Fiction Workshop

Catalog description

Students will direct short fiction projects using either film or digital media and serve on the production crew for other projects. Students specializing in a cinematic craft will work in important creative capacities (cinematography, editing, and sound) on two or more projects. Students are encouraged to explore individual styles and concepts. Intensive pre-production protocol and documentation are followed. Students will devise how to best translate a screenplay into a fleshed-out motion-media dramatic experience. Acumen in areas such as shot selection, performance motivation, and resource management will be necessary. Editing and sound design will be completed as well. Students will complete projects for screening at the end of the semester.