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FILM 20A. Audio Production. 2 Units
Introduction to the theory and practice of audio production in radio, television, film and recording applications.
FILM 20B. Audio Production Lab. 1 Unit
Experience in audio console operation, microphone selection and use, and audio recording in radio, television, film and recording applications.
FILM 27A. Digital Film/Video Production. 2 Units
Introduction to the techniques and aesthetics of digital film making. The course covers camera technique and cinematography.
FILM 27B. Digital Film/Video Production Lab. 1 Unit
Introduction to the techniques and aesthetics of digital film making. The course covers camera angles, basic lighting, framing, and non-linear editing techniques.
FILM 97. Introduction to Film Studies. 3 Units
Examines cinematic techniques, styles, vocabulary, and discourses. Introduces different ways for writing about films and for working with a variety of cinematic terms. Film form and style will be studied by examining specific scenes in films from different genres, nations, and directors. Film used throughout the course will be selected from different historical periods.
FILM 98. Introduction to Film Discourse and Analysis. 4 Units
An introduction to cinematic vocabulary, film history, and film analysis. Through this introduction, students will learn how to write about and analyze film. The course prepares students for upper division work in film studies and cultural analysis. The course includes a significant research and/or creative project.
FILM 105. Film Theory and Criticism. 4 Units
Survey of film theory focusing on Auteurism, Class, Expressionism, Formalism, Genre, Gender, Narratology, Neorealism, Phenomonology, Post-Structuralism, Psychoanalysis, Realism, Semiology, Structuralism, and Third Cinema.
FILM 121. Media Aesthetics. 3 Units
Overview and analysis of the primary aesthetic tools used to create messages in video and film. The basic properties of light, color, area, space, shape, sound, time and motion are defined and discussed as they relate to media production. Introduces students to the concepts and vocabulary necessary for effectively conceiving, producing or criticizing mediated messages. Designed primarily for students with interest in digital media. Provides a foundation for students working in media criticism.
FILM 124. Writing Scripts for Film/Video. 3 Units
Developing narratives, documentaries, educational, promotional, and experimental short screenplays. Students are expected to develop a writing style and master screenwriting and audio/visual scripting formats. Scripts will be developed to be produced in advanced production courses: COMS/FILM 128 and COMS/FILM 185.
FILM 124F. Avant-Garde Film. 3 Units
A survey of experimental films from the beginning of the cinema in the 1890s through today's avant garde. The course will emphasise film making as a means of personal, artistic expression and will pay particular attention to those aspects of cinema that are typically ignored or marginalized in mainstream Hollywood movies. Films we will study include those by: Melies, Porter, Richter, Leger, Cornell, Deren, Brackhage and Gehr.
FILM 128. Intermediate Production. 3 Units
Continued exploration of the digital filmmaking process through lecture, lab, and practical application. Project-based learning emphasizes working as a crew and the three distinct stages of production: prep, production, and post. Students write, produce, direct and edit original content to bring projects to fruition.
FILM 129. Film and Video Production Management. 3 Units
Management and administration of the preproduction and production process. Course to include script breakdown, budgeting, scheduling, and other preproduction and production management skills needed for film and video production. Special attention on the history, development and current practices of the Production Manager.
FILM 130. Staging and Lighting Digital Video. 3 Units
Introduction to the aesthetics, concepts and techniques used to control lighting in digital video productions. Aspects of staging, blocking and composition in the context of studio and location lighting.
FILM 141. Theory of Film/Video Editing. 3 Units
Study of history and theory of film and video editing. Many films are viewed and discussed, examining how editing theory is put into practice.
FILM 155. Contemporary World Cinema. 3 Units
A historical review of the development of major international film styles and themes. Theoretical and critical concepts derived from this study of international film and then used as the basis to analyze contemporary films of South America, Europe, India, East Asia, Africa and the Middle East. Emphasis is on both the development of formal film techniques and a comparison of the unique cultural values that shape the film narrative style.
FILM 185. Senior Practicum in Video Production. 3 Units
Assignments in various phases of video production including creative use of camera, sound and lighting, editing, production design, production planning/management, and directing.
FILM 192. Senior Seminar in Film. 3 Units
Research seminar that provides an in-depth investigation of film as an art form, a medium of mass communication and a means of personal expression. Subject will vary according to instructor.