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ENV 498 - Environmental Problem Solving: Senior Capstone and Seminar
Prerequisites, ENV 310 , ENV 330 , ENV 374 . Interdisciplinary exploration of the scientific, social and economic issues associated with a specific local environmental problem. Students from the three areas of study (Ecology, Earth Systems and Policy) will identify a local environmental issue and work together to produce a proposed solution by the end of the semester. (Offered spring semester.) 3 credits
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ENV 499 - Individual Study
Prerequisites, junior or senior standing only and consent of instructor. For students who wish to pursue a special area of study not included in the curriculum. To enroll in individual study and research, students must complete the individual study and research form (available from the Office of the University Registrar) and obtain the signatures of the department chair of the course and course instructor. Students should spend 40 to 50 hours in instruction and research for each credit of individual study. Letter grade with Pass/No Pass option. May be repeated for credit. (Offered as needed.) 1-4 credits
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FTV 130 - Introduction to Visual Storytelling
Prerequisite, DCFMA major, or advertising, or documentary film, or production design for film, or television minor. An introduction to moving image production for the purposes of dramatic, documentary or advertising/publicity applications. Students will write, shoot and edit a series of exploratory exercises with the goal of crafting engaging stories or marketing messages through basic cinematography, lighting, editing, and sound. All sections of this course are restricted to specific DCFMA disciplines. Fee: $300. (Offered every semester.) 3 credits
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FTV 130A - Introduction to Visual Storytelling for Film Production, Creative Producing and Film Studies
Prerequisite, film production, or creative producing, or film studies major, or production design for film minor. Film production majors must pass FTV 130A with a grade of B- or better, or must repeat the course before continuing on with the coursework in the major. An introduction to moving image production for the purposes of dramatic applications. Students will write, shoot and edit a series of exploratory exercises with the goal of crafting engaging stories through basic cinematography, lighting, editing, and sound. Students may be required to enroll in a laboratory component held at a different time. Fee: $300. (Offered fall semester.) 3 credits
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FTV 130B - Introduction to Visual Storytelling for Television Writing and Production
Prerequisite, television writing and production major, or television minor. An introduction to moving image production for the purposes of dramatic applications. Students will write, shoot and edit a series of exploratory exercises with the goal of crafting engaging stories through basic cinematography, lighting, editing, and sound. Fee: $300. (Offered fall semester.) 3 credits
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FTV 130C - Introduction to Visual Storytelling for Animation and Visual Effects
Prerequisite, animation and visual effects major. An introduction to moving image production for the purposes of dramatic or publicity applications. Students will write, shoot and edit a series of exploratory exercises with the goal of crafting engaging stories or marketing messages through basic cinematography, lighting, editing, and sound. Fee: $300. (Offered spring semester.) 3 credits
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FTV 130D - Introduction to Visual Storytelling for Broadcast Journalism and Documentary
Prerequisite, broadcast journalism and documentary major, or documentary film minor. An introduction to moving image production for the purposes of documentary or advertising/publicity applications. Students will write, shoot and edit a series of exploratory exercises with the goal of crafting marketing messages or journalistic reports through basic cinematography, lighting, editing, and sound. Fee: $300. (Offered spring semester.) 3 credits
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FTV 130E - Introduction to Visual Storytelling for Public Relations and Advertising
Prerequisite, public relations and advertising major, or advertising minor. An introduction to moving image production for the purposes of advertising/publicity applications. Students will write, shoot and edit a series of exploratory exercises with the goal of crafting engaging marketing messages through basic cinematography, lighting, editing, and sound. Fee: $300. (Offered spring semester.) 3 credits
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FTV 130F - Introduction to Visual Storytelling for Screen Acting
Prerequisite, screen acting major. An introduction to moving image production for the purposes of dramatic applications. Students will write, shoot and edit a series of exploratory exercises with the goal of crafting engaging narrative stories through basic cinematography, lighting, editing, and sound. Some sections of this course may be taught with FTV 130G . Fee: $300. (Offered spring semester.) 3 credits
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FTV 130G - Introduction to Visual Storytelling for Screenwriting
Prerequisites, SW 127 , screenwriting major. Corequisite, SW 128 . An introduction to moving image production for the purposes of dramatic and narrative applications. Students will write, shoot and edit a series of exploratory exercises with the goal of crafting engaging dramatic stories through basic cinematography, lighting, editing, and sound. Some sections of this course may be taught with FTV 130F . Fee: $300. (Offered spring semester.) 3 credits
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FTV 140 - Introduction to Film Aesthetics
An exploration of the essential elements of film through lecture, discussion, and viewing of a wide variety of films and film excerpts. Class discussions focus on analyzing the ways in which cinematography, mise en scene, editing, sound and other aspects of film combine to make it a unique and meaningful form of art, entertainment, and instruction. Open to non-majors. Some sections of this course may be restricted to majors/minors only in the class schedule. This course includes a lecture and required laboratory component held at different times. (Offered every semester.) 3 credits
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FTV 229 - Experimental Course
Experimental courses are designed to offer additional opportunities to explore areas and subjects of special interest. Course titles, prerequisites, and credits may vary. Specific course details will be listed in the course schedule. May be repeated for credit if course content is different. Some courses require student lab fees. (Offered as needed.) ½-3 credits
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FTV 290 - Independent Internship
Offers students an opportunity to earn credit and learn professional skills “on the job” by working for a studio, network, production company, newsroom, etc. A minimum of 40 hours of work for each credit is required. P/NP. May be repeated for credit. (Offered every semester.) ½-6 credits
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FTV 299 - Individual Study
Prerequisites, freshman or sophomore standing only and consent of instructor. Individual research and projects. Students may only count 6 credits of individual study credit towards any degree in Dodge College. This includes any combination of FTV 299, FTV 399 , or FTV 499 . May be repeated for credit. (Offered as needed.) 1-3 credits
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FTV 301 - Filmmaking Outside Hollywood
Prerequisite, consent of instructor. Travel course in which students first study then experience an American city or area in order to immerse themselves in the area’s filmmaking business and history as well as the area’s use as a setting and sometimes as a character in films. Class meetings before and after the trip will prepare students for and allow them to reflect on their experiences. Letter grade with Pass/No Pass option. May be repeated for credit if a different topic (destination). Fee: TBD. (Offered interterm.) 3 credits
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FTV 306 - Narrative Strategies I
Prerequisite, film production, or screenwriting major. This course is a further exploration of the evolution of film language and theory. Students will examine the films of such filmmakers and Orson Wells, Jean Renoir, David Lynch, Peter Greenway, Chantal Ackerman, and other traditional and alternative filmmakers, to see how they translated their unique visions of the world to the screen. Students shall see how the visual forms of these filmmakers developed are a direct creative articulation of the ideas they wish to express through the medium of film. (Offered spring semester.) 3 credits
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FTV 310 - Industry Insiders
Through screenings, interviews, and discussions this course explores the work of a variety of well-established working artists from the Hollywood film community. Visiting artists attend classes and screen films that represent their work. Students interview guests with questions concerning style, technique, and the impact of their work in the industry with a focus toward illuminating the relationship of professional filmmaking to student film production. Open to non-majors. May be repeated twice for credit. Fee: $75. (Offered spring semester.) 3 credits
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FTV 311 - Cinema Francais/French Cinema (Cannes)
Prerequisite, must place into lower intermediate French and above. This course is taught in French. The course introduces cinematographic language with an overview of the evolution of French cinema through in-depth analysis of major themes and movements in key works of three important modern periods - French Poetic Realism, the New Wave, and cinema from the 1980s to the presents. 3 credits
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FTV 320 - Modern Horror Workshop
A hands-on workshop that consists of production exercises, lectures and analysis of contemporary films that use elements of horror. Letter grade with Pass/No Pass option. May be repeated for credit. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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FTV 329 - Experimental Course
Experimental courses are designed to offer additional opportunities to explore areas and subjects of special interest. May be repeated for credit if course content is different. Course titles, Prerequisites, restrictions, and credits may vary. Some courses require student lab fees. Some sections of this course may be restricted to specific majors only. Specific course details will be listed in the course schedule. Fee: TBD. (Offered as needed.) 1-3 credits
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FTV 353 - Film Capitals of the World
Prerequisite, consent of instructor. Travel course in which students first study then experience an international city or cities in order to immerse themselves in the destinations’ filmmaking business and history as well as the area’s use as a setting and sometimes as a character in films. Class meetings before and after the trip will prepare students for and then allow them to reflect on their experiences in the two cities. Letter grade with Pass/No Pass option. May be repeated for credit if a different topic (destination). Fee: TBD. (Offered interterm.) 3 credits
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FTV 361 - Structure and Function of a Film Festival
Prerequisite, consent of instructor. This course examines the way film festivals operate in conjunction with the global film industry including the historical development of international film festivals and their programming, marketing, and exhibition practices. This is a travel class: students participate in festival events including jury procedures, screenings, workshops, and seminars with filmmakers. Fee: TBD. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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FTV 361I - Structure of an International Film Festival
Prerequisite, consent of instructor. A three-week intensive travel course to study international film preservation at Il Cinema Ritrovato film festival in Bologna, Italy. Students will experience important rediscovered and restored international films that paint a more nuanced understanding of film history from a global perspective. They will also consider the films’ restoration principles and theories/practices employed by the archivists, as well as the role of film festivals in regard to film restoration, important auteurs in international cinema, and the practice of writing global film history. Film screenings will be supplemented by daily lectures and discussions, readings, and attendance of panel discussions/symposiums. Fee: TBD. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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FTV 366 - First Shorts/First Features
This class will examine the early work of directors and explore the transition to their first feature film by analyzing the level of each director’s craft in their early work to determine what they did right creatively, why they were noticed, and how their first feature was made. Fee: $300. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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FTV 367 - Experimental Cinema
Prerequisite, Dodge College major or documentary or visual effects minor. This course will introduce students to the production and aesthetics of experimental techniques in film, video, and digital production, demonstrating how non-narrative elements can be used as personal and poetic expression. Students will study the important experimental and avant-garde cinema classics, from the Surrealists to the great “underground” filmmakers of the Sixties and Seventies to the present. Letter grade. Fee: $300. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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FTV 377 - Agents and Managers
This class will provide an in-depth look at agenting and managing. Throughout the semester, students will learn about the similarities and differences between agents and managers today in the industry, as well as learn about their roles of the past and how those roles have changed throughout the years. Students will also learn about how agents and managers select their clients and how clients select their representation. Letter grade. Fee: $75. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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FTV 381 - Higher Ground
A workshop in which students work with a local organization, Higher Ground Youth and Family Services, to mentor public school students in the process of creating narrative and non-narrative films. May be repeated for credit. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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FTV 393 - Cross-Cultural Filmmaking
Prerequisite, FTV 130 , or FTV 130A , or FTV 130B , or FTV 130C , or FTV 130D , or FTV 130E , or FTV 130F or FTV 130G . This travel exchange course is designed to give Chapman students the opportunity to work collaboratively with a group of students from a foreign film school on two school-sponsored short narrative film projects. One of the films will be produced at Chapman while the other will be produced in the foreign host country. The students will use this collaborative cross-cultural filmmaking experience as a means to explore and gain an understanding of the people, culture, and society of a foreign country. May be repeated for credit. Fee: Varies. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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FTV 397 - Music Video Production Workshop
Prerequisite, consent of instructor. A workshop in the development and creation of professional-level music videos. Students will be teamed for each project, serving in key creative and/or production roles. May be repeated for credit. Fee: $300. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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FTV 399 - Individual Study
Prerequisites, junior standing, consent of instructor. Individual research and projects. Students may only count 6 credits of individual study credit towards any degree in Dodge College. This includes any combination of FTV 299 , FTV 399, or FTV 499 . May be repeated for credit. (Offered every semester.) 1-3 credits
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FTV 429 - Experimental Course
Experimental courses are designed to offer additional opportunities to explore areas and subjects of special interest. Course titles, prerequisites, and credits may vary. Specific course details will be listed in the course schedule. May be repeated for credit if course content is different. Some courses require student lab fees. (Offered as needed.) ½-3 credits
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FTV 490 - Independent Internship
Offers students an opportunity to earn credit and learn professional skills “on the job” by working for a studio, network, production company, newsroom, etc. A minimum of 40 hours of work for each credit is required. P/NP. (Offered every semester.) ½-6 credits
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FTV 499 - Individual Study
Prerequisite, consent of instructor. Individual research and projects. Students must have an overall grade point average of at least 3.0 to enroll. Designed to meet specific interests which are not provided for by regular curriculum offerings. May be repeated for credit. Fee: TBD. (Offered every semester.) ½-3 credits
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FP 115 - Editing I
Prerequisites, FTV 130 , or FTV 130A , or FTV 130B , or FTV 130C , or FTV 130D , or FTV 130E , or FTV 130F or FTV 130G , and film production, or screen acting, or news and documentary, or television and writing production or broadcast journalism major. Students study the basic principles and aesthetics of editing film and digital media, with practical experience through the completion of short editing projects. Some sections may be restricted to film production majors only. Fee: $300. (Offered every semester.) 3 credits
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FP 133 - Audio Techniques
Prerequisites, FTV 130 , or FTV 130A , or FTV 130B , or FTV 130C , or FTV 130D , or FTV 130E , or FTV 130F or FTV 130G and DCFMA major. An introductory course on the art and science of audio recording, including studio and field recording, digital editing, equipment operation, mixing, and the theories and techniques that support quality sound production. Fee: $300. (Offered every semester.) 3 credits
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FP 201 - Actor-Director Workshop
Prerequisites, FTV 130 or FTV 130A or FTV 130B or FTV 130C or FTV 130D or FTV 130E or FTV 130F or FTV 130G and animation and visual effects or film production major. A comprehensive course in understanding the acting process through script analysis, scene study, and acting exercises. Some sections may be restricted to film production majors only. Letter grade. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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FP 237 - Cinematography I
Prerequisites, FTV 130 or FTV 130A or FTV 130B or FTV 130C or FTV 130D or FTV 130E or FTV 130F or FTV 130G and animation and visual effects or film production or television writing and production major, or production design for film minor. A study of motion picture photography as a means of communication. Includes lecture and practical application on camera operation, lenses, filters, film, digital media, exposure, composition, formats, location and studio techniques, and laboratory procedures. Some section may be restricted to film production majors only. Letter grade. Fee: $300. (Offered every semester.) 3 credits
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FP 239 - Directing I
Prerequisites, FTV 130 , or FTV 130A , or FTV 130B , or FTV 130C , or FTV 130D , or FTV 130E , or FTV 130F or FTV 130G and film production, television writing and production, or screen acting major. The class provides an overview of the director’s craft and teaches the basic tools for the interaction of directors with all their collaborators including actors. Fee: $300. (Offered every semester.) 3 credits
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FP 280 - Intermediate Production Workshop
Prerequisites for film production major, FTV 130A , FP 133 . Prerequisite for screen acting major, FTV 130F . An exploration of dramatic narrative production focusing on story, performance, and subtext through the development, preparation, production, and post-production of an emotionally-engaging short film of limited scope. Students serve as writers, directors, editors and sound designers on their productions and crew on their classmates’ productions. Fee: $300. (Offered every semester.) 3 credits
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FP 291 - Student-Faculty Research/Creative Activity
Prerequisite, consent of instructor. Students engage in independent, faculty-mentored scholarly research/creative activity in their discipline which develops fundamentally novel knowledge, content, and/or data. Topics or projects are chosen after discussions between student and instructor who agree upon objective and scope. P/NP or letter grade option with consent of instructor. May be repeated for credit. (Offered every semester.) 1-3 credits
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FP 293 - Production Design I
Prerequisites, FTV 130 or FTV 130A or FTV 130B or FTV 130C or FTV 130D or FTV 130E or FTV 130F or FTV 130G . This course examines the general principles of art direction and the creation of the visual look of a production. Students design the set, costumes, make-up, the cinematographic look, and other visual elements for a specific film. Letter grade. Fee: $75. (Offered every semester.) 3 credits
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FP 299 - Individual Study
Prerequisites, freshman or sophomore standing only and consent of instructor. Individual research and projects. Students may only count 6 credits of individual study credit towards any degree in Dodge College. This includes any combination of FP 299, FP 399 , or FP 499 . Letter grade. May be repeated for credit. Fee: TBD. (Offered as needed.) 1-3 credits
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FP 315 - Editing II
Prerequisites, FP 115 , FP 133 . A study of advanced storytelling principles as they are expressed through editing. The course analyzes examples from important films that demonstrate how timing, pacing, sound, and other dramatic aesthetics affect the viewer’s perceptions and the success of the sequence. Each student will further develop technical skills through the completion of a complex editing project. Fee: $300. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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FP 325 - Art and Craft of Foley and ADR
Prerequisite, FP 133 . This course is designed to introduce students to the necessity of foley and Automated Dialogue Replacement (ADR) for a completed motion picture sound track. Methods for producing and recording real-time sound effects and post-production dialogue will be taught using a fully-equipped foley stage as a classroom and work from fellow students and professional filmmakers as raw material. Fee: $300. (Offered every semester.) 3 credits
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FP 331 - Advanced Production Workshop
Prerequisites, SW 227 , CRPR 234 , FP 280 , film production major with directing area of study, junior standing, consent of chair. An advanced course in which each student will be responsible for producing and directing a complex narrative film. Enrollment contingent upon approval of a project proposal. Fee: $300. (Offered every semester.) 3 credits
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FP 333 - Audio Design
Prerequisite, FP 133 . An advanced course in the art and science of post-production. Students will provide post-production audio design and support for advanced film and video. Proper methods of studio recording, sound effects recording, SMPTE time code systems, signal processing, multiple soundtrack construction, and mixing using a digital workstation are emphasized. Fee: $300. (Offered spring semester.) 3 credits
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FP 337 - Cinematography II
Prerequisites, TWP 232 , or FP 237 and film production, or television writing and production major. A study of motion picture photography as a means of aesthetic expression and communication. Includes lecture and practical application on camera operation, lenses, filters, film, digital media, exposure, composition, formats, location and studio techniques, and laboratory procedures. Fee: $300. (Offered spring semester.) 3 credits
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FP 338 - Directing II
Prerequisites, FP 201 , or FP 239 and film production major, sophomore standing. An in-depth workshop in the implementation of techniques for directing actors and emphasizes turning analysis into performance. Fee: $300. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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FP 359 - Pro Tools Certification
Prerequisite, FP 133 or consent of instructor. This course is designed to give students immersive, hands-on training in Avid Pro Tools, the industry-standard software for recording, editing, and mixing professional sound. It will cover all basic features of the application as well as advanced functions such as Elastic Audio, MIDI and virtual instruments, and a full spectrum of editing tools and techniques. The course prepares students for the examinations required for “Pro Tools Certified User” status from Avid, which are administered within the course. Chapman does not award Pro Tools certification. Letter grade. Fee: $300. (Offered interterm.) 3 credits
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FP 376 - Cinematography for Commercials
Prerequisite, FP 237 . This course will teach students the fundamental theories and aesthetic practices of shooting 30 second commercials. Students will learn the role of the creative concept in advertising with the goal of understanding what makes good advertising and how filmmaking compliments the advertising message. Fee: $300. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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FP 380 - Stage Craft Construction and Scenic Art for Film Production
A hands-on workshop in set construction for film and television. During the course students will apply carpentry and scenic painting techniques to create full-sized sets suitable for use in production. Letter grade. (Offered interterm.) 3 credits
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FP 382 - Music Composition for Filmmakers
Prerequisite, DCFMA major. A course designed to give film majors a foundation in both the musical concepts and technology necessary to compose original music to accompany picture. Compositional activity is supplemented by discussion and analysis of film scoring trends and techniques, stressing the role that music plays in any filmmaker’s creative process. Prior musical training or the ability to play an instrument is not essential. Fee: $300. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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FP 386 - Pro Tools Certification II
Prerequisite, consent of instructor. This course is designed to give students a conceptual and practical understanding of the specific techniques for working with the Pro Tools audio software in a professional post audio for film environment. Areas covered in the course include: “Using Video in Pro Tools”, “Recording Dialog in Pro Tools”, “Dialog Editing Techniques”, “Organizing Sessions in Pro Tools”, “Synchronization Concepts”, and “Mixing to Picture”. At the end of the course, the students will have the option of taking the Pro Tools Post Operator Certification exam. Fee: $300. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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FP 387 - Color Grading
This course serves as an introduction to digital intermediate color grading, workflow, and the historical methods that have informed modern processes, with an emphasis on modern feature film and narrative television. Students will learn the fundamentals of color correction and color grading within a narrative context, examining various techniques and strategies employed by independent and studio-level colorists. Letter grade. Fee: $75. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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FP 388 - Digital Intermediate Workflow
Prerequisite, FP 115 . An exploration of current technologies employed in film and television post-production as it applies to the Digital Intermediate process. This advanced course analyzes various workflows used in the creation of film and digital masters as well as file based systems. Students will gain practical experience in conforming and color grading. Letter grade. Fee: $300. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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FP 399 - Individual Study
Prerequisites, junior standing, consent of instructor. Individual research and projects. Students may only count 6 credits of individual study credit towards any degree in Dodge College. This includes any combination of FP 299 , FP 399, or FP 499 . May be repeated for credit. Fee: TBD. (Offered as needed.) 1-3 credits
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FP 415 - Editing III
Prerequisite, FP 315 , or consent of instructor. Provides students with an intensive hands-on experience editing under the supervision of a visiting master of the craft. Fee: $300. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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FP 424 - Senior Thesis Development
Prerequisites, SW 128 , or SW 227 , junior standing, and creative producing, or film production, or screenwriting major. The goal of this intensive workshop is to help students develop the best senior thesis screenplays possible - screenplays which will enable them to produce outstanding films, demonstrating their unique creative voices and their professional excellence. Fee: $75. (Offered every semester.) 3 credits
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FP 436 - Production Design II
Prerequisite, FP 239 . This course offers the opportunity for advanced work in art direction. Letter grade. Fee: $300. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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FP 437 - Cinematography III
Prerequisite, FP 337 . An advanced course in motion picture photography for students who wish to learn the duties of the director of photography, gaffer and set lighting technicians. Fee: $300. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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FP 438 - Directing III
Prerequisites, FP 338 , or TWP 338 and film production, or television writing and production major. The class deepens the understanding of the director’s craft with an emphasis on how to move the camera, block actors in motion, and stage action safely. Fee: $300. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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FP 446 - Storyboarding and Concept Art
Prerequisite, Dodge College major, or production design for film minor. The course focuses on traditional skills of drawing perspective sketches in the development of visual media. Topics include use of line, tone, and color in the development of 1 and 2 point perspectives. Storyboarding techniques are also presented along with related exercises. Students should leave this class with the ability to quickly sketch not only what they see but what they imagine. Fee: $75. (Offered every semester.) 3 credits
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FP 457 - Concept Art and Illustration for Film
Prerequisite, DCFMA major, or production design for film minor. This class includes weekly exercises in using perspective drawings to communicate design ideas with the emphasis on freehand drawing techniques. Topics include perspective layout methods, line drawing overlays, adding light and shadow as well as introducing color to the drawings. Students are required to complete and deliver a variety of in-class drawing exercises, a series of homework sketches as well as sketches of projects designed in class. Letter grade. Fee: $75. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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FP 458 - Digital Production Design Studio I
Prerequisite, FP 336 . An introductory workshop covering computer system operations, digital design, digital graphics and illustration, computer assisted drafting, CAD modeling software, print, and presentation taught through design projects. Fee: $75. (Offered fall semester.) 3 credits
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FP 459 - Digital Production Design Studio II
Prerequisites, FP 458 , consent of instructor. An intermediate level workshop covering computer system operations, digital design, digital graphics and illustration, computer assisted drafting, CAD modeling software, print, and presentation taught through design projects. Fee: $75. (Offered spring semester.) 3 credits
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FP 468 - Avid Certification Prep
Prerequisites, FP 315 , consent of instructor. This course has been created to teach the core skills for editing using Avid Media Composer 5.5 and to introduce the fundamental concepts and workflow of editing. It is designed for novice and intermediate users using Avid official training curriculum. Class consists of both lecture and lab time and each student will be given the opportunity to take the Avid Media Composer Certified User exam. May be repeated for credit. Fee: $300. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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FP 481 - Set Decoration
This course is an introduction to Set Decoration. The decorating process will be studied in the course. Students will explore how the decorating process relates to the dramatic text and the film production as a whole. Fee: $75. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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FP 483 - Set Decoration II
Prerequisite, FP 481 . This course is an advanced introduction to the Art of Set Decoration Design. It will look at the “design process” and explore how it relates to the dramatic text and to the film production as a whole. Letter grade. Fee: $75. (Offered spring semester.) 3 credits
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FP 486 - Costume Design
This course is an introduction to the art of costume design. Students will study the design process and how it relates to the dramatic text and the film production as a whole. Fee: $75. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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FP 491 - Student-Faculty Research/Creative Activity
Prerequisite, consent of instructor. Students engage in independent, faculty-mentored scholarly research/creative activity in their discipline which develops fundamentally novel knowledge, content, and/or data. Topics or projects are chosen after discussions between student and instructor who agree upon objective and scope. P/NP or letter grade option with consent of instructor. May be repeated for credit. (Offered every semester.) 1-3 credits
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FP 497A - Cinematography Senior Thesis Workshop I
Prerequisites, FP 237 , FP 337 , senior standing, film production major, consent of instructor. The first semester of an advanced two-semester course in which each student performs in a key creative crew position in the completion of a finished motion picture project. This course includes a laboratory component held at a different time. Fee: $1,000. (Offered fall semester.) 3 credits
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FP 497B - Directing Senior Thesis Workshop I
Prerequisites, FP 331 with a B- or better, FP 338 , FP 424 , senior standing, film production major, consent of instructor. The first semester of an advanced two-semester course in which each student performs in a key creative crew position in the completion of a finished motion picture project. This course includes a laboratory component held at a different time. Fee: $1,000. (Offered fall semester.) 3 credits
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FP 497C - Editing Senior Thesis Workshop I
Prerequisites, FP 315 , senior standing, film production major, consent of instructor. The first semester of an advanced two-semester course in which each student performs in a key creative crew position in the completion of a finished motion picture project. This course includes a laboratory component held at a different time. Fee: $1,000. (Offered fall semester.) 3 credits
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FP 497D - Production Design Senior Thesis Workshop I
Prerequisites, FP 336 , senior standing, consent of instructor, and film production major, or production design for film minor. The first semester of an advanced two-semester course in which each student performs in a key creative crew position in the completion of a finished motion picture project. This course includes a laboratory component held at a different time. Fee: $1,000. (Offered fall semester.) 3 credits
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FP 497E - Sound Design Senior Thesis Workshop I
Prerequisites, FP 333 , senior standing, film production major, consent of instructor. The first semester of an advanced two-semester course in which each student performs in a key creative crew position in the completion of a finished motion picture project. This course includes a laboratory component held at a different time. Fee: $1,000. (Offered fall semester.) 3 credits
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FP 498A - Cinematography Senior Thesis Workshop II
Prerequisites, FP 497A , senior standing, film production major, consent of instructor. The second semester of an advanced two-semester course in which each student performs in a key creative crew position in the completion of a finished motion picture project. The second semester includes completing a professional caliber motion picture project and premiering the completed work in a public screening. This course includes a laboratory component held at a different time. Fee: $1,000. (Offered spring semester.) 3 credits
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FP 498B - Directing Senior Thesis Workshop II
Prerequisites, FP 497B with a B- or better, senior standing, film production major, consent of instructor. The second semester of an advanced two-semester course in which each student performs in a key creative crew position in the completion of a finished motion picture project. The second semester includes completing a professional caliber motion picture project and premiering the completed work in a public screening. This course includes a laboratory component held at a different time. Fee: $1,000. (Offered spring semester.) 3 credits
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FP 498C - Editing Senior Thesis Workshop II
Prerequisites, FP 497C , senior standing, film production major, consent of instructor. The second semester of an advanced two-semester course in which each student performs in a key creative crew position in the completion of a finished motion picture project. The second semester includes completing a professional caliber motion picture project and premiering the completed work in a public screening. This course includes a laboratory component held at a different time. Fee: $1,000. (Offered spring semester.) 3 credits
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FP 498D - Production Design Senior Thesis Workshop II
Prerequisites, FP 497D , senior standing, film production major, consent of instructor. The second semester of an advanced two-semester course in which each student performs in a key creative crew position in the completion of a finished motion picture project. The second semester includes completing a professional caliber motion picture project and premiering the completed work in a public screening. This course includes a laboratory component held at a different time. Fee: $1,000. (Offered spring semester.) 3 credits
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FP 498E - Sound Design Senior Thesis Workshop II
Prerequisites, FP 497E , senior standing, film production major, consent of instructor. The second semester of an advanced two-semester course in which each student performs in a key creative crew position in the completion of a finished motion picture project. The second semester includes completing a professional caliber motion picture project and premiering the completed work in a public screening. This course includes a laboratory component held at a different time. Fee: $1,000. (Offered spring semester.) 3 credits
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FP 499 - Individual Study
Prerequisite, consent of instructor. Individual research and projects. Students must have an overall grade point average of at least 3.0 to enroll. Designed to meet specific interests which are not provided for by regular curriculum offerings. May be repeated for credit. Fee: TBD. (Offered as needed.) ½-3 credits
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FS 241 - Film Analysis
Prerequisites, FTV 140 , sophomore standing, film studies major. This course introduces film studies majors to various theoretical and analytical approaches for the study of film and media. Specific attention is given to the critique of film and televisual form and content in its various social and cultural contexts, in order to develop critical thinking and writing skills. This course prepares students for their upper division film studies classes in their junior and senior year. This course has required lab and lecture components held at different times. (Offered fall semester.) 3 credits
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FS 244 - History of Film to 1959
The history of film as an art form, industry, and cultural phenomenon, from the postwar Neorealist movement to the state of contemporary art and practice. Open to non-majors. This course includes a lecture and required laboratory component held at different times. (Offered fall semester.) 3 credits
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FS 245 - History of Film 1960 - Present
Prerequisite, FS 244 . The history of film as an art form, industry, and cultural phenomenon, from post war film movements to the present. Open to non-majors. This course includes a lecture and required laboratory component held at different times. (Offered spring semester.) 3 credits
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FS 291 - Student-Faculty Research/Creative Activity
Prerequisite, consent of instructor. Students engage in independent, faculty-mentored scholarly research/creative activity in their discipline which develops fundamentally novel knowledge, content, and/or data. Topics or projects are chosen after discussions between student and instructor who agree upon objective and scope. P/NP or letter grade option with consent of instructor. May be repeated for credit. (Offered every semester.) 1-3 credits
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FS 299 - Individual Study
Prerequisites, freshman or sophomore standing only and consent of instructor. Individual research and projects. Students may only count 6 credits of individual study credit towards any degree in Dodge College. This includes any combination of FS 299, FS 399 , or FS 499 . May be repeated for credit. Fee: varies. (Offered as needed.) 1-3 credits
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FS 342 - Film Genre Studies
An intensive study of one film genre, with a different genre covered in each course offering. Open to non-majors. May be repeated in a different genre. (Offered every semester.) 3 credits
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FS 342A - Film Noir
An exploration of the crime films of the 1940s and 1950s, called “black” by French critics because of their violent, nihilistic content, and distinctive style of extreme-angled, deep-focus cinematography and shadowy low-key lighting. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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FS 342B - The Horror Film
Beginning with Thomas Edison’s Frankenstein (1910), this course examines such influential movements as German Expressionism, the Val Lewton horror films of the 1940s, sci-fi hybrids of the 1950s, the ‘slasher’ horror of the 1970s, and the recent wave of Asian horror films and their Hollywood remakes. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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FS 342C - The Musical
Intensive study of the history and aesthetics of the movie musical form its stage roots and cinematic birth coinciding with the coming of sound film through the waning of the genre’s popularity during the decline of the Hollywood studio system and the many attempts since then to revive the form. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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FS 342D - The Science Fiction Film
A study of cinematic science fiction from George Melies’ A Trip to the Moon (1902) through contemporary films such as The Matrix. Emphasis is placed on certain developments, such as the alien invasion pictures of the 1950s and the dystopian cycle exemplified by Blade Runner. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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FS 342E - Screwball Comedy
This classic film genre of the 1930s and ‘40s is examined in terms of its reflection of certain cultural changes such as the emergence of the independent ‘New Woman,’ the rising divorce rate, and the notion of equality of the sexes. Emphasis is placed on key directors within the form: Leo McCarey, Frank Capra, Preston Sturges. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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FS 342F - The Animated Film
From Winsor McCay’s Gertie the Dinosaur (1906) through Disney, Pixar, and the rise of anime, this course examines the history and development of one of the most popular and groundbreaking of contemporary genres. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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FS 342G - The Western
Provides an overview of the oldest and most enduring of Hollywood genres exploring the mythology of the genre as well as its historical origins, with an emphasis on the impact of such classic film directors as John Ford, and Anthony Mann, and on the many waves of “revisionist” westerns in the past forty years. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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FS 342H - The Melodrama
Prerequisites, FTV 140 , and FS 244 , or FS 245 . Students examine the history, developments and transformation within melodrama across national and global cinemas to explore diverse stories that are told through various representations of emotion. Melodrama is a fluid and potent vehicle for genre and cultural expression that has used a wide range of formal aesthetics to create powerful expressive and affective visual experience. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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FS 342J - The Gangster Film
A study of the history and impact of this most American of film genres, which was “ripped from the headlines” of newspaper accounts of the violent exploits of Al Capone, John Dillinger, and Bonnie and Clyde. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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FS 342K - Latinx Films and Filmmakers
This course is an intensive study of the history and aesthetics of latino/a films and filmmakers, with specific filmmakers, regions or nations covered with each course offering. The course will examine representative films from any of the following major periods: silent cinema (1890s-1930s), studio/golden age cinema (1930s-1950s), Neorealism/Art Cinema (1950s), the New Latin American Waves Cinema (1960s-1980s), and contemporary global cinema (1990s through the twenty-first century). Some sections of FS 342K and 542K share the same lectures and meet together. May be repeated for credit. (Offered spring semester.) 3 credits
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FS 353 - Korean Cinema Today
This course highlights the current trends in Korean cinema by exploring a variety of contemporary films. Through screenings, class discussion, Q&A with invited filmmakers as well as an optional trip to Busan International Film Festival, students will gain first-hand familiarity with Korean films, film industry and culture. May be repeated for credit when a different topic is studied. (Offered fall semester, alternate years.) 3 credits
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FS 399 - Individual Study
Prerequisites, junior standing, consent of instructor. Individual research and projects. Students may only count 6 credits of individual study credit towards any degree in Dodge College. This includes any combination of FS 299 , FS 399, FS 499 . May be repeated for credit. Fee: TBD. (Offered as needed.) 1-3 credits
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FS 443 - Advanced Topics in World Cinema
Prerequisites, FTV 140 , and FS 244 , or FS 245 . Dodge College film studies majors, and minors have enrollment priority. A concentrated study of the cinema of one nation or region. Films are studied within their historical and cultural context. Open to non-majors. May be repeated for credit in a different topic. (Offered every semester.) 3 credits
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