Course Structure
Breaks, deadlines, weekly breakdown
Spring semester
Wednesday, February 1st, to Thursday May 18th
No classes
March 15th — Advisement day
March 22nd — Spring Break
Deadlines
March 29th, Assignment 1 — Silent Short (2-3 minutes)
April 26th, Assignment 2 — Nonfiction sequence with voice (2-3 minutes)
May 17th, Assignment 3 - Narrative fiction/nonfiction (3-5 minutes)
Week 1, February 1st
Course introduction and overview
How moving images work - history, film vs video, frame rates
Assignment 1 (Silent Short) discussion and groups
Week 2, February 8th
Sony NX100 overview and basic operation
Focus, exposure, white balance
Week 3, February 15
Framing and composition
In class camera exercise
Week 4, February 22nd
Coverage and shooting for continuity
Pre-production - loglines, treatments, storyboards
Week 5, March 1st
Continuity editing
Adobe Premiere Pro demonstration - cutting, transitions, titles
Week 6, March 8th
In class time for assignment 1
March 15th and 22nd - no classes
Week 7, March 29th
Alternatives to continuity
Early experimental animation and city symphonies
Montage
Essay films
Hybrid documentaries
Due Assignment 1 — Silent Short (60-90 seconds)
Week 8, April 5th
Ideas, stories, forms
Genres in fiction
Types of documentary
Discussion: assignment 2 ideas
Week 9, April 12th
C200 demonstration
Lighting: studio setups, natural light, DIY hacks
Week 10, April 19th
Sound - microphones, field recording, studio recording
Interviewing - setting up the shot, devising the questions
Week 11, April 26th
Indie filmmaking
Final project discussion
Pitching and proposals
Due Assignment 2 — Nonfiction sequence with voice (2-3 minutes)
Week 12, May 3
Experimental approaches to moving images
Slow motion
Timelapses
Week 13, May 10
In class review of final project footage
Week 14, May 17
[Remote class] Final project screening
Due (before class) Assignment 3 - Narrative fiction/nonfiction (3-5 minutes)
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