You will learn the creative process. You will learn how story structure, narration and dialog, shot selection and staging, camera work, lighting, art direction, set design, costume design, sound design, transitions, and editing are used to persuade, communicate and entertain. We will look at commercials, dramas, comedies, documentaries, and children's television, as well as other films and videos. We will discuss these in class. To teach you to apply the audio-visual language by writing for television and film.
Writing is the first step in the production process.
By mastering writing in TRF 155, all subsequent production courses in the TRF department will be comprehensible to you. Assignments will include analysis, proposals, treatments and scripts for a variety of genres. Texts will aid in understanding the lectures and are valuable for reference. Screenings will give you an opportunity to critically analyze the work of professionals - both good and bad. Class presentations will give you an opportunity to pitch your concept, proposal, treatment or script to the rest of the class.