Students purchase texts, art supplies, film materials, and processing. An advanced course concentrating on special topics in cinema and photography. Topics offered include motion picture sound workshop and narrative film workshop. Letter designation may be repeated if topic varies, though no more than six semesters may be counted for graduate credit. An intensive examination, through readings,screenings, and filmmaking, of a cinematic genre, style, movement, or technical challenge.
Theory is combined with practice, resulting in a group film production.
Previous problems studied have been the pseudo-documentary, optical printing, 35mm filmmaking and film as performance. 497A-1 to 9 Projects in Cinema. Individual or crew projects in motion picture production. Not for graduate credit. Preparation of a film under the supervision of a cinema and photography faculty member.