***REVISED 9/10/15***
FILMP/MEDP 160: Media & Film in a Digital Age Pt. 2
Fall 2014
Prof. Kelly Anderson Office hours Mondays 3-5 and Tuesdays 5-7 Rm 508HN (kellyjmanderson@gmail.com)
Prof. Shanti Thakur Office hours Tuesdays 12-2 Rm 501AHN (sthakur@hunter.cuny.edu)
Lectures: Wednesdays 11:10 – 1 Room 714HW
Labs (Room 432HN)
LAB 01 Wednesday 3:10 - 5PM (Mathew Galindo, mathewgalindo@gmail.com)
LAB 02 Wednesday 5:10 - 7PM (Mathew Galindo, mathewgalindo@gmail.com)
LAB 03 Thurs 9:10 - 11AM (Francesca Coppolla, fcoppolafilm@gmail.com)
LAB 04 Thursday 11:10 - 1PM (Francesca Coppolla, fcoppolafilm@gmail.com)
LAB 05 Monday 9:10 – 11AM (Rachel Brown, oikofugic.rchl@gmail.com)
LAB 06 Monday 11:10 – 1PM (Rachel Brown, oikofugic.rchl@gmail.com)
LAB 07 Monday 1:10 - 3PM (Betty Yu, bettyyu21@gmail.com)
LAB 08 Monday 3:10 - 5PM (Betty Yu, bettyyu21@gmail.com)
LAB 09 Monday 5:10 - 7PM (Kaija Siirala, kaijasii@gmail.com)
LAB 10 Monday 7:10 – 9PM (Kaija Siirala, kaijasii@gmail.com)
Course Description:
MEDP/FILMP 160 introduces students to the practical fundamentals of film, video, and digital media production in a lecture/lab format. It is a foundations course in time-based media. Students are introduced to a range of media production equipment and techniques, including:
FILMP/MEDP 160: Media & Film in a Digital Age Pt. 2
Fall 2014
Prof. Kelly Anderson Office hours Mondays 3-5 and Tuesdays 5-7 Rm 508HN (kellyjmanderson@gmail.com)
Prof. Shanti Thakur Office hours Tuesdays 12-2 Rm 501AHN (sthakur@hunter.cuny.edu)
Lectures: Wednesdays 11:10 – 1 Room 714HW
Labs (Room 432HN)
LAB 01 Wednesday 3:10 - 5PM (Mathew Galindo, mathewgalindo@gmail.com)
LAB 02 Wednesday 5:10 - 7PM (Mathew Galindo, mathewgalindo@gmail.com)
LAB 03 Thurs 9:10 - 11AM (Francesca Coppolla, fcoppolafilm@gmail.com)
LAB 04 Thursday 11:10 - 1PM (Francesca Coppolla, fcoppolafilm@gmail.com)
LAB 05 Monday 9:10 – 11AM (Rachel Brown, oikofugic.rchl@gmail.com)
LAB 06 Monday 11:10 – 1PM (Rachel Brown, oikofugic.rchl@gmail.com)
LAB 07 Monday 1:10 - 3PM (Betty Yu, bettyyu21@gmail.com)
LAB 08 Monday 3:10 - 5PM (Betty Yu, bettyyu21@gmail.com)
LAB 09 Monday 5:10 - 7PM (Kaija Siirala, kaijasii@gmail.com)
LAB 10 Monday 7:10 – 9PM (Kaija Siirala, kaijasii@gmail.com)
Course Description:
MEDP/FILMP 160 introduces students to the practical fundamentals of film, video, and digital media production in a lecture/lab format. It is a foundations course in time-based media. Students are introduced to a range of media production equipment and techniques, including:
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● Time-based visual storytelling
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● Film, video and audio technologies
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● Basic editing techniques
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● Image composition and framing for motion pictures
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● The use of digital video cameras and digital audio recorders
This course is a prerequisite for all film majors. For media majors, both 150 and 160 are required.
Students will be required to host a blog that will be linked to their individual portfolio websites. In their blog entries, they will write about their class experiences and analyze the media around them, using analytical tools gained in the class. Blog entries are due on the date indicated in the syllabus and should be 250 words in length.
The required text for this class is Voice & Vision: A Creative Approach to Narrative Film and DV Production by Mick Hurbis-Cherrier, Focal Press: 2nd Edition. 2011 (available at Shakespeare & Co. across from Hunter on Lexington Avenue). Additional readings will be posted on Blackboard and are also required reading.
Students are required to purchase a portable USB drive (16 GB minimum size), which will cost less
than $20. This will give you space to store your original media.
Blackboard Site: We will be using Blackboard as an integral part of the class. You will be required to download readings from Blackboard and to check Blackboard for general course announcements. We are using a Master Course (Fall 2015: FILMP MEDP 160 Master Course) so make sure you use that for course access instead of your particular section. If you need help accessing Blackboard please contact SNET help desk at 212-650-3624 or email snet@hunter.cuny.edu.
Labs: In order to complete required assignments, you may have to work on editing your assignments outside of class time. Weekly open lab hours will be available in 432HN, 478HN and the ICIT Mac lab on the 10th floor of the North Building.
Video and sound equipment will not be able to be used outside of class time (there are limited exceptions).
Lateness and Absences: Attendance to both lecture and lab sections is mandatory. Three missed classes (either lab or lecture) will result in the reduction of your grade by one full letter grade on top of the 10% for attendance! Medical emergencies must be documented to be excused. Being late to class negatively impacts your attendance record and will damage your grade. Late assignments that are not excused by your section leader will have their grades reduced at the rate of one letter grade per week.
Please note that you must notify your section leader ahead of time if you cannot attend class on the day of a quiz or exam, so we can arrange an alternate time for you to take it. This will only be done in cases where there is a well-documented reason for missing the exam date.
OMG! NO PERSONAL ELECTRONIC NETWORKING DURING CLASS (incl. cell phones, web surfing, email, tweeting, texting, instagram or any new networking technology yet to be discovered.)
Grading Breakdown:
Attendance and participation (including in lecture): 10%
Blogs (4) 10%
Assignment #1 (Define a Space): 10%
Assignment #2 (Audio Portrait): 15%
Assignment #3 (Final Project): 15%
Quiz #1: 10%
Quiz #2: 10%
Final Exam: 20%
Accessibility: If you have a disability that will affect your coursework, please notify your lab instructor within the first two weeks of class to ensure suitable arrangements and a comfortable working environment. Contact : The Office for AccessABILITY, Hunter East 1119; Phone (212)772-4882 or 4891, TTY (212) 650-3230.
Blackboard Site: We will be using Blackboard as an integral part of the class. You will be required to download readings from Blackboard and to check Blackboard for general course announcements. We are using a Master Course (Fall 2015: FILMP MEDP 160 Master Course) so make sure you use that for course access instead of your particular section. If you need help accessing Blackboard please contact SNET help desk at 212-650-3624 or email snet@hunter.cuny.edu.
Labs: In order to complete required assignments, you may have to work on editing your assignments outside of class time. Weekly open lab hours will be available in 432HN, 478HN and the ICIT Mac lab on the 10th floor of the North Building.
Video and sound equipment will not be able to be used outside of class time (there are limited exceptions).
Lateness and Absences: Attendance to both lecture and lab sections is mandatory. Three missed classes (either lab or lecture) will result in the reduction of your grade by one full letter grade on top of the 10% for attendance! Medical emergencies must be documented to be excused. Being late to class negatively impacts your attendance record and will damage your grade. Late assignments that are not excused by your section leader will have their grades reduced at the rate of one letter grade per week.
Please note that you must notify your section leader ahead of time if you cannot attend class on the day of a quiz or exam, so we can arrange an alternate time for you to take it. This will only be done in cases where there is a well-documented reason for missing the exam date.
OMG! NO PERSONAL ELECTRONIC NETWORKING DURING CLASS (incl. cell phones, web surfing, email, tweeting, texting, instagram or any new networking technology yet to be discovered.)
Grading Breakdown:
Attendance and participation (including in lecture): 10%
Blogs (4) 10%
Assignment #1 (Define a Space): 10%
Assignment #2 (Audio Portrait): 15%
Assignment #3 (Final Project): 15%
Quiz #1: 10%
Quiz #2: 10%
Final Exam: 20%
Accessibility: If you have a disability that will affect your coursework, please notify your lab instructor within the first two weeks of class to ensure suitable arrangements and a comfortable working environment. Contact : The Office for AccessABILITY, Hunter East 1119; Phone (212)772-4882 or 4891, TTY (212) 650-3230.
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CLASS SCHEDULE FALL 2015 Lecture 1 (Sept. 2)
Semester overview. Intro to the creative process. Intro to Blog 1: Artist Statement.
Lab 1: SEC 001, 002 meet Sept. 2; SEC 003 and 004 meet Aug. 27 & Sept. 3; SEC 005, 006, 007,008, 009 & 010 meet Aug. 31. Introductions, semester overview, set up student accounts and blogs.
Lecture 2 (Sept. 9)
History of the Moving Image, Framing and Composition, Intro to Assignment #1: Define a Place
Read for today: Erik Barnouw, Documentary: a history of the non-fiction film, pp. 1-13 (Blackboard),Voice & Vision, pp. 48-61.
Lab 2 (001 & 002 meet Sept. 9, 003 & 004 meet Sept. 17, 005-010 meet Sept. 10): Share Artist
statements, camera workshop and exercise.
Due in lab 2: Blog #1
Lecture 3 (Sept. 16)
Framing and composition continued. The Lens.
Read for today: Voice & Vision pp. 221-234, 241-242.
Lab 3 (001 & 002 meet Sept. 16, 003 & 004 meet Sept. 24, 005-010 meet Sept. 21): Shoot Project 1: Define a Place.
NO CLASS SEPT 23
Lecture 4 (Sept. 30)
History and Technology of Video
Read for today: Voice & Vision, pp. 190-216; Reading from Documentary Voice & Vision (on Blackboard).
Lab 4 (001 & 002 meet Sept. 30, 003 & 004 meet Oct. 1, 005-010 meet Sept. 28): Intro to Premiere Pro. Edit Project 1.
Lecture 5 (Oct. 7)
Quiz No 1.
Interview Techniques and Approaches. Intro to Blog # 2: What I Hear and Assignment 2: Audio Portrait.
Read for today: Rabiger, Michael, “Conducting and Shooting Interviews,” from Directing the Documentary (on Blackbard); Storycorps’ “Great Questions” at http://storycorps.org/great-questions/
Lab 5 (001 & 002 meet Oct. 7, 003 & 004 meet Oct. 8, 005-010 meet Oct. 5): Finish editing Project #1, upload and link to blog.
Due in Lab 5 by end of lab: Project 1.
Lecture 6 (Oct. 14)
Audio theory, recording equipment, sound recording techniques. Intro zoom recorder.
Read for today: Voice & Vision, Ch. 15, pp. 351-358.
Lab 6 (001 & 002 meet Oct. 14, 003 & 004 meet Oct. 15, 005-010 meet Oct. 19): Review Assignment #1. Pre-interview for Assignment #2: Audio Portrait.
Lecture 7 (Oct. 21)
Sound Design and Editing. Review Quiz 1 and Project 1.
Read for today: Voice & Vision, pp. 471-486.
Lab 7 (001 & 002 meet Oct. 21, 003, & 004 meet Oct. 22, 005-010 meet Oct. 26): Record Project 2.
Due in Lab 7: Blog Entry #2, “What I Hear.”
Lecture 8 (Oct. 28)
Quiz No 2.
How images fit together: Visual storytelling conventions in fiction and non-fiction moving image media. Intro to Assignment #3: Final Project.
Read for Today: Voice & Vision, Ch. 4.
Lab 8: SEC 001 & 002 meet Oct. 28; SEC 003, 004 meet Oct. 29; SEC 005-010 meet Nov. 2. Edit
Audio Project.
Lecture 9 (Nov. 4)
Visual Storytelling, Pt. 2. Intro to storyboarding, overhead diagrams, shot lists, scripts. Listen to student projects. Intro to Blog #3: Editing Analysis
Interview Techniques and Approaches. Intro to Blog # 2: What I Hear and Assignment 2: Audio Portrait.
Read for today: Rabiger, Michael, “Conducting and Shooting Interviews,” from Directing the Documentary (on Blackbard); Storycorps’ “Great Questions” at http://storycorps.org/great-questions/
Lab 5 (001 & 002 meet Oct. 7, 003 & 004 meet Oct. 8, 005-010 meet Oct. 5): Finish editing Project #1, upload and link to blog.
Due in Lab 5 by end of lab: Project 1.
Lecture 6 (Oct. 14)
Audio theory, recording equipment, sound recording techniques. Intro zoom recorder.
Read for today: Voice & Vision, Ch. 15, pp. 351-358.
Lab 6 (001 & 002 meet Oct. 14, 003 & 004 meet Oct. 15, 005-010 meet Oct. 19): Review Assignment #1. Pre-interview for Assignment #2: Audio Portrait.
Lecture 7 (Oct. 21)
Sound Design and Editing. Review Quiz 1 and Project 1.
Read for today: Voice & Vision, pp. 471-486.
Lab 7 (001 & 002 meet Oct. 21, 003, & 004 meet Oct. 22, 005-010 meet Oct. 26): Record Project 2.
Due in Lab 7: Blog Entry #2, “What I Hear.”
Lecture 8 (Oct. 28)
Quiz No 2.
How images fit together: Visual storytelling conventions in fiction and non-fiction moving image media. Intro to Assignment #3: Final Project.
Read for Today: Voice & Vision, Ch. 4.
Lab 8: SEC 001 & 002 meet Oct. 28; SEC 003, 004 meet Oct. 29; SEC 005-010 meet Nov. 2. Edit
Audio Project.
Lecture 9 (Nov. 4)
Visual Storytelling, Pt. 2. Intro to storyboarding, overhead diagrams, shot lists, scripts. Listen to student projects. Intro to Blog #3: Editing Analysis
Read for today: Voice & Vision, pp. 21-31, pp. 102 -108, Ch. 21. Hampe, Barry, “Visual Evidence”
and “B-Roll as Evidence, Visual Illustration and Wallpaper,” from Making Documentary Films and
Videos (on BB).
Lab 9 (001 & 002 meet Nov. 4, 003 & 004 meet Nov. 5, 005-010 meet Nov. 9): Finish audio projects and upload.
Lecture 10 (Nov. 11)
Lighting Concepts and Techniques. Review Quiz 2. Listen to audio projects.
Lab 10 (001 & 002 meet Nov. 11, 003 & 004 Nov. 12, 005-010 meet Nov. 16): Listen to Project 2, workshop storyboards & scripts if ready.
Due in Lab 10: Blog #3: Editing Analysis
Read for today: Voice & Vision, pp. 269-275, 281-290.
Lecture 11 (Nov. 18)
Screening: Visions of Light. Intro Blog #4: MOMI Visit Reflections
Lab 11: (001 & 002 meet Nov. 18, 003 & 004 meet Nov. 19, SEC 005-010 meet Nov. 23): Shoot Final Project.
Due before lab via email: Storyboards or Scripts.
Lecture 12 (Nov. 25)
Class visit – Museum of the Moving Image
Lab 12 (SEC 001 & 002 meet Nov. 25, 003 & 004 meet Dec. 3, 005-010 meet Nov. 30): Edit Final Project.
Lecture 13 (Dec. 2)
Finishing and distribution.
Read for today: Documentary Voice & Vision Chapter 23 (Blackboard)
Lab 13 (001 & 002 meet Dec. 2, 003 & 004 meet Dec. 10, 005-010 meet Dec. 7): Edit Final Project. Due in Lab 13: Blog #4: MOMI Visit Reflections.
Lecture 14 (Dec. 9)
Screen Project #3, Review for Final Exam.
Lab 14 (001 & 002 meet Dec. 9, 003 & 004 meeting TBD, 005-010 meet Dec. 14): Edit Final Project and upload.
Due: Assignment #3: Final Project.
Lecture 15 (Dec. 16)
Final Exam (cumulative) Place and time TBD
For e-book readers: Voice and Vision 2nd edition pages correspond with the following section headers:
pp. 21-31
Chapter 2: The Screenplay, beginning of chapter up to (but not including) “Screenplay Language and Style”
pp. 48-61
Chapter 3: The Visual Language and Aesthetics of Cinema, from “The Frame and Composition” up to (but not including) “Motivation and the Moving Camera.”
pp. 102 -108
Chapter 5: From Screenplay to Visual Plan, from “Overhead Diagrams” up to (but not including) “The Director and Previzualizing: a Method.”
pp. 190-216
Chapter 8 from “Guage/Format” to end of Chapter. Chapter 9: The Digital Video System from beginning of chapter up to “Compression and Subsampling, bottom of second paragraph.
pp. 221-234
Chapter 10: The Lens, from beginning of chapter to end of 3 bullet points in “Controlling Depth of Field.”
pp. 241-242
Chapter 11: Camera Support, from beginning of chapter up to (but not including) The Tripod.
pp. 269-275
Chapter 13: Basic Lighting for Film and DV, beginning of chapter up to (but not including) “Camera Filters and Lighting Gels”
pp. 281-290
Chapter 13: Basic Lighting for Film and DV, “Light and Directionality” up to (but not including) “Exterior Lighting”
pp. 351-358
Chapter 16: Location Sound Techniques, beginning of chapter up to (but not including) “Boom
T echnique.”
pp. 471-486
Chapter 22: The Sound Design in Film, beginning of chapter up to (but not including “Sound Design Strategies”).
Final Exam (cumulative) Place and time TBD
For e-book readers: Voice and Vision 2nd edition pages correspond with the following section headers:
pp. 21-31
Chapter 2: The Screenplay, beginning of chapter up to (but not including) “Screenplay Language and Style”
pp. 48-61
Chapter 3: The Visual Language and Aesthetics of Cinema, from “The Frame and Composition” up to (but not including) “Motivation and the Moving Camera.”
pp. 102 -108
Chapter 5: From Screenplay to Visual Plan, from “Overhead Diagrams” up to (but not including) “The Director and Previzualizing: a Method.”
pp. 190-216
Chapter 8 from “Guage/Format” to end of Chapter. Chapter 9: The Digital Video System from beginning of chapter up to “Compression and Subsampling, bottom of second paragraph.
pp. 221-234
Chapter 10: The Lens, from beginning of chapter to end of 3 bullet points in “Controlling Depth of Field.”
pp. 241-242
Chapter 11: Camera Support, from beginning of chapter up to (but not including) The Tripod.
pp. 269-275
Chapter 13: Basic Lighting for Film and DV, beginning of chapter up to (but not including) “Camera Filters and Lighting Gels”
pp. 281-290
Chapter 13: Basic Lighting for Film and DV, “Light and Directionality” up to (but not including) “Exterior Lighting”
pp. 351-358
Chapter 16: Location Sound Techniques, beginning of chapter up to (but not including) “Boom
T echnique.”
pp. 471-486
Chapter 22: The Sound Design in Film, beginning of chapter up to (but not including “Sound Design Strategies”).
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