Category: Film

Participation in an internship experience allows students to use classroom-learned skills in a related employment experience. Students must work a minimum of 135 hours over the course of the entire semester. To participate students must be of junior or senior status with completion of freshman and sophomore studios. Students must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.8. Seniors may not be eligible to participate in an internship during their final semester. Transfer students must have attended one semester at CCS in addition to meeting the other eligibility criteria.

Credits: 3

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This course introduces students to the conceptual and technical challenges of sound as they develop a more complex understanding of the important role it plays in the cinematic experience. Techniques of recording, generating, editing, synchronizing, and manipulating sound are covered in depth as well as the conceptual issues of sound design, including noise, voice, and music. The goal is to create a keen awareness of the evocative informational and temporal possibilities that sound offers in connection to the student’s visual work in other courses.

Credits: 3

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The Special Project class is offered on an occasional basis, with course content specific to Photo majors.

WINTER 2024

INTRODUCTION TO VIRTUAL PRODUCTION

In this course, students will research and implement virtual production techniques at an introductory level. The class will explore, research, and test the process of merging realistic film techniques with 3D virtual backgrounds in service of compelling storytelling. The processes of syncing real and virtual cameras for real-time composition, executing real-time compositing and projection compositing, and simulating and matching lighting and effects between the real and virtual worlds will be explored.

Credits: 3

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This course reinforces and builds upon the fundamentals of Sound Design I, introducing new tools and concepts, with consideration for more figurative, rather than literal, expressions. Students master the sound recording booth and mix rooms.

Credits: 3

Prerequisites: FLM 225 or DMA 312

Independent Study is available to students who are at Junior or Senior level standing with a cumulative grade point average of 3.00 or above. The student may receive approval to work in an area or on a project that is not otherwise offered or addressed in the regular curriculum. An Independent Study should include opportunities for individual student voice and provide a space for diverse perspectives. Students may receive credit toward graduation for no more than 6 credit hours. The student must submit to the chairperson of the department in which they wish to study, an Independent Study Proposal of 150 words (no less) of the student’s plan for study and her/his reason for choosing to study independently. Once the department chairperson provides approval and the instructor for the Independent Study is determined, the faculty member must write an Independent Study Syllabus with education goals, learning outcomes, meeting dates, course expectations, timelines, and due dates. Art Education candidates must pass DAE 490 with a grade of ‘C’ (2.00) or higher to qualify for certification.

Credits: 3

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Students will research and implement the five acting techniques utilized by performers to create compelling on-screen characters-Classical, Chekhov, Method, Meisner, and Practical Aesthetics-through physicality, voice, and partner scenes. The class introduces methods for working with actors to elicit a desired performance.

Credits: 3

Prerequisites: FLM 106

(This is a faculty led study abroad course * syllabi will differ per destination), On a Global Learning Experience course, students are brought outside the typical classroom, for a 24/7 learning experience in varying locations outside the USA. The course will provide students with tools for analyzing your learning process and identifying cultural patterns, differences, similarities and values encountered during the journey. Students develop a sense of cross-cultural understanding, and navigate towards becoming a global citizen. Students develop a heightened sense of confidence, and leadership as they plan, and execute this excursion. In addition students discover the role of becoming an ambassador for their own culture. Practical issues about studying abroad (safety, money, packing, etc.) are delivered via pre-departure sessions with the International Student Services Office.

Credits: 3

Prerequisites: SLP 007

Playing the Self is an interdisciplinary studio open to all majors interested in exploring how fiction, reality, and play are essential components of an engaged social practice rooted in making and becoming. The manipulation of the viewer/voyeur, fulfillment of fantasy, projection of desires, parasocial behavior, and related identifiers will be examined as well as the influence of various social constructs-gender, race, class-on our understanding of art, artists, and representations of the self.

Credits: 3

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This is a course in the aesthetics and techniques of documentary film production. Exercises and assignments emphasize research and interview techniques, story, technical skills, and the legalities and ethics associated with non-fiction filmmaking. Students produce a series of individual and collaborative documentary shorts.

Credits: 3

Prerequisites: FLM 201, FLM 225 or DMA 312

This advanced course in documentary theory and practice emphasizes the maker’s ability to witness, document, and impact a world in motion. While studying contemporary documentary practices including newer forms such as “reality”, participatory, and immersive works, students will spend the bulk of the semester on a self-directed production of social relevance, and contribute to a collaborative production with peers.

Credits: 3

Prerequisites: FLM 278 OR DMA 342