Two video projects are required. Two lecture and two lab hours per week. Students learn advanced camera, lighting and editing techniques as they work on individual projects or collaborate with other students on short film or video projects. They will produce short works based on scripts they have written, or scripts written by students in Film 375. A critical look at film history and culture from silent and classical Hollywood to Japanese and European films.
Students develop a visual and ideological understanding of film.
Three class hours per week. Students will study in depth the films of great directors such as Hitchcock, Altman, and Kubrick using signature themes and visual style to compare and contrast the works. Thematic evolution and historical connections will also be examined.