introduction to Cinema Directing

    This course is designed to ensure that students entering the MFA Cinema Directing program in Cinema and Television Arts have a broad, basic knowledge of screen directing and how they will develop as directors as they proceed through the program. This immersive workshop uses lectures, demonstrations and hands-on practice to cover the key foundational principles, analytical skills and requisite technical information for Cinematic Expression in both documentary and fiction film. The course is led by a team of two Graduate level faculty members and includes case studies and guest presentations.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 24-6360AS
    Requirements Permission Required (DP)
    Minimum Credits 4 Maximum Credits 4



  

  • CINE 502 Introduction To Creative Producing

    This course is designed to ensure students entering the MFA in Creative Producing degree have broad, basic knowledge about what creative producing is and how they will develop as creative producers as they proceed through the degree program. It is delivered as an immersive workshop made up of distinct but connected units that cover the key foundational principles and requisite technical information, and analytical skills using lectures and hands on demonstrations. The course is led by a team of two Graduate-level faculty members and includes case studies and guest presentations.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 24-6601AS
    Requirements Permission Required (DP)
    Minimum Credits 4 Maximum Credits 4



  

  • CINE 503 Directing for the Screen I

    With an emphasis on fictional narrative form, the course covers basic skills in the effective communication of ideas through the language of cinema and television. Students learn to develop craft as well as personal voice with the study of the basic relationship between actor, text, and director, the course expands to include staging, rehearsal techniques, and effective critiquing skills. Focus is on the development of hands-on proficiencies in cinema and television production. Students work on their own projects as well as those of their peers.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 24-6361
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



  

  • CINE 504 Writing for Producers

    This course explores all forms of writing associated with professional producing ranging from business writing, creative writing (development), screenwriting, and writing associated with distribution, movie-marketing and exhibition, with a particular emphasis on screenwriting.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 24-6721
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



  

  • CINE 506 Acquisition, Development & Presentation

    This course explores the development and execution of creative producing in all media. Starting with a story idea and ending with the distribution of a finished product, the creative producer is one of the few participants present throughout the entire life cycle. This course will include: finding, analyzing, and acquiring intellectual property, collaborating with writers/directors, pitching, packaging material, pre-visualization, casting, financing, and working with a line producer to execute the vision. In addition it will prepare students to take their creative ideas into the real world by tracking current changes in media relating to studios, financiers, web content, television and cable programming, and distributors.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 24-6612
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



  

  • CINE 507 Screenwriting I

    This course introduces students to techniques for finding story ideas and for developing them in a variety of script formats. It aims to provide approaches to writing screenplays drawing from the writer’s own life experiences and direct observations; to facilitate a deeper understanding of the screenwriting process and writing for an audience; to teach students the elements and structure of Western drama as applied to short screenplay form, including character, story/plot and cause/effect structure; to assist in developing systematic work habits to carry the student from conception to idea development through revisions to polishing scenes/scripts; and to provide students with the opportunity for critique of their screenwriting. Students learn to write in treatment form as well as shot outline, split script, and master scene formats.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 24-6713
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



  

  • CINE 508 Business and Legal

    This course introduces basic legal and financial concepts for media producers including production financing, international co-productions, standard business practices in the entertainment industry, and essential components of entrepreneurial producing. Additionally it will explore contracts and negotiations associated with delivery items intellectual property ownership, copyright, rights agreements, licensing, and chain-of-title.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 24-6610
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



  

  • CINE 509 Editing Theory and Practice

    This course gives directors hands on experience in editing and post-production practices using, in part, projects written and directed in Directing for Character. Emphasizes collaborative strategies across multiple cinematic disciplines and a comprehensive overview of the entire post-production process.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 24-6430
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



  

  • CINE 510 Line Producing

    The course focuses on teaching the student how to navigate through production obstacles commonly associated with line producing or production managing a film. This course teaches basic strategies of how to line produce a short film by assembling the preparation elements needed for filming and then for the day-to-day operation of the set in principal photography. Students will learn how to work within the structure that is governed by budgets, schedules, casting, contracts and crew, etc.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 24-6604A
    Prerequisites CINE 503 Directing for the Screen I  or CINE 506 Acquisition, Development & Presentation  
    Minimum Credits 2 Maximum Credits 2



  

  • CINE 511 Line Producing I-B

    This intermediate-level course immerses the students into 5 weeks of learning how to line produce a feature film through case study preproduction. This class is crucial for students to further develop the skills they will implement on their own project(s) in Long-Form Package.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 24-6604B
    Prerequisites CINE 510 Line Producing  and CINE 508 Business and Legal  and CINE 506 Acquisition, Development & Presentation  
    Minimum Credits 1 Maximum Credits 1



  

  • CINE 512 Story Development

    This intensive, semester long workshop explores and develops a variety of ideation strategies subject to group critique resulting in script notes. Participants practice different pitching approaches. Developed ideas are drafted as short scripts and features. Emphasis is on rigorous research.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 24-6607
    Prerequisites CINE 504 Writing for Producers  
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



  

  • CINE 513 Ideation and Development

    Ideation and Development (MFA) is a course designed to help students approach the creative process in multiple ways and to explore story, character and theme in conjunction with considerations of personal vision and expression. Students develop and research a range of simple ideas and work through the conceptualization and proposal process using various writing and visualization strategies. These film possibilities are filtered in a variety of ways throughout the course. Work completed earlier in the graduate program can be drawn from and work produced in this class is intended to be further developed into Thesis projects.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 24-6700
    Prerequisites CINE 503 Directing for the Screen I  
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



  

  • CINE 514 Post-Production

    This course gives producers a comprehensive introduction to post-production strategies and workflow while collaborating with directors in finishing a short film. Includes creative critique, post-production planning, budgeting and scheduling, and hands-on editing of a short film or promotional reel.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 24-6606
    Prerequisites CINE 552 The Production Team  
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



  

  • CINE 515 Teacher Training in Cinema

    This course provides students with an overview of teaching and learning theories, methodologies, techniques and practices as they relate to teaching creative and collaborative practices. Students are assigned as a Teaching Assistant to supplement classroom lectures, research and experiential activities. Students practice presentation skills, grading, creating lesson plans, working with students and implementing policies and procedures.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 24-5063
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



  

  • CINE 516 Advanced First Assistant Director

    The course would focus on applied advanced First Assistant Director skills, including short and feature film scheduling, calling roll on-set, collaborating with the Director and other key crew during production, working in both union and non-union settings, and wrangling associated production documentation.

    Repeatable: Y
    Formerly 24-5615
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



  

  • CINE 521 Constructing the Image

    This course explores and analyzes the visual element and design of the cinematic image. Through lectures, practical assignments, and critiques, students refine their ability to compose and light their project. The class addresses how to translate ideas into images and experiment with varied lighting designs to create compelling images. Lenses, exposure, contrast, camera placement, composition, movement, continuity, and color, as well as working with crew will also be covered.

    Repeatable: N
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



  

  • CINE 522 Critical Analysis of Contemporary Film & Media

    This seminar critically examines contemporary trends in domestic and international film, television and media ideas, production and distribution and its symbiotic relationship with culture. Select indigenous industries and the role of the Internet in the globalization of entertainment are examined.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 24-6609
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



  

  • CINE 524 Digital Cinema Mastering

    Course provides an advanced editing experience in three areas: developing skills necessary to manipulate large amounts of cinema source material; acquiring the means to apply those skills while working with clients; and using nonlinear editing and color correction equipment to complete assigned online editing and cinema mastering projects. Students also learn organizational skills necessary to edit projects and gain advanced knowledge of post-production protocols in offline editing and the generation of EDLs and KeyKode cutlists, video online editing and digital cinema mastering. Students work on advanced cinema and high definition projects on industry leading nonlinear editing and color correction software. Digital Intermediates and Digital Cinema Packages will also be covered. Students receive critiques of their work after each project to determine the development of their proficiency of craft and creativity. Course culminates in the finishing of a cinema project from an off-line creative edit to a digital cinema master.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 24-5428
    Prerequisites CINE 509 Editing Theory and Practice  
    Requirements Permission Required (DP)
    Minimum Credits 4 Maximum Credits 4



  

  • CINE 525 Producing the Short Film

    In this course, Creative Producing students will produce a short film, completing the development, preproduction and production. They will also begin the editing and postproduction, with a plan for completion of their film. They will work in collaboration with students in the Cinema Directing program, who will serve as directors for these films.

    Repeatable: N
    Prerequisites CINE 506 Acquisition, Development & Presentation  
    Minimum Credits 2 Maximum Credits 2



  

  • CINE 527 Producing the Documentary

    This course prepares documentary students to work in the documentary production industry as a hired producer/director/writer. Students write and develop production packages suitable for known production companies and media outlets. Advanced producing topics are covered including complex budgeting, scheduling, hiring and delivery an distribution requirements.

    Repeatable: Y
    Formerly 24-5810
    Minimum Credits 2 Maximum Credits 2



  

  • CINE 528 The Business of Screenwriting

    Students will learn how the inner workings of the film industry directly affect their ambitions as screenwriters. They will understand that there is much more to being a screenwriter than writing the script alone. This course will give the students a working knowledge of finding an agent, researching producers for their material, dealing with studios, understanding different types of contracts, copyright law and the Writers Guild of America. Students will also have a chance to take their scripts through a professional submission process to the agent or production company of their choice.

    Repeatable: Y
    Formerly 24-5742
    Prerequisites CINE 507 Screenwriting I  
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



  

  • CINE 534 Cinema Studies I

    This is the first of three courses designed to investigate key historical moments of cinema and media through close critical analysis. The goal is to develop a sophisticated approach to the aesthetics of cinema and media as the basis of a professional vocabulary and methodology for creative producing. Particular attention will be paid to dramatic structure, meaning, subtext and authorship within specified film movements or niche markets.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 24-6605A
    Minimum Credits 1 Maximum Credits 1



  

  • CINE 535 Cinema Studies II

    This is the second of three courses designed to investigate key historical moments of cinema and media through close critical analysis. The goal is to develop a sophisticated approach to the aesthetics of cinema and media as the basis of a professional vocabulary and methodology for creative producing. Particular attention will be paid to dramatic structure, meaning, subtext and authorship within specified film movements or niche markets.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 24-6605B
    Prerequisites CINE 534 Cinema Studies I  
    Minimum Credits 1 Maximum Credits 1



  

  • CINE 540 Advanced Editing Seminar

    This intensive course provides an opportunity for editing students to collaborate on original creative work by advanced direction, thesis and independent projects, in a seminar environment. Deadlines are strictly enforced as editors collaborate with students in other areas of expertise in creating a short digital narrative project. Students also develop an extensive written career plan to showcase their creative work and important portfolio materials such as website, editing samples, resume, cover letters, and business cards.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 24-5406
    Prerequisites CINE 509 Editing Theory and Practice  
    Requirements Permission Required (DP)
    Minimum Credits 4 Maximum Credits 4



  

  • CINE 541 Sound Acquisition and Design

    This graduate course covers theory and aesthetics of sound as it is used in cinema and television, emphasizing storytelling through audio. Through lectures, demonstrations and exercises, students will learn how to record, edit, design and mix audio, with emphasis on visual media and the relationship of sound to emotion and story.

    Repeatable: N
    Minimum Credits 2 Maximum Credits 2



  

  • CINE 542 Media Financing

    In this course, Master of Fine Arts students will learn concepts and strategies for funding narrative films and documentary projects. Focus will be on both independent strategies, and studio / network funding. Crowd funding, grant writing, fiscal sponsorship, and equity funding will be among the topics covered.

    Repeatable: N
    Prerequisites CINE 508 Business and Legal  or CINE 503 Directing for the Screen I  
    Minimum Credits 1 Maximum Credits 1



  

  • CINE 548 Introduction to Cinema and Television Studies and Theory

    This course is designed to provide graduate students in the Department of Cinema and Television Arts with an introduction to foundational approaches in the study and analysis of film and television, focusing on film and television history and the ways in which creative artists can benefit from understanding the ways in which media scholars discuss film and television. Readings will offer students exposure to classical examinations of both mediums, and the course will provide opportunities for students to apply insights from these scholarly examinations to film and television of their choosing. An additional component of the course invites students to examine film and television theory and analysis through a critical lens, considering how foundational theories and methods are rooted in Western European, male and hetero-centric understandings of film and television.

    Repeatable: N
    Prerequisites CINE 504 Writing for Producers   or CINE 507 Screenwriting I  
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



  

  • CINE 551 Fiction / Documentary Hybrids

    This graduate production workshop explores the line that separates documentary and narrative media. Students in the class will examine the works of documentarians who are using fictional elements and narrative techniques in their work to call into question concepts of truth and reality, and to expand the definition of documentary.

    Concepts covered will include narrative shooting and editing techniques, documentary camerawork, interview techniques, research, scripting, recreations, and working with actors and subjects. Each student will produce media works that have factual and fictional elements, and which challenge the traditional definition of documentary. 

    Repeatable: N
    Prerequisites CINE 503 Directing for the Screen I  
    Requirements Permission Required (DP)
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



  

  • CINE 552 The Production Team

    This course is an introduction to the process and strategies required for short narrative film production. First year graduate producers will experience first-hand responsibilities as assistant director, line producer, production manager and related disciplines, in both structured on-set exercises and advanced films. The aim is for students to learn these various disciplines in order to  better produce their own projects, coordinate appropriate crew and advance their skills in navigating the challenges of larger scale work.

    Repeatable: N
    Minimum Credits 2 Maximum Credits 2



  

  • CINE 575 Experimental Production II

    Project-centered course stimulates and assists students in the creation of an alternative film, video, or digital work. Students will employ an aesthetic that explores, challenges, or subverts mainstream narrative or documentary structures. The class builds on topics from Experimental Production I, including camera experimentation and image manipulation, as well as the development of personal, political or social themes. Festivals, distribution and marketing of experimental film and video will also be emphasized. The class will produce a show at the end of the semester.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 24-5902
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



  

  • CINE 577 Documentary Projects

    This course develops advanced techniques in the process of documentary filmmaking, from idea, research, treatment, shooting techniques, to editing. Students produce a fully developed short documentary film which exhibits a sophisticated approach to documentary concepts, practices, aesthetics, and ethical problems encountered in contemporary documentary filmmaking. Students will workshop ideas leading to a production that communicates meaning, demonstrates an ethical concern for its subjects, affects its audience, and reflects an individual voice.  Graduate students will contribute to scholarship in documentary as well as practice professional exhibition strategies using press kits and other strategies.

    Repeatable: Y
    Requirements Permission Required (DP)
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



  

  • CINE 601 Advanced Preproduction

    Advanced Preproduction is an online workshop-style course in which Master of Fine Arts students will actively engage in the development and preproduction of their thesis project, creating preparatory materials, detailed plans, and developing strategies to bring them to the shooting stage of the project. Materials developed in this course will be utilized in the creation of the students’ greenlight package and thesis project.

    Repeatable: N
    Prerequisites CINE 512 Story Development  or  CINE 513 Ideation and Development  
    Minimum Credits 1 Maximum Credits 1



  

  • CINE 602 Long-Form Narrative Development

    Building upon their experiences and preliminary work in Acquisitions, Development & Presentation, students will continue to develop a slate of potential projects, specifically finding, developing, and acquiring the rights to material to be developed into a long-form narrative property (such as a feature length film or serialized storytelling such as a TV series, extended web series or transmedia project) and work to produce a first draft from which a production package can evolve in Long-Form Narrative Packaging.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 24-6614
    Prerequisites CINE 512 Story Development  
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



  

  • CINE 603 Directing for the Screen II

    Building on the foundations of Directing for the Screen I and Screenwriting I, students will develop, cast, rehearse, prepare, shoot, and edit two short narrative films through a series of lectures, written assignments, shooting exercises and training workshops. These classroom experiences are designed to provide the student with a better understanding of the relationship of character to dramatic scene and story, in an effort to become better visual storytellers.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 24-6362
    Prerequisites CINE 503 Directing for the Screen I 
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



  

  • CINE 604 Marketing, Distribution and Exhibition

    The Marketing, Distribution and Exhibition seminar is a course that explores the Marketing, Distribution and Exhibition phase in film, television and related media.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 24-6613
    Prerequisites CINE 512 Story Development  or CINE 681 Thesis Workshop  
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



  

  • CINE 611 Business Affairs

    Business Affairs is a Los Angeles-based seminar that introduces students to market trends in financing, ranging from entrepreneurial business plan-driven investment scenarios to more conventional distributor-driven opportunities, that include fundamentals in the roles of agents and managers. Students develop negotiating skills and further examine the art of effective negotiations.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 24-6611L
    Prerequisites CINE 604 Marketing, Distribution and Exhibition  
    Requirements Permission Required (DP)
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3



 

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