Directing for Film and Television

Catalog description

This course is an introduction to the art of directing. The course concentrates on the theories and application of professional directing techniques for the narrative, performance-based mediums of fiction film, television, and theater. Students will study the development of directing theories and techniques within these media over the last century and how they apply to professional directing today. Through exercises and projects students will apply these theories and techniques to develop the vocabulary and skills for directing short and long subject projects in these media. Students will learn the role and activities of the director in the pre-production, production, and post-production stages of a project. Students will also explore the varying roles and responsibilities of the director in theater, television, classical studio theatrical motion picture, and modern independent theatrical motion picture production.