Students must have access to a cassette recorder. Guest lecturers and field trips to television facilities provide participants with an inside view of the industry. Subjects covered include production, syndication, news, documentaries, entertainment, and technology. Enrollment is limited. Taught on the Avid Media Composer nonlinear editing system, this course is an introduction to the principles, terms, and concepts of random access digital editing.
Enrollment is limited.
This workshop provides a comprehensive overview of the current commercial market and of the role of the director in the process of creating a commercial. The instructor explains the role of the director in preproduction, in working with the ad agencies and clients, as well as in supervising the postproduction process. The course provides a background for students by examining current commercial media through a series of lectures, demonstrations, and analyses of current and classic commercials. Using this knowledge, students work as a group to create, shoot, and screen a prototypical commercial piece, shooting on digital video and editing on the Avid editing system.