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Fall 2013 Course Catalog 18 Stop Motion Animation FLM 1012 01 (2 Credits) Joseph Kolbe F 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM B113 This course will focus on puppet and object animation, including both old- and new-world styles. Through film screenings and course exercises combined with in-class workshops, you will learn to design and build puppets for purpose and function as well as to animate them. We also will examine how to build sets and light them to scale, and explore the techniques of character directing. A required final project will be the focus of the last weeks of the semester. The instructor provides some supplies. A materials list will be given out and discussed during the first day of class. Animation skills are recommended but not required. Introduction to Filmmaking FLM 1015 01 (2 Credits) Gregory Mahoney M 6:30 PM - 9:45 PM B113 Designed for individuals with little or no previous experience, this course provides an introduction to the technical and aesthetic aspects of film production. The course covers basic shooting and editing techniques using primarily Super-8mm equipment and introduces a wide range of production methods and creative strategies that encourage exploration and risk-taking in all aspects of the medium. Through a strong workshop component with a hands-on instructional approach, this course creates a stimulating, inspiring and challenging environment that fosters the exchange of ideas, offers new ways of seeing and promotes experimentation. Please note: There is an additional $25 lab fee associated with this course, collected at the first class meeting. Materials for assignments, including Super-8mm film and supplies and film-processing lab expenses are not included in the tuition. Film 1: Visions and Construction FLM 1024 01 (4 Credits) Jane Gillooly W 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM / 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM B015 We introduce students to the practical and philosophical aspects of making media using Super-8 film. The class views and analyzes important historical and contemporary films, discusses and critiques students’ work, and completes assigned readings from history and theory of cinema. Students develop skills in four assignments and produce an individual semester project. We demonstrate relevant technical processes in film, including the camera, composition, strategies for choreographing action, structuring time, lighting, and editing. Through a hands-on workshop approach, the course introduces students to the moving image as a language system, cultural object (reflecting both aesthetics and ideology), and tool for self-expression. Animation 1: Techniques & Sound FLM 1070 01 (4 Credits) Joel Frenzer W 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM / 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM B113 Through in-class exercises, demos, screenings, and visiting artists, you will learn various techniques of animating, and how to record and mix a soundtrack for animation. The three techniques we cover are Drawn, Cut-Out, and Stop-Motion Animation. This class is also designed to give you a deeper understanding of Animation as an art form of personal expression, and the various ways Animation is both viewed and used throughout the world; traditional narratives to poetic/abstract non-narratives to interaction to installation. Most assignments will be worked on in class using both film and computer-video equipment. No previous experience required, just an open mind. Animation 2: The Completed Short FLM 2006 01 (4 Credits) Joel Frenzer T 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM / 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM B113 Animation 2 offers a more in-depth study into animation techniques, principles of animation, ways of generating ideas, and directing for animation. These skills are strengthened through in-class exercises, screenings, visiting artists, and discussions. In addition, each student will design, animate, and provide a soundtrack for their own independent project. Most of this work will be done outside of class, with a weekly one-on-one meeting with the instructor and teaching assistant. Students in this class are also eligible to attend the Ottawa International Animation Festival in the Fall Semester, and a field trip to a local studio in the Spring Semester. Prerequisite: Animation 1 FLM 1070.
Fall 2013 Course Catalog 19 Film 2: Sound and Image FLM 2051 01 (4 Credits) TBA M 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM / 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM B015 This course goes deeper into the development of skills in Super-8 by introducing l6mm and focusing on sound and sound/image relations. We demonstrate relevant technical processes such as the Bolex, Steenbeck, and l6mm cutting, sound recording, microphones, four-track mixing, and Pro Tools digital software. Screenings and analysis of important historical and contemporary films are part of the class, along with reading assignments, discussion of issues of aesthetic and critical interest, visiting artists, and field trips. Students are encouraged to develop skills in three assignments as well as complete an individual project. Prerequisite: Film I (FLM 1024) or its equivalent. Film 3: Cinematic Strategies FLM 3001 01 (4 Credits) TBA T 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM / 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM B015 Through a collaborative group project determined by the students we will examine cinematic strategies in Fiction or Non-fiction Narrative with an eye to alternative structures in this intermediate/advanced production course. The goal is to produce a finished film by the end of the semester. The class is structured in three phases; Pre Production, Production, and Postproduction to resemble a film construction process as much as possible. Students will be encouraged to discuss important experimental fiction and non -fiction work to focus our analysis and inspire our practice. Students will develop professional skills by taking on both production and postproduction roles and collaborating as a group. This class always meets on the scheduled day for production meetings, script development, technical rehearsals, shoot preparation, etc. Shooting on location, usually on weekends, is an important component of the course. Students will need to make themselves available for all production days. The technical processes demonstrated will pertain to the film project chosen. These may include; the Bolex, the synchronous Arriflex SR camera, The Panasonic 24P digital camera or 24P HD camera, Marantz Audio Disc recording, advanced microphones and the quarter-inch reel-to-reel sync Nagra, as well as digital sound and picture editing (Avid or Final Cut). Students move to a more advanced level of image/sound making, emphasizing personal expression with in the context of a collaborative project while building relationships and teamwork. Emphasis will be on the narrative genre, fiction or documentary. Other important components of the course are assignments in pre-production such as research, location scouting and prop creation. Post-production expectations are, involvement in class discussions, editing, sound design, sound mixing, test screenings and critiques. Limited to fifteen students. Prerequisites: Film 2, Video 2 or Sound 2. Critical Screening: Cinema and The Senses FLM 3006 01 (2 Credits) TBA T 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM B113 This Critical Screenings course will focus on physiological and phenomenological modes of perception and how they relate to the cinematic experience. We will look at a variety of narrative, documentary and experimental films that probe and activate the senses, and together with related readings, will discuss the techniques and methods with which these works transmit knowledge, meaning, and emotion through the corporeal and intellectual experiences of the viewer. Cinema works certainly privilege the the visual & aural senses above others and so much attention will be placed upon the eyes and the ears. But we will also attempt to embrace and understand how the other senses might be rendered and embodied in the viewer in their absence using only optic and sonic receptors. Grads will be required to write 5-8 page paper in order to get grad credit. All will need to be present, on time and contribute to the discussion while making regular presentations of readings to the class. Animation 3: Advanced Projects FLM 3008 01 (2 Credits) Julie Miller R 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM B113 Animation 3 continues the study of animation as an art form of personal expression, and highlights the skills and new techniques you will need as an animator out in the world, independently and commercially. Through short in-class workshops, demos, screenings, and visiting artists, we will cover creative ways of generating ideas, maintaining momentum with your animated projects, new computer applications and techniques, and ways of marketing yourself through film festivals, websites, and portfolios. In addition, each student will design, animate, and provide a soundtrack for their own independent project. Most of this work will be done outside of class, with a weekly one-on-one meeting with the instructor and teaching assistant. Students in this class are also eligible to attend the Ottawa International Animation Festival in the Fall Semester, and a field trip to a local studio in the Spring Semester. Prerequisite: Animation 2 FLM 2006.
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