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FILM 20A. Audio Production. Introduction to the theory and practice of audio production in radio, television, film and recording applications. Corequisite: FILM 20B. Cross-listed: COMS 20A. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 2.0
FILM 20B. Audio Production Lab. Experience in audio console operation, microphone selection and use, and audio recording in radio, television, film and recording applications. Corequisite: FILM 20A. Cross-listed: COMS 20B. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 1.0
FILM 27A. Digital Film/Video Production. Introduction to the techniques and aesthetics of digital film making. The course covers camera technique and cinematography. Corequisite: FILM 27B. Cross-listed: COMS 27A. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 2.0
FILM 27B. Digital Film/Video Production Lab. Introduction to the techniques and aesthetics of digital film making. The course covers camera angles, basic lighting, framing, and non-linear editing techniques. Corequisite: FILM 27A. Cross-listed: COMS 27B. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 1.0
FILM 97. Introduction to Film Studies. 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. Cross-listed: ENGL 97. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
FILM 105. Film Theory and Criticism. Survey of film theory focusing on Auteurism, Class, Expressionism, Formalism, Genre, Gender, Narratology, Neorealism, Phenomonology, Post-Structuralism, Psychoanalysis, Realism, Semiology, Structuralism, and Third Cinema. Cross-listed: ENGL 105. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
FILM 121. Media Aesthetics. 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. Cross-listed: COMS 121. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
FILM 124. Writing Scripts for Film/Video. 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. Prerequisite: ENGL 1A and ENGL 20. Cross-listed: COMS 124. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
FILM 124F. Avant-Garde Film. 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. Prerequisite: ENGL 97 or PHOT 102. Cross-Listed: INTD 124F. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
FILM 128. Non-Studio Video Production. Production of video materials using portable cameras and recorders. Application of electronic field production and post-production techniques. Prerequisite: FILM 20A, FILM 20B, FILM 27A and FILM 27B each with a grade of "B-" or better. Cross-listed: COMS 128. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
FILM 129. Film and Video Production Management. 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. Cross-listed: COMS 129. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
FILM 130. Staging and Lighting Digital Video. 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. Prerequisite: FILM 20A, FILM 20B, FILM 27A and FILM 27B each with a grade of "B-" or better. Cross-listed: COMS 130. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
FILM 141. Theory of Film/Video Editing. Study of history and theory of film and video editing. Many films are viewed and discussed, examining how editing theory is put into practice. Cross-listed: COMS 141. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
FILM 155. Survey of World Cinema. A historical review of the development of major international film styles and themes. Concepts derived from this study of international film are then used as a basis to analyze contemporary films of South America, Europe, India, Asia, and Africa. Emphasis is on both the development of formal film technique and a comparison of the unique cultural values that shape the film narrative and style. Cross-listed: THEA 155. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
FILM 185. Senior Practicum in Video Production. Assignments in various phases of video production including creative use of camera, sound and lighting, editing, production design, production planning/management, and directing. Prerequisite: FILM 128 with a minimum grade of "C-" or better; and instructor permission. Cross-listed: COMS 185. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
FILM 192. Senior Seminar in Film. 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. Prerequisite: Completion of the Film Studies core, and (GWAR Certification before Fall 09, or WPJ score of 70+, or at least a C- in ENGL 109M/W). Cross-listed: COMS 192. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0