Basic Video/Filmmaking

Catalog description

COMM 242 Basic Video/Filmmaking (3) COMM 242 is an introductory course that emphasizes the development of creative expression and technical skills in digital film production. Students will explore modes of moving image representation through screenings, lectures, discussions, and especially through hands-on digital filmmaking. Students are required to construct projects that have both clear intentions and technically competent execution. The work of the course will facilitate the development of basic skills in image design, editing, and writing as they apply to single camera techniques for documentary, narrative, and experimental film modes. The course will also provide a basic cultural and historical context for the various production modes, and students will be encouraged to consider their own projects in relation to the work of other video and film artists. Creative collaboration and group critique are essential elements of the course. Students will be required to produce some collaborative projects, and to respond critically to the work of the other students in the course. Students will make projects using digital film cameras, microphones, portable lighting, and nonlinear editing stations.