The worlds of television, video, and film production have all begun to converge in the contemporary moment. The American film industry is increasingly embracing digital distribution to cut down on analog 35mm print costs. American television is often shot on film studio back lots, using single-camera production methods that have been steadily established through Hollywood. Moreover, in another cost-cutting move, more and more studios and filmmakers are embracing digital video as an economic and malleable means to produce both film and television content. With this technological and industrial convergence noted, this course is designed to give you an overview of international film history (silent film, Russian Formalism, Classical Hollywood Cinema, German Expressionism, French Impressionism and Surrealism, Italian Neorealism, the French New Wave, and American Independent Cinema), the film industry (production, distribution, and exhibition), and critical concepts in film production (film form, genres of film, and film style).
This course offers an
overview of and exposure to visual and media arts through a theoretical,
aesthetic, and practical framework. Students will be introduced to media
concepts, techniques, and theories in which they will analyze the context and
application of photography, video, audio, and film. As a result, students will
be equipped to construct their own theories about media. The practical
component of the course will emphasize the creative process from conception of the idea and writing through production and postproduction. Students will be given
a series of assignments in which they will produce short media projects in all
genres discussed. The course will culminate in a project in which the students
will choose the form of media they are most interested in working in.
- Teacher: Lovely Rose Kosca
This course is in-depth coverage of desktop publishing terminology, text editing, and the use of design principles. The emphasis is on layout techniques, graphics, multiple page displays, and business applications. It includes the conceptualization, design, and development of materials for digital production and reproduction.
The course provides the student with a landscape of communication research, its beginnings and development, its process, as well as its applications both in the media and in organizational and developmental contexts.
