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FILM PROGRAM

A comprehensive Film Program with various parts that a student could take part in all or select the parts of the process they are most interested in.

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Screenwriting:

  • The Script

  • Story development

  • Character development

  • Beginnings & Endings

  • The 3 Acts

  • The plant and payoff

  • Action & Dialogue

  • Screenplay Format understanding

  • Production considerations

  • Documentary Scripts

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Acting:

  • Production Environment

  • Action Verbs

  • Method Acting

  • Casting

  • Case Study

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Editing:

  • Editing Software

  • Transcoding

  • Coverage and Multiple Takes

  • When to Cut

  • Technical Basics

  • Visual Presentation

  • Dialogue

  • Production Value

  • Exposure & Contrast

  • Color Coding

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Directing:

  • Creating Moments

  • Finding Subtext

  • Shot Sequencing

  • Production Environment

  • Casting

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Cinematography

  • Visual Elements

  • Natural Lighting vs Artificial

  • Direction & Intensity

  • Movement Types

  • Cutting in Camera

  • The 30-Degree rule

  • Continuity

  • Shot Connections

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Sound Design:

  • Sound Concepts: Equalizers, Filters, Scrubbing, Compression, Sample Rate, Bit Depth, Mono & Stereo, & Sound Characteristics

  • Sound Capture: Introduction, Microphones, Continuity, Averages & Peaks, Automatic Gain Control, Room Tone, Foley & Wild Sounds, Sound on Tape

  • Sound Editing & Mixing: Creating a Sonic Map

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