Cutting the individual projects shot on film or video in FILM 3270, using the Mac-based DV edit lab and a variety of software packages. Emphasis on outputting a professional quality narrative product with full audio and visual sweetening . Students will master film and video set lighting techniques for studio and locations. Focus on art, technology, methodology, exposure, instruments, rigging and terminology while working on student projects. Rhythm, pace, structure, and general rules of thumb for cutting in all the genres will be covered.
Emphasis is on structure, character, conflict.
Students complete a polished forty-page feature film treatment. Workshop or project-based class that builds on skills developed in FVT 209. Students serve as Production Manager and First Assistant Director on student or professional projects. The professional level of storytelling is mastered in these final individual student projects. Students dialogue out and polish the feature treatments written in FILM 3400.