Fall 2013 Course Catalog - School of the Museum of Fine Arts

Fall 2013 Course Catalog
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Editing and Post Production
Strategies
FLM 3035 01 (2 Credits)
Jane Gillooly
R
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
B031, B015
This course focuses on editing: theory, philosophy, practice and strategy. You will learn to
set up and structure an editing project. To organize film and video material - create reel and
tape inventories, footage logs, work with transcripts and make paper edits. To make montage
sequences, assembly, rough and fine cuts. Learn the specifics of sound and dialogue editing,
preparing sound for export, and creating cue sheets for sound design or music cues. We
will cover montage theory and the basics of non-linear/digital editing (Avid or Final Cut). You
will be encouraged to think creatively, experiment, and to apply ideas in a comprehensive
but unique approach. Through the process of this course you will understand the Post-
Production sequence, design an edit path for your particular project, and learn postproduction
vocabulary. Through screenings, visiting editors, and field trips to post production facilities
students are exposed to a wide range of editing styles and approaches. Students will be
expected to screen and discuss their films often in class and with guest editors, to complete
edit assignments and be prepared to edit their own work. Students should bring film or video
work in process or finished work the first day of class. Open to all makers of moving pictures.
Prerequisite: Film 1, Video 1, or Animation 1 or equivalent.
Directing and Acting
FLM 3058 01 (2 Credits)
Gregory Mahoney
W
6:30 PM - 9:30 PM
B015
In this course we will explore the relationship between “Director” and “Actor” through a
series of exercises, rehearsals, castings, shoots, and screenings. All students enrolled in
the course will direct and act at various stages through the course to gain confidence and
deeper insight into this complex relationship As a class, we’ll explore a range of directing/
acting methods within the context of the moving image (with and without cameras) that will
touch upon on choreography, gesture, authenticity and artifice.
Film 1: Vision and
Construction
FLM 4023 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 and
Sound
FLM 4073 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.