56-2840 Physics for Filmmakers

This class deals with scientific principles that can help students be more accurate in their filmmaking. Emphasis is placed on motion, collisions, explosions, forces and energy. Other topics may include optics, electrical, magnetic and atomic phenomena as well as relativity and quantum theory. All these are discussed within the context of their use in cinema through analysis of selected film clips. The class includes relevant experiments that students have to perform and/or film. (Cameras are provided.) Students complete a short, creative film project on some of the physics they learned

3 Credits
SL
Requisites PREREQUISITES: ACT (American College Test) score >= 23 or 56-1720 College Mathematics or 56-2710 College Algebra or COMPASS Placement Test score >= 67 or SAT (Scholastic Aptitude Test) score >= 570