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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