Film/Television Production

Pre/co-requisite: MA 500 or MA 501 or MA 800

Offered every Fall, 3 credits

An exploration, using state-of-the-art digital cameras and nonlinear editing systems, of all aspects and stages of the video production process from pre to post. Working as individuals or in small production teams, students complete a video project of their own design.

Prerequisite: MA 560

Offered on occasion, 3 credits

An intensive exploration of the art and science of multi-camera production. Students

work cooperatively at an accelerated pace on projects of their own design and examine various remote and studio technologies, directorial strategies, and production techniques.

 

Prerequisite: MA 560

Offered annually, 3 credits

Students join forces to complete a DV project in five days from inception to final end screen credits with original music. Students write, pre-produce, direct, shoot, edit, insert graphics, add music and turn in a final copy of a ten-to- fifteen minute narrative or mockumentary in a particular genre and film style. This course takes skills acquired in previous courses and applies them in a way that most emulates the conditions of actual production.

Prerequisite: Permission of the Instructor.

Offered on occasion, 3 credits

 

A five-day intensive workshop designed to teach participants how to create, develop and plan effective, well-designed multi-media presentations for the classroom and professional conferences and seminars.

Prerequisite: MA 550 or MA 561

Offered on occasion, 3 credits

An exploration of the experience of acting from the director’s point of view and of the working relationship between actor, director, writer and script. Students participate in scene study, improvisation, directing and acting exercises.

Prerequisite: MA 560

Offered on occasion, 1 credits

This class focuses on a variety of video production-based skills that enhance students’ ability to perform using a multitude of technical tools used in production. It introduces students to the user interface and main features of Final Cut Pro editing software.  Students learn to set up systems, adjusting preferences and settings, overwriting and insert editing, assembling and trimming sequences, capturing video and audio, and more.  Prospective students should be comfortable with menu-driven computer navigation and possess a basic knowledge of editing terminology.

Prerequisite: MA 560

Offered annually, 3 credits

This course explores the aesthetic implementation of effective editing by looking at the craft in various genres and iterations. From theatrical narrative, commercial, montage, documentary, trailer, industrial and web–episodes students learn story telling through the sequencing of shot and images.  Along with this a technical understanding of Codex’s, transcoding, output formats, mixing and basic DVD authoring will be taught through the Final Cut Pro suite. This class balances the theoretical underpinnings of cinema offering students applicable skills in the grammar of editing.

Prerequisite: MA 560

Offered annually, 3 credits

At the heart of the expression of visual media is light.  This course will explore the nature, content, and the uses of light in film/video, stills, and animation. We will look at how light creates mood, depth and an emotional experience within the media. This is a hands-on production class, which requires that each student have competency in his or her form of media. Most projects will be delivered in a media form of the students choosing. We will learn to work with natural light, lighting kits, and in some cases create our own lighting instruments to work with a variety of lighting styles, and shooting conditions. We will examine the additive and subtractive color modes and bring all of these tools together in a final project.  

Prerequisite: MA 500 or MA 501

Offered on occasion, 3 credits

This course explores researching, writing, and on-air production for television in the areas of news and features. Students will research, write and perform their own material before the camera utilizing up-to-the-minute newsroom technology, shooting in the field and studio technology.

Prerequisite: MA 590

Offered on occasion, 3 credits

This advanced course builds on the news writing and reporting skills gained in Broadcasting I. This course broadens the newsgathering, writing and producing functions to include other aspects of broadcasting including: features; in-depth and investigative reporting, web casting and journalistic blogging; and visual broadcast design. The course broadens the spectrum of reporting to include: business news; fashion and music news and features; and, reporting on global issues. As in the first course in the sequence, the range of skills honed here range from newsgathering techniques, crafting story structure, and broadcast presentation to researching complex social economic issues.

 

Prerequisite: MA 560

Offered every Spring, 3 credits

Expanding on the knowledge and experience gained in Media Arts 612, students use state-of-the-art digital cameras and nonlinear editing systems to complete an advanced level video project of their own design.

Prerequisite: MA 560

Offered on occasion, 3 credits

An intermediate class in which students produce synch-sound 16mm film projects and explore advanced lighting, editing, audio field recording and cinematographic techniques. Convergence technologies, such as digital color correction, video assist and nonlinear postproduction, are also explored.

Prerequisite: MA 560

Offered on occasion, 3 credits

Working in small production teams, students direct and edit mini-documentaries of their own design and genre.

 

Prerequisite: MA 560

Offered on occasion, 3 credits

This advanced studio class allows students to complete work on a highly specialized and involved film or video production.

Prerequisite: MA 560

Offered on occasion, 3 credits

This course builds on the techniques learned in Media Arts 640, expanding on script interpretation, camera interface, scene analysis and advanced directing skills.

Prerequisite: MA 560 and MA 660

Offered on occasion, 3 credits

In this advanced production class, students work collaboratively to develop projects as a team while focusing on the form and structure of all the stages of production.  Through a hands-on approach, students work collaboratively to develop projects as a team. This class covers aesthetics, drama, working with actors, lighting, framing, editing and marketing.

Pre/co-requisite: MA 560

Offered on occasion, 3 credits

This production class explores classic film-style shooting techniques for video production.

Prerequisites: MA 671

Offered on occasion, 3 credits

An advanced workshop that focuses on the completion of sophisticated individual projects in digital sound design or digital audio composition and production. Emerging tools, formats and styles are explored.