Cinematography I
Prerequisites: COMM 135 and COMM 274.
In this course, students will demonstrate their ability to apply aesthetic and theoretical principles and cinema production skills. Topics include pre-visualizations, preproduction planning, digital cameras system, cinematography, and lighting. Students work on individual and group projects involving project development, filming, and editing.
Outcomes: Students will demonstrate deliberate control over cinematographic aesthetics, camera systems, production process and set protocols, lighting equipment, safety, and visual storytelling; Students will demonstrate an understanding of ethical issues related to the emotional, psychological, and spatial effects of imagery, and the role that lenses, lighting, and composition plays in conveying ideas; Students will engage in collaborative problem-solving and learn proper set protocols for the safe, efficient, and responsible execution of moving image production.
In this course, students will demonstrate their ability to apply aesthetic and theoretical principles and cinema production skills. Topics include pre-visualizations, preproduction planning, digital cameras system, cinematography, and lighting. Students work on individual and group projects involving project development, filming, and editing.
Outcomes: Students will demonstrate deliberate control over cinematographic aesthetics, camera systems, production process and set protocols, lighting equipment, safety, and visual storytelling; Students will demonstrate an understanding of ethical issues related to the emotional, psychological, and spatial effects of imagery, and the role that lenses, lighting, and composition plays in conveying ideas; Students will engage in collaborative problem-solving and learn proper set protocols for the safe, efficient, and responsible execution of moving image production.