Class Description:
This course will allow students to develop professional skills in video, film, and television pre-production, production, and post-production. Fundamentals of video production, including the techniques and the aesthetics of shooting, lighting, and editing will be covered. Emphasizes hands-on production experience, using digital video. While in this course, students will be using class members as the production unit focusing on filmmaking, including story development, production/post techniques, directing, and interpretation of drama from script to screen. This class will introduce students to video camera operation, camera stabilization techniques, lighting, scripts and storyboarding, digital imaging, motion graphics software, and, importing/exporting graphics, movies, animations and sound effects into, or out of video editing software. Students will develop an understanding of the wide range of business aspects within the industry. Students will also create a digital portfolio to display all their work.
Topics include:
Film Production Overview
Key People
Planning
Scripts
Camera Basics
Video
Audio
Editing
Sharing the video
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