Mar 18, 2024  
2013-2014 Course Catalog 
    
2013-2014 Course Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Cinema Art + Science


Programs

Bachelor of Arts

Bachelor of Fine Arts

Master of Fine Arts

Courses

  • 24-1015 Production Design I


    Course provides an overview of production design for the visual media by exploring the history and theory of production design, as well as the application of art, design, and architecture to moving image storytelling. Students examine and critique case studies. Instruction covers the process of script analysis and breakdowns to budgeting for the art department. The roles and procedures of the art department will be introduced. Basics of architectural drafting and simple drawing will be covered. Students will be required to serve in the art department of an advanced film production.

    3 Credits
  • 24-1016 History and Techniques of Production Design


    The men and women who have become Production Designers have arrived from many different backgrounds. Production Designers strive to create a visual language that encompasses and defines the world we see in film. What techniques have designers developed and how have they evolved since cinemas early beginnings in the silent era, through the studio system, and into the digital age? By exploring the evolution of the profession, as well as the evolution of film both in Hollywood and the wider world, this course will provide historical context for the Production Designer.

    3 Credits
  • 24-1030 Moving Image Art


    Course provides a foundation in the history and aesthetics of moving image arts. Through individual films, clips, lectures, and discussion, students analyze major film movements that contributed to the development of narrative cinema. Organized thematically, course explores aesthetic, historical, technological and ideological moving image elements and their impact on the evolution of narrative construction in film & video. Students apply principles and concepts of film language as well as notions of story premise and theme to their creative production projects.

    4 Credits
    Requisites COREQUISITES: 52-1151 Writing and Rhetoric I  or 52-1111 Writing and Rhetoric I - Enhanced  or 52-1121 Writing and Rhetoric I for Non-Native Speakers of English  or 52-1151HN Writing and Rhetoric I: Honors  or COMPASS Placement Test score >= 97 or SAT (Scholastic Aptitude Test) score >= 710 or ACT (American College Test) score >= 30
  • 24-1031 Moving Image Production I


    Using observational writing, visual and aural sketching techniques, students conceptualize and develop creative projects that are adapted to the short film format emphasizing how aesthetic elements are woven into narrative forms. Preproduction and preparation for production include writing treatments, story-boarding and developing a workflow appropriate to the project. Short film stories are acquired using various audio and visual acquisition techniques. Students learn basic producing, directing, camera operation, lighting, composition and editing.

    4 Credits
    Requisites CONCURRENT: 24-1030 Moving Image Art  COREQUISITES: 52-1151 Writing and Rhetoric I  or 52-1111 Writing and Rhetoric I - Enhanced  or 52-1121 Writing and Rhetoric I for Non-Native Speakers of English  or 52-1151HN Writing and Rhetoric I: Honors 
  • 24-1080 Directed Study: Production


    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 the development and design of the project, oversee its progress, evaluate the final results, and submit a grade.

    1-3 Credits
    Requirements Application Required and Department Permission
  • 24-1100 Sound for Cinema: Introduction


    This introductory level course discusses theory and aesthetics of sound as it is used in film, & develops the workflows and vocabulary used for audio through all phases of production. Students record and edit audio to create stories that demonstrate the elements of a film soundtrack, including dialogue, sound effects, music, lull, and mix.

    3 Credits
  • 24-1180 Directed Study: Audio


    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 the development and design of the project, oversee its progress, evaluate the final results, and submit a grade.

    1-3 Credits
    Repeatable
    Requirements Application Required and Department Permission
  • 24-1200 Lighting I


    Course introduces basic film lighting techniques for students with little or no studio lighting experience. Students become familiar with important safety procedures and the uses of standard pieces of lighting equipment. The role of grip and gaffer on the film set is also explored. Special attention is given to important light measuring techniques, including use of the spotmeter. Course encourages intelligent, thoughtful approaches to lighting based on dramatic structure and script.

    4 Credits
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 24-1030 Moving Image Art  and 24-1031 Moving Image Production I  or 24-1010
  • 24-1280 Directed Study: Cinematography


    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.

    1-3 Credits
    Repeatable
    Requirements Application Required and Department Permission
  • 24-1300 Acting Techniques for Filmmakers


    Participation and performing emphasis course is designed to introduce fundamentals of the actor’s craft to directing students. Students delve into various acting techniques and introductory directing methods through improvisation, exercises, analysis, and scenework. Explored principles are applied to cinematic form while rehearsing and performing in front of the camera. The intended outcome is an enhanced understanding of the actor’s process and the collaborative relationship between actors and directors, as well as the initial development of a directoral language, process, and style.

    4 Credits
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 24-1030 Moving Image Art  and 24-1031 Moving Image Production I  or 24-1010
  • 24-1380 Directed Study: Directing


    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.

    1-3 Credits
    Repeatable
    Requirements Application Required and Department Permission
  • 24-1480 Directed Study: Post Production


    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.

    1-3 Credits
    Repeatable
    Requirements Application Required and Department Permission
  • 24-1581 Directed Study: Critical Studies


    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.

    1-3 Credits
    Repeatable
    Requirements Application Required and Department Permission
  • 24-1600 CVFX Supervisor


    This course focuses on the visual effects (CVFX) supervisor as artistic author of visual effects, a key creative member of a film who manages the preparations and implementation of computer-generated imagery into a live action film.

    3 Credits
    Repeatable
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 24-1020 Production II  or 24-2031 Moving Image Production II  and 24-2030 Project Development, PreProduction, and Preparation 
  • 24-1680 Directed Study: Producing


    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.

    1-3 Credits
    Repeatable
    Requirements Application Required and Department Permission
  • 24-1701 Idea Development for Film & Video


    Students will examine their own creative process as well as conceptualize and develop creative projects that can be adapted to the short film format. The goal is to generate a number of viable concepts and ideas that can be stockpiled for future use as well as to learn and implement development techniques by concentrating on a couple of those concepts and bringing them to the pre-production stage. Portfolios developed in this class can be used for future short film projects.

    1 Credits
    Repeatable
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 52-1151 Writing and Rhetoric I  or 52-1111 Writing and Rhetoric I - Enhanced  or 52-1121 Writing and Rhetoric I for Non-Native Speakers of English 
  • 24-1710 Scrnwriting I: Writing the Short Film


    Course is a workshop that explores basic methods of film writing and further develops the students’ skills in presenting their film ideas in written form. Students will develop craft skills basic to film and video writing: research, story development, scene structure, dialogue, and character definition. Emphasis is on finding visual equivalents for human emotions and on developing the writer’s individual personal vision. This work culminates in the development and revision of two short narrative scripts. Instrumental in the development of the student as a writer is the ability to read, and effectively critique, the work of their peers.

    3 Credits
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 52-1152 Writing and Rhetoric II 
  • 24-1780 Directed Study: Screenwriting


    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.

    1-3 Credits
    Repeatable
    Requirements Application Required and Department Permission
  • 24-1801 Introduction to Documentary


    Students will examine in-depth the methods by which non-fiction filmmakers develop, produce and distribute documentary films. Through a series of screenings, lectures, critiques and class discussions, a variety of long- and short-form documentary projects will be analyzed by students in relationship to: story, research, producing, directing, cinematography, editing, sound design, history, aesthetics, ethics and distribution. The class will link with material from each concentration area in the Department of Film & Video - but through the prism of non-fiction filmmaking.

    3 Credits
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 52-1151 Writing and Rhetoric I  or 52-1111 Writing and Rhetoric I - Enhanced  or 52-1121 Writing and Rhetoric I for Non-Native Speakers of English  or SAT (Scholastic Aptitude Test) score >= 710 or ACT (American College Test) score >= 30
  • 24-1810 Topics in Documentary:


    Non-production, rotating topics course looks at examples of documentary filmmaking. Such past topics have included cross-cultural filmmaking, the music documentary, and indigenous filmmaking. Students may repeat this course as topics change.

    3 Credits
    Repeatable
  • 24-1880 Directed Study: Documentary


    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.

    1-3 Credits
    Repeatable
    Requirements Application Required and Department Permission
  • 24-2000J Set Decorating Workshop for Film and Video


    Course provides a hands-on techniques review for set construction and dressing. Instruction covers the entire process, from scene analysis and breakdown, budgeting for the art department, set construction, props and dressing location and procurement, and dressing of constructed set. Strategies of collaboration are discussed.

    2 Credits
  • 24-2001 Cinematic Art in the Land of Leonardo


    In this course students investigate Florentine history and art as it relates to contemporary cinema by analyzing, planning, and filming segments from a film script. Special attention is paid to visual perspective, the impact of physical context on visual narrative, individual and collaborative approaches to art making, and the role of patronage, apprenticeship and mentorship. Primary references are Dante’s Inferno , Renaissance perspectival painting, and 20th century Italian Neo-Realism. Each topic is approached from the point of view of performance, photography/cinematography, design, and editing. The course will be of value to film students but also to actors, photographers, set and fashion designers, and those interested in art history and art criticism.

    3 Credits
    GA
  • 24-2010 Production Design II


    Building on the concepts introduced in Production Design 1 (24-1015), this course expands on the foundation of the student as designer with an emphasis on the development of the visual concept and collaboration with a director and cinematographer. New material includes the creative and technical aspects of the art department as they relate to physical production and location modification. Course covers the traditional skills of sketching, drafting, and concept art and explains how they are used to communicate a designer’s vision to production crews. Students will be required to collaborate with peers on an advanced production.

    3 Credits
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 24-1015 Production Design I 
  • 24-2011 Cinema Props


    Course emphasizes the safety, construction, and planning skills necessary to design, estimate, and construct three dimensional specialty props, models and miniatures for film. Emphasis is on the collaborative skills of transforming images from a designer’s sketches and concept art to working drawings and full three dimensional construction props. Techniques include carving, molding, casting, as well as scaling of paint and dress techniques for miniatures.

    3 Credits
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 24-2030 Project Development, PreProduction, and Preparation  and 24-2031 Moving Image Production II  and 24-1015 Production Design I  or 24-1020 Production II  and 24-1015 Production Design I 
  • 24-2012 Set Decoration


    Building on the concepts introduced in Production Design 1, course emphasizes the development and fulfillment of a film’s visual theme through set decoration. Course will include the creative and practical aspects of the Art Department as they relate to Set Decorating.

    3 Credits
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 24-2030 Project Development, PreProduction, and Preparation  and 24-2031 Moving Image Production II  and 24-1015 Production Design I  or 24-1020 Production II  and 24-1015 Production Design I 
  • 24-2013 Cinema Set Design and Construction Coordination


    Building on the concepts introduced in Production Design 1, course requires that the student act as both set designer and construction coordinator for an advanced student film. They will design, estimate costs, and construct sets with an emphasis on the safety and planning skills necessary to successfully fulfill the director’s and production designers’s vision.

    4 Credits
    Repeatable
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 24-1030 Moving Image Art  and 24-1031 Moving Image Production I  or 40-1302 Television Arts: Production  COREQUISITES: 24-1015 Production Design I 
  • 24-2014 Production Design Rendering Techniques


    Production Design for a film requires precise visual communication between all departments. This course emphasizes the rendering and drafting techniques necessary to create useful and believable previsualization images of sets, props, keyframes, and storyboards. Focus will be on utilizing elements and principles of design to compose drawings based on observation, understanding and utilizing perspective, and applying shading techniques and lighting.

    3 Credits
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 24-1015 Production Design I 
  • 24-2015 Cinema Models and Miniatures


    Course emphasizes the design and technical ability needed to create miniatures and models for film and video. Film examples will be analyzed for scale, medium, and style. Students will be introduced to physical modeling and sculpting techniques, media, scale, and architectural terms and concepts. Beginning from sketches and draftings, students will design and build miniature objects, environments, and characters utilizing a variety of materials.

    4 Credits
    Repeatable
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 24-1015 Production Design I  and 24-2013 Cinema Set Design and Construction Coordination  or 24-2011 Cinema Props 
  • 24-2030 Project Development, PreProduction, and Preparation


    This course explores and practices above-the-line roles and functions for project development, preproduction and preparation. Projects conceptualized, written, and developed are produced in the companion, co-requisite course Moving Image Production II. Students will draft scripts, schedule and budget projects, prepare visual and aural treatments, keep director/producer journals, conduct casting sessions, and critique edits in a team-based approach. Emphasis is on collaboration and team building.

    4 Credits
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 24-1030 Moving Image Art  and 24-1031 Moving Image Production I 
  • 24-2031 Moving Image Production II


    This course is a continuation of Moving Image Production I and continues a team-based approach to film production. Each team member serves as executive producer for one of four team projects which may include fiction, documentary or alternative forms. Produced projects are developed in the companion, co-requisite course Project Development. Emphasis is on intermediate production protocols including set operations, cinematography and lighting, audio acquisition and intermediate postproduction skills including developing a workflow to completion of the project.

    4 Credits
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 24-1030 Moving Image Art  and 24-1031 Moving Image Production I 
  • 24-2101 Post-Production Audio I


    Entry-level Sound for Cinema course offers instruction and exploration into the methodology and skills training of sound design and mixing for cinema. Course includes an introduction to the Digital Audio Workstation for sound editing, enhancement and manipulation, andre-recording mixing of the various categories of cinema sound. Students work on a variety of cinema sound projects that mirror professional practice and foster development of the necessary skills to proceed through the Sound for Cinema pathway.

    4 Credits
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 24-1030 Moving Image Art  and 24-1031 Moving Image Production I  or 24-1010
  • 24-2102 Post-Production Audio II


    Course explores the post-production techniques used in creating effective audio for film and video. Students develop aesthetic judgment by analyzing a variety of soundtracks and develop technical skills, including track building, ADR, Foley, and mixing, by employing these techniques in the design and creation of their own soundtracks.

    4 Credits
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 43-2420 Audio for Visual Media I  or 24-2101 Post-Production Audio I 
  • 24-2103 Location Sound Recording


    Course introduces students to synchronous audio technologies and applications for film and video. Areas covered include analog and digital recorders, mixers and microphone applications, signal flow, time-code, metadata, production protocols and pre-production strategies for film and video production. Students will become proficient in professional production sound protocols including recording, mixing and microphone applications.

    4 Credits
    Requisites COREQUISITES: 24-1020 Production II  or 24-1120 or 24-2030 Project Development, PreProduction, and Preparation  and 24-2031 Moving Image Production II 
  • 24-2104 Music for Film & Video


    Students are introduced to the language of film and how composers and music supervisors serve the needs of the frame while exploring the functions of the score and music licensing. Textural conceptualization and technology expanding emotional resonance are examined. Understanding the vocabulary of music, contemporary targeting issues impacting tone, voicing, spotting and the business of synchronization to picture are a vital component. Students develop musical application skills using analysis and creative projects to foster and enhance their understanding.

    3 Credits
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 24-2031 Moving Image Production II  and 24-2030 Project Development, PreProduction, and Preparation  or 24-1020 Production II 
  • 24-2106 The Art and Craft of Foley


    This workshop course offers hands-on projects designed to prepare students to cue, perform, and edit Foley tracks as needed for film, animation, television, and games. Small class projects will include studio time for performing footsteps, props, and cloth for Foley. Final projects will require the cueing, shooting, and editing of Foley on student films.

    2 Credits
    Repeatable
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 24-2102 Post-Production Audio II 
  • 24-2107 The Art and Craft of Automated Dialogue Replacement


    This workshop course offers hands-on projects designed to prepare students to cue, perform, and edit Automated Dialogue Replacement tracks as needed for film, animation, television, and games. Small class projects will include studio time for recording principal performers and group ADR. Final projects will require the cueing, shooting, and editing of ADR on student films.

    2 Credits
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 24-2102 Post-Production Audio II 
  • 24-2201 Image Design for Cinema


    Course examines issues of visual communication and design of the cinematographic image. Through lectures, practical assignments, and critiques, students refine their ability to use images to see, conceive, and communicate most effectively. They also develop critical thinking necessary for filmmakers when creating the visual concept of the story.

    3 Credits
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 24-1030 Moving Image Art  and 24-1031 Moving Image Production I  or 24-1010
  • 24-2202 Cinematography:Camera Seminar


    Course gives students working knowledge of 16mm and Super 16 motion picture camera equipment. Operation and maintenance procedures are specified for each camera. Instruction also coverse duties of the camera assistant and operator.

    4 Credits
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 24-2030 Project Development, PreProduction, and Preparation  and 24-2031 Moving Image Production II  or 24-1020 Production II 
  • 24-2203 Optical Printing I


    Course serves as a general introduction to the optical printer and its capabilities, emphasizing the basic operation of a J-K printer. Exercises involve control of focal techniques, exposure, time manipulation, superimposition, fades and dissolves, high contrast processing, mattes and countermattes for wipes and insets, blow-up and reduction, color adjustment, combination, and isolation.

    3 Credits
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 24-1030 Moving Image Art  and 24-1031 Moving Image Production I  or 24-1010
  • 24-2204 CVFX: Cinematography I


    Course teaches students the methodology of visual effects production through practical, hands-on application. Students acquire general knowledge of a variety of skills needed to effectively produce and direct a visual effects sequence.

    3 Credits
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 24-2030 Project Development, PreProduction, and Preparation  and 24-2031 Moving Image Production II  and 24-1200 Lighting I  or 24-1200 Lighting I  and 24-1020 Production II 
  • 24-2205 Cinematography for Visual Effect


    Lectures and examples of best current practices will inform and guide the students to a better understanding of the work required of the Visual Effects Cinematographer. Students will plan and execute simple, specific visual effects sequences that will give them an exposure to the basic principles of integrated Visual Effects production, with the emphasis on the creation of the cinematographic elements. This will be done in concert with elements from synthetic (computer generated) and physical effects sources, such as models, miniatures, bluescreen, greenscreen, motion controlled, computer controlled cameras, and artificial characters motivated by motion capture techniques. The design and creation of the cinematographic elements of the successful visual effects sequence is integrally relative to the design and execution of the aforementioned contributing elements and sources. Working collaboratively with these other disciplines in the context of simple, defined exercises and projects will give the student cinematographer a solid perspective on the best practices methodology and production of cinematographic elements of the successful visual effects sequence.

    4 Credits
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 24-2202 Cinematography:Camera Seminar  and 24-2204 CVFX: Cinematography I  or 24-2203 Optical Printing I 
  • 24-2206 Cinema Color 2


    Course expands upon concepts taught in Cinema Color 1, to deepen students’ competence in the aesthetics and technical aspects of digital image processing and color correction with a focus on the film transfer process. Content addresses advanced theory and application of color correction, image control, and manipulation techniques. Principles of color theory and the tools available to filmmakers are explored through lecture, interactive computer exercises, and hands-on experience with telecine, non-linear editing systems, and third-party applications

    3 Credits
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 24-2402 Editing II  or 24-3202 Special Studies: Cinematography I  or 24-2208 Cinema Color I 
  • 24-2206J Color Correction for Editors


    Course is designed for any Film & Video student, with specific value for the editor. Students acquire a working knowledge of aesthetics and the technical aspects of color correction as it applies to the editing environment. Course involves lecture and practical experience. A portion of the course is hands-on using the color correction programs on Avid Media Composer and Final Cut Pro NLE systems. Students may bring an existing project to work with during the workshop part of the class or exercises will be provided for them.

    2 Credits
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 24-2402 Editing II 
  • 24-2208 Cinema Color I


    Course teaches students a working knowledge of the aesthetics and technical aspects of the film-to-tape transfer process and digital image processing with a focus on color correction. Content addresses theory and application of color correction, image control, and manipulation techniques. Principles of color theory and the tools available to filmmakers engaged in the processes of electronic media and image manipulation are explored through lecture, interactive computer exercises, and hands-on experience with telecine, non-linear editing systems, and third-party applications.

    3 Credits
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 24-2401 Editing I  or 24-2201 Image Design for Cinema 
  • 24-2209 CVFX: Compositing I


    Lectures and demonstrations, with supporting materials, along with weekly exercises to reinforce the ideas and principles put forth in these presentations, will guide students toward a solid fundamental understanding of the visual effects postproduction process via the compositing workflow. Students will be given the opportunity to show what they have learned by executing a basic final project at the end of the semester, with a subsequent critique by the class and individually with the instructor.

    3 Credits
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 24-2401 Editing I  or 24-3600 Producing I: Production Team  or 24-2203 Optical Printing I  or 26-2040 Animation Storyboard & Concept Development 
  • 24-2210 Introduction to Digital Cinematography


    Introduction to Digital Cinematography will show students the similarities and differences between film camera systems and electronic camera acquisition systems, using lecture, demonstration, and example. Building on the fundamental knowledge that students have gained in the Foundation curriculum of the Film & Video Department, students will be shown how the basic functions and relationships in camera systems and support have similar attributes, and similar outcomes, but with sometimes very different methodologies and consequences relative to the production process. This knowledge will be integrally useful for student filmmakers in creative storytelling.

    3 Credits
    Repeatable
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 24-2030 Project Development, PreProduction, and Preparation  and 24-2031 Moving Image Production II  or 24-1020 Production II 
  • 24-2301 Directing I


    Course begins the study of the basic relationship between actor, text, and director, then expands to include staging, rehearsal techniques, and effective critiquing skills. Emphasis is on the development of director’s breakdowns, beat analysis, rehearsal techniques, and casting.

    6 Credits
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 24-1020 Production II  and 24-1300 Acting Techniques for Filmmakers  or 24-2031 Moving Image Production II  and 24-2030 Project Development, PreProduction, and Preparation  and 24-1300 Acting Techniques for Filmmakers 
  • 24-2302 Comedy Directing Workshop


    Course teaches students to develop and direct comic material using a series of in-class writing assignments that are quickly tested through staging and critique. This trial-and-error process helps students develop a unique comedic voice and creates a body of work to be refined and videotaped later in the semester. Course culminates in a short, scripted comedy film, shot outside of class and edited for class review.

    6 Credits
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 24-2301 Directing I 
  • 24-2401 Editing I


    Course helps students develop the basic non-linear editing skills needed to tell stories effectively through screenings, practical hands-on assignments, using NLE editing software, readings, and lectures. Organizational skills needed to handle NLE offline digital video and audio materials are covered. Editing exercises consist of various editing genres, using scenes from longer works. Students receive ongoing critiques of their work to determine their proficiency of craft and creativity.

    4 Credits
    Requirements 24 Earned Credit Hours
  • 24-2402 Editing II


    Hands-on course helps students continue to develop the necessary skills to become professional editors. Editing projects are increasingly more complex, concluding with finishing a short film. Communicating and collaborating with a director is emphasized. Students use professional state-of-the-art non-linear digital editing equipment and receive ongoing critiques of their work to determine their proficiency of craft and creativity. Understanding NLE workflow from capturing footage through exporting the final project is emphasized.

    4 Credits
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 24-2401 Editing I  or 24-2401A Editing I 
  • 24-2404 Digital Workflow


    This repeatable course consists of subjects supporting the creative workflow of digital cinema. This course would be of interest to developing Editors, Cinematographers, Post-Production Supervisors, VFX Supervisors or Producers seeking fluency in the specialized language of digital processing of media from production through post.Topics could include: Codecs and Formats; Storage and Media Share; Managing multiple sources; Digital Camera Post-Production Workflows (RED, P2, Canon 5D, etc.). Classes include lectures, demos, site visits and practice. Students choose to register for the topic/semester that best address their interests and needs.

    1 Credits
    Repeatable
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 24-2401 Editing I  or 24-2401A Editing I 
  • 24-2405 Topics in Editing


    This repeatable course consists of rotating subjects of interest to the developing editor or filmmaker who appreciates the importance of post-production. Suggested topics include: Montage history, meaning and application; Editing Action; Editing Unscripted Material; Director/Editor collaboration; the work of influential editors.Topics address relevant post-production subjects that merit in depth exploration. Classes include lectures, films clips, written papers and/or exercises. Students choose to register for the topic/semester that best address their interests and needs.

    1 Credits
    Repeatable
  • 24-2406 Advanced Postproduction Tools


    In Advanced Post-Production Tools, students will advance and deepen their skills in complete post-production workflows through a series of topics which can include a range of post-production activities. Through lectures, demonstrations and exercises, students will practice and apply their skills as they master complete post-production workflows.

    3 Credits
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 24-2401 Editing I  or 24-2401A Editing I 
  • 24-2423 History of Motion Graphics


    This course introduces students to Motion Graphics through a historical and cultural survey. The course will include early graphic animation, art based experimentation, technical milestones, historic and contemporary practitioners and inquiry into how we critically read this visual culture.

    3 Credits
  • 24-2500 Cinema Studies I


    Course is an intermediate level writing- and-research-intensive study of film aesthetics and theory. Students are taught how to write about film using four classical approaches in cinema studies: aesthetic and semiotic analysis, authorship, reception theory, and genre and ideological analysis. In order to focus more on writing and course content, screenings will be limited to a few films that have been selected because of their potential to be viewed from different perspectives. The screenings may change at the discretion of the instructor but the nature and number of the assignments will remain the same for each offering of the course.

    3 Credits
  • 24-2501 Authorship:


    Screening/discussion course is an intensive study of a single director (or directors) as auteur. The featured director(s) changes each semester. Class examines recurring themes, stylistic innovations, and differentiating interpretations of directors’ films. Course may be repeated as featured directors change.

    3 Credits
    Repeatable
  • 24-2510 Studies in Film Genre:


    Course explores the conventions of film genres and their influence on style and content of motion pictures. Topics covered in the past have included The Thriller, Cult Classics, The Western, and Film Noir. Course may be repeated as topics change.

    3 Credits
    Repeatable
  • 24-2511 Science Fiction Visions of a Post-Human Future


    Course examines science fiction visions of a post-biological, post-human future. Through films (Blade Runner, 2001: A Space Odyssey, and The Matrix), novels, (Snow Crash and Blood Music), the internet, and other media, students explore fundamental questions of human and gender identity. Students examine contemporary anxieties fueled by the creation of artificial life, genetic engineering, the replacement of body parts, the threat of biological and electronic viruses, and predictions that intelligent, self-replicating machines represent the next stage of human evolution.

    3 Credits
    HU
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 24-2030 Project Development, PreProduction, and Preparation  and 24-2031 Moving Image Production II  or 24-1510 and 24-1500
    Requirements 24 Enrolled Credit Hour
  • 24-2520 Studies in National Cinema:


    Course investigates how social, economic, and political institutions of a particular country affect film style and content. In turn, course considers how movies provide metaphorical snapshots of their culture at a specific moment. Examining both U.S. and other cultures, movies and videos allow for the viewing of art as a construction of a culture, not simply a personal or natural phenomenon. Course is important for all film and video students in the media treatment of a culture. Past topics have included Iranian cinema, cinemas of Australia and New Zealand, Pan African cinema, and Czech New Wave cinema. This course may be repeated as topics change.

    3 Credits
    Repeatable
  • 24-2540 Studies in Film History:


    Course investigates how social, economic, and political institutions affect film and video style and content during a specific era. In turn, it looks at how movies provide metaphorical snapshots of their culture at these moments. Topics covered in the past have included films of the ‘50s, films of the ‘60s, films of the ‘70s, movies and war propaganda, and black roles in film and society. Course may be repeated as topics change.

    3 Credits
    Repeatable
  • 24-2540J Studies in Film History


    Course investigates how social, economic, and political institutions affect film and video style and content during a specific era. In turn, it looks at how movies provide metaphorical snapshots of their culture at these moments. Topics covered in the past have included films of the ‘50s, films of the ‘60s, films of the ‘70s, movies and war propaganda, and black roles in film and society. Course may be repeated as topics change.

    2 Credits
    Repeatable
  • 24-2550 World Cinema I, Beginnings to Neorealism


    This course is designed as a survey of the beginnings of world cinema. It explores development of world cinema from its beginnings in the late nineteenth century to the neo-realist movement in the 1940s. Emphasis is placed on major directors, films and movements that contributed to the development of narrative cinema. The course will investigate several major film movements and individual films, paying close attention to their aesthetic, historical, technological and ideological significance. Students will research and write papers and be involved in a number of other in-class and online research activities to help engage them actively with the material.

    3 Credits
    Requirements 24 Enrolled Credit Hour
  • 24-2551 World Cinema II, 1940’s to the Present


    This course is designed as a survey of the beginnings of world cinema. It explores development of world cinema from the 1940s to the present. Emphasis is placed on major directors, films and movements of the modern era. The course will investigate several major film movements and individual films, paying close attention to their aesthetic, historical, technological and ideological significance. Students will research and write papers and be involved in a number of other in-class and online research activities to help engage them actively with the material.

    3 Credits
    Requisites COREQUISITES: 52-1151 Writing and Rhetoric I  or Computer Application Proficiency EXC score >= 60
    Requirements 24 Enrolled Credit Hour
  • 24-2560 Short Forms in Film & Video


    Course views and studies narrative and experimental short films and videotapes to define the range of structural and stylistic techniques available to student filmmakers and to provide models for kinds of filmmaking encouraged by the College’s production program. Examples are drawn from a variety of sources and are grouped into structural and stylistic categories for analysis and comparison.

    3 Credits
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 24-2030 and 24-2031 or 24-1510 and 24-1500
  • 24-2561 Studies in Film Aesthetics


    Course investigates how artistic and cultural movements and technological innovations determine and enhance the aesthetics development of the medium. Previous topics have included expressionism; surrealism; and aspects of film: cinemascope, technicolor, stereophonic sound, and 3-D. Course may be repeated as topics change.

    3 Credits
  • 24-2580 Sexual Perspectives in Film


    Course includes historical, psychological, and sociological examinations of the role of gender, sexual behavior and relationships, shifting concerns, and changing morals as presented in cinema. Topics for examination might include gay and lesbian filmmaking, the image of women in film, male myths, and feminist filmmaking. This course may be repeated as the subject changes.

    3 Credits
    Repeatable
  • 24-2600J Script Supervision and Film Continuity Workshop


    Course focuses on the role of the script supervisor, a film profession responsible for maintaining script continuity, working with the director to ensure that scenes are completely covered, and preparing daily notes for the editor and post-supervisor. Course will also cover the script supervisor as a critical crew position and will enhance students’ understanding of the multitude of details that must be addressed in production and the resulting impact on post-production through the creation and dissemination of associated on-set documentation and the management of continuity protocol.

    2 Credits
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 24-2030 Project Development, PreProduction, and Preparation  and 24-2031 Moving Image Production II 
  • 24-2680 Directed Study: Producing


    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.

    1-6 Credits
    Repeatable
    Requirements Application Required and Department Permission
  • 24-2700 Script Analysis


    Course provides students with an opportunity to learn more about various concentrations by examining the methods by which professionals approach, break down, or prepare a script for filming. Students analyze various drafts of scripts from several feature length and shorter films. Beginning with story analysis, class analyzes scripts in relationship to producing, directing, acting, production design, cinematography, editing, and sound design. Scripts’ strengths and weaknesses are discussed in relation to each of the production areas. Course material links with material from each of the major concentration areas in the Film and Video Department.

    3 Credits
    Requisites COREQUISITES: 52-1151 Writing and Rhetoric I  or 52-1111 Writing and Rhetoric I - Enhanced  or 52-1121 Writing and Rhetoric I for Non-Native Speakers of English 
  • 24-2701J The Art of Pitching


    Course will look at various media to see how others pitch their stories or products, and practice pitching before the class and before professionals. The focus will be upon presenting the student’s personal work to a potential buyer, executive producer, or similar client. Students will work on crafting their loglines and pitches in writing before conversion to verbal presentation.

    1 Credits
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 24-1020 Production II  and 24-1500 and 24-1510 and 24-1710 Scrnwriting I: Writing the Short Film 
  • 24-2703 Analyzing Dramatic Structure in LA


    Course analyzes a variety of one-hour episodic dramas currently in production. A variety of speakers from the industry will illuminate the shows, describing how they were developed, written, and produced.

    3 Credits
  • 24-2705 Comparative Screenwriting:


    Repeatable course provides students with an extensive examination of the screenwriter’s role, career and development, and relationship to the production process. These objectives are achieved by comparing and contrasting two writers who operate in different ways. For example, a screenwriter who directs his or her own materials is compared to a writer whose work is directed by someone else; a Hollywood screenwriter is contrasted with an independent writer; a classical narrative writer is compared to a nontraditional writer. Students study the role of the screenwriter and the impact of the writer on the production process.

    3 Credits
    Repeatable
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 24-2700 Script Analysis  and 24-2710 Screenwriting II: The Feature Film 
  • 24-2710 Screenwriting II: The Feature Film


    Course teaches students to produce longer and more complex screenplays; facilitates a deeper understanding of the screenwriting process; and enables students to develop character, story, and linear structure. Students master systematic work habits in order to fully develop the screenplay, from initial idea to completed script. Course also provides students with the opportunity for consistent critique of their screenwriting.

    3 Credits
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 24-1710 Scrnwriting I: Writing the Short Film 
  • 24-2715 Adaptation


    Course examines problems, obstacles, and reconstruction principles inherent in adapting a literary work for the screen. Content focuses primarily on the kinds of short work attractive to low-budget filmmakers and works possible within the Columbia production program.

    3 Credits
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 24-1710 Scrnwriting I: Writing the Short Film 
  • 24-2716L Adaptation II in LA


    This course requires that students develop a previously completed work of prose (non-scripted material) into an expanded step outline and then a visual treatment. The outlining process will involve breaking down the prose, streamlining it into visual and essential dialogue, and registering the step outline with the W.G.A. Based on feedback from a story editor, the students will revise their outline and write a visual treatment to be pitched to development executives at the end of the program. Before attending the program, students must demonstrate they have the rights to the material (as the original or with author’s documented permission).

    3 Credits
    Requirements Accept in Sem in LA Prog
  • 24-2718L Acquiring Intellectual Property for Adaptation in LA


    This course is designed to help students better understand the process of optioning copyrighted material by other writers. During their first week, students will research and choose three works of prose by other writers for optioning. Taking their first choice, students will attempt to locate the rights through publishers, lawyers, agents, etc. There will be weekly individual meetings to check on student progress. If a student’s first choice falls through due to already being optioned, or too many legalities, the student will try to option his/her second choice (and so on).

    3 Credits
    Requirements Accept in Sem in LA Prog
  • 24-2720 Genres in Screenwriting:


    Course will study several screenplays, each of which effectively captures a sense of the genre chosen for the current semester. Students examine the screenplays in terms of the writers and the scripts’ ability to deal with contemporary or universal issues and themes in the context of the designated genre. Students will develop and write the first draft of a screenplay based upon techniques and elements of the specific genre but reflective of their own personal themes as well. This is a repeatable course wherein the genre rotates from semester to semester. Previous genres have included film noir, horror, science fiction, comedy, action adventure, and psychological thriller.

    3 Credits
    Repeatable
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 24-2710 Screenwriting II: The Feature Film  or 40-2722 Screenwriting II: The Feature Film 
  • 24-2723 Writers’ Roundtable in LA


    Course builds and emphasizes the students’ skills for the development of an appropriate storyline for the one-hour format. Students will explore a variety of television genres and ultimately write a finished television script utilizing the current computer software programs for professional screenwriting.

    3 Credits
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 40-2201 The Television Producer 
    Requirements Accept in Sem in LA Prog
  • 24-2730 Screenwriting Workshops:


    Course is designed to help the students write better and more effective scripts. Students will learn a variety of approaches and techniques. This is a repeatable course with rotating topics, which in the past have included co-writing and experimental screenwriting.

    3 Credits
    Repeatable
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 24-2710 Screenwriting II: The Feature Film  and 24-2700 Script Analysis  or 40-2722 Screenwriting II: The Feature Film  and 24-2700 Script Analysis 
  • 24-2731L Screenwritng Workshop: Reading for Coverage in LA


    This course requires that students read and analyze a variety of scripts preparing coverage as practice for entry-level positions in screenwriting or preparing for jobs in Hollywood development offices.

    3 Credits
    Repeatable
    Requirements Accept in Sem in LA Prog
  • 24-2732L Screenwriting Workshhop: Coverage of Adapted Screenplays in LA


    This course requires that students read and analyze a variety of source stories, scripts based on those source stories, and films made from those scripts as a way to learn adapting techniques. Students will learn and prepare prose coverage and script coverage as a method of analyzing adaptation approaches and as practice for entry level positions in screenwriting or preparing for jobs in Hollywood development offices.

    3 Credits
    Requirements Accept in Sem in LA Prog
  • 24-2733 Screenwriting LA


    Course builds and emphasizes the students’ skills for the development of an appropriate storyline for the one-hour format. Students explore a variety of television genres and ultimately write a finished television script utilizing the current computer software programs for professional screenwriting.

    3 Credits
    Requirements Accept in Sem in LA Prog
  • 24-2735 Screenwriting Workshops:


    Course is designed to help students revise and rewrite work previously written using a variety of approaches and techniques. Students learn to reexamine, reevaluate, and think critically about their own work and their classmates.

    3 Credits
    Repeatable
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 24-2710 Screenwriting II: The Feature Film 
  • 24-2755 Developing Comedy on Location: Florence


    3 Credits
    Repeatable
  • 24-2791 Independent Project: Screenwriting LA


    Course teaches students methods of pitching and marketing their film ideas in individual consultation with prearranged faculty advisor and guest speakers, primarily using the student script from Screenwriting III.

    0 Credits
    Repeatable
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 24-3711
    Requirements Accept in Sem in LA Prog
  • 24-2796 Independent Project: Intensive Study


    Course allows students to undertake independent projects in intensive study, under the advisement of a faculty member, to receive credit for attending screenwriting-related workshops or seminars conducted by professional organizations or schools other than Columbia College Chicago.

    0 Credits
    Repeatable
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 40-2722 Screenwriting II: The Feature Film  or 24-2710 Screenwriting II: The Feature Film 
    Requirements Application Required and Permission of Coordinatr
  • 24-2797 Independent Project: Analysis


    Course allows students to have individual consultation with a prearranged faculty advisor to analyze or critique screenplays as a method of better understanding the craft and improving their screenwriting. Students must complete a rigorous application process.

    0 Credits
    Repeatable
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 24-2700 Script Analysis 
    Requirements Application Required and Permission of Coordinatr
  • 24-2798 Independent Project: Development/Draft


    Course allows individual consultation with a prearranged faculty advisor to develop a script idea into treatment format or a first draft. Students must complete a rigorous application process.

    1-6 Credits
    Repeatable
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 40-2722 Screenwriting II: The Feature Film  or 24-2710 Screenwriting II: The Feature Film 
    Requirements Application Required and Permission of Coordinatr
  • 24-2799 Independent Project: Work-in-Progress


    Course consists of independent projects that allow students individual consultation with a prearranged faculty advisor, enabling the student to rewrite a script begun in a previous class or independent project or to develop a script from a prewritten treatment. Students must complete a rigorous application process.

    1-6 Credits
    Repeatable
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 40-2722 Screenwriting II: The Feature Film  or 24-2710 Screenwriting II: The Feature Film 
    Requirements Application Required and Permission of Coordinatr
  • 24-2803 Culture, Race and Media


    Course enables students to analyze subtle and subliminal messages about culture, race ethnicity, gender, religion, class, and ability as presented to us through the media–television, film, and print, which has a pervasive influence upon how we view the world. Through open discussions of difference, research, and stimulating readings, students will learn who we are and why we view things the way we do. Expected outcomes include new insights into media influence and our responsibility as media makers, a research project, and self-examination of personal cultural and racial identity.

    3 Credits
    PL SS
    Requirements 30 Completed credit hour
  • 24-2805 The Sound of Documentary


    This course is designed for Documentary students who wish to explore the creative possibilities of the soundtrack in documentary filmmaking. It will combine theory and case studies with hands-on exercises and/or seminars in disciplines such as location sound recording, effects, Foley, sound editing, and mixing. Sound designing, audio, documentary, writing and recording the narration, and composing for documentaries will also be addressed. There will be visits to and/or lectures from professionals in relevant industries.

    3 Credits
  • 24-2806 Documentary Research and Writing


    Course serves as a comprehensive overview of documentary research methods and approaches to pragmatic documentary writing. Students will critically analyze and evaluate primary, secondary, and tertiary sources and evidence; develop research protocols and methodology; and conduct primary research resulting in a working hypothesis leading to a proposal premise. Students will synthesize research findings to draft various forms of documentary writing. Additionally, students will examine, understand, and apply legal and ethical elements to documentary preproduction and preparation.

    3 Credits
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 24-2030 Project Development, PreProduction, and Preparation  and 24-2031 Moving Image Production II  or 24-1020 Production II 
  • 24-2807 Documentary Storytelling


    Course begins with an overview of the relationships between story and discourse in narrative storytelling. This includes narrative voice and perspective, the temporal and spatial arrangements of events and mutual influences between plot and character. Once fundamental principles are established, the focus shifts specifically to documentary film. By studying excerpts from existing works, students develop an understanding of narrative approaches to documentary and apply that knowledge to a personal project they wish to develop.

    3 Credits
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 24-2030 Project Development, PreProduction, and Preparation  and 24-2031 Moving Image Production II  or 24-1020 Production II 
    Requirements 24 Enrolled Credit Hour
  • 24-2809 Documentary Production I: Basic Field Production


    Intensive workshop course gives students a solid grounding in basic documentary field production including a variety of hand-held camera moves, essential three point lighting techniques with minimal equipment. Students will develop basic wired and wireless sound recording techniques. Additional topics include set protocols and crew coordination strategies, checklists and preparation, logging, and labeling.

    1 Credits
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 24-2030 Project Development, PreProduction, and Preparation  and 24-2031 Moving Image Production II  or 24-1020 Production II 
  • 24-2811 Producing and Directing the Interview


    Intensive course gives students a comprehensive advanced approach to producing and directing interviews in assorted scenarios and venues. Students will prepare question banks based on pre-interviews and research. Students will practice friendly, adversarial, and investigative techniques. Additional topics include booking, scheduling, visualizing the interview, crew communication, coordination, and creative directing for specific styles. Ethics and legal aspects of the interview will be explored.

    1 Credits
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 24-2815 Documentary Production II: Intermediate Field Production  or 40-2100 Television Arts: Writing  and 40-2401 Production and Editing II 
  • 24-2812 The Interview: Lighting, Shooting and Sound Acquisition


    Intensive course uses practical hands-on application; students will explore intermediate and advanced approaches to shooting, lighting, and acquiring sound for both formal and alternative styles of on-camera interviews.

    1 Credits
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 24-2030 Project Development, PreProduction, and Preparation  and 24-2031 Moving Image Production II  or 24-1020 Production II 
  • 24-2815 Documentary Production II: Intermediate Field Production


    Intensive workshop course gives students additional grounding in intermediate documentary field production including a variety of visual strategies, sophisticated three point lighting techniques with advanced equipment. Students will work with advanced sound recording techniques. Additional topics include one person crew strategies and production problem solving.

    1 Credits
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 24-2030 Project Development, PreProduction, and Preparation  and 24-2031 Moving Image Production II  or 24-1020 Production II 
  • 24-2820 Documentary Cinematography


    This course focuses on the language, practice and art of visual storytelling in the documentary form. Students will examine the cinematographer’s role in the ideation, shooting and editing of non-fiction film content. Through a series of screenings, lectures, experiential exercises and class discussions, students will better understand the history and practice of cinematography as it pertainsto story, character and structure - all through the prism of documentary.

    3 Credits
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 24-1200 Lighting I  or 24-2809 Documentary Production I: Basic Field Production  or 24-2812 The Interview: Lighting, Shooting and Sound Acquisition  or 24-2815 Documentary Production II: Intermediate Field Production 
  • 24-3001 Transmedia Analysis: Games, Film and Television


    Modern storytelling is not constrained to one medium. This course provides students with an opportunity to learn about the ways in which core narrative properties can be adapted to various media, specifically narrative games, television, and film. Through selected case studies, students will analyze the ways in which core narrative properties are defined, adapted, and transformed across media. This class is a prerequisite for the Semester in LA/Transmedia Production: Games, Film, and Television course.

    3 Credits
    Requisites PREREQUISITES: 36-2800 Story Development for Interactive Media  or 24-2710 Screenwriting II: The Feature Film  or 40-3202 Writing for Television 
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