FILM 240 - Foundations

Semester Offered: Fall and Spring
1 unit(s)

This is a course about becoming a better finder, reader, and teller of visual stories. Through a series of exercises and video projects we cover every aspect of production, from the smallest and most technical aspects of lighting and shooting to the big-picture issues of production ethics and theory. Over the course of the semester we are all videographers, sound designers, editors, writers, directors, producers, theorists, and critics—and we discover how these roles often overlap. Along with creating new projects of our own we will be reflecting on projects already done by professionals and other students. Every week we sample some of the masterpieces of cinema but we also occasionally look at shorter journalistic videos, experimental films, television programs, and music videos. Mr. Slattery-Quintanilla.

Prerequisite: FILM 210.

No technical experience is required.

One 2-hour period plus one 3-hour laboratory.