Required equipment, materials, processing, and printing are supplied without additional charge. Accommodations are available in NYU dormitories. Students may earn a Certificate in Film Production or a Certificate in Digital Video Production by completing a program of required courses and electives or by completing the summer or daytime intensive program. This introductory lecture-demonstration course provides background for all the practical and creative aspects of filmmaking. Illustrated sessions cover the procedures used to advance an original concept from financing and preproduction planning to photography and eventual distribution of the finished film.
Enrollment is limited.
A practical workshop in basic filmmaking without sound. Students are introduced to use of cameras, lenses, light meters, lighting equipment, various film stocks, and basic editing techniques. The class works in small production crews for planning, location surveys, shooting, and editing three progressively advanced projects. In the final project, filmed in color, students edit the workprint, match A and B rolls, and prepare the fades, dissolves, and superimposures required for the answer print. An introductory course that demystifies the underlying electronic and mechanical principles comprising television technology and program production techniques.