Media Construction (190-0-20)

Instructors

Erik Gernand

Meeting Info

Louis Hall 119: Tues, Thurs 1:00PM - 2:50PM

Overview of class

Working in concert with the practices studied in RTVF 220, this course will introduce fundamentals of moving image production. Throughout the course, students will participate in a series of projects that build skills for all stages of the production process. Through lectures, readings, screenings, labs, and individual and group assignments, all students will learn basic skills for working in audiovisual media (e.g. directing, visual design, cinematography, sound, and editing) with an emphasis on developing artistic collaboration. We will also use the experience of audiovisual production to interrogate historical and contemporary artistic practices with an eye toward the relationship and tension between directorial POV and visual culture.

Learning Objectives

- Camera and visual language fundamentals
- Lighting fundamentals
- Sound foundations
- Documentary and Narrative directing strategies
- Preproduction communication tools
- Editing and Postproduction techniques and theory
- Critique basics

Class Materials (Required)

Voice & Vision: A Creative Approach to Narrative Filmmaking 4th Edition by Mick Hurbis Cherrier and Gustavo Mercado

Each student must pay a $50 refundable security deposit to the equipment cage in Louis Hall which allows them access to the required equipment for this course.

Class Attributes

No Freshmen

Enrollment Requirements

Enrollment Requirements: Registration is restricted to RTVF Majors Only until the end of preregistration, after which time enrollment will be open to everyone who has taken the prerequisites (if any).

Associated Classes

LAB - Fisk Hall B-1: Mon 3:00PM - 5:50PM
- Louis Hall 106: Mon 3:00PM - 5:50PM

LAB - Fisk Hall B-1: Mon 6:00PM - 8:50PM
- Louis Hall 106: Mon 6:00PM - 8:50PM