Media Construction (190-0-20)
Instructors
Ines R Sommer-Simpson
Meeting Info
Louis Hall 119: Tues, Thurs 10:00AM - 11:50AM
Overview of class
This course introduces students to foundational production and post-production concepts and techniques and emphasizes collaboration among artists working in different cinematic crafts over a series of projects that build skills for acquisition and post-production for television, film and interactive media. Through lectures, labs and individual and group assignments, all students will develop basic skills for work in audiovisual media (cinematography, sound, editing, and screen performance). We will also interrogate contemporary artistic and industrial practices and processes (including how they are affected by race, gender, and class). This is a supportive environment where students are encouraged to take risks and experiment as they discover their voice as visual storytellers. Students will have opportunities to work both individually and collaboratively.
Registration Requirements
none
Learning Objectives
Students will have a working knowledge of the core components, both technical and theoretical, of creating media. Students will work together in artistic teams to develop and enhance skills among those crafts while simultaneously interrogating working structures and industrial norms in terms of the problems of traditional hierarchies and the maintenance of racial, gender and class equity. Techniques gleaned in production will inform conceptual discussions and analysis, enhanced by readings and viewings of audiovisual media. Through cooperative planning and execution of their own work, students will expand their experience and perspectives on working methods and their critical responses to media across various platforms.
Teaching Method
Lecture, discussion, lab, and screenings.
Evaluation Method
Complete required projects, mid-term exam, complete assigned readings, participate fully in in classes and labs. Film projects will be evaluated on technical and creative merit.
Class Materials (Required)
Students have to pay a $50 refundable deposit to the equipment Cage after the first class meeting. This is a pre-requisite for checking out required equipment for class.
Book: Voice & Vision: A Creative Approach to Narrative Filmmaking, 3rd Edition By: Mick Hurbis-Cherrier Routledge, 2018 ISBN-13: 978-0415739986
External USB 3.0 hard-drive, 500 GB minimum (approximately $60 - $100)
Associated Classes
LAB - Fisk Hall B-1: Mon 3:00PM - 5:50PM
LAB - Fisk Hall B-1: Mon 6:00PM - 8:50PM