CINE 410 - Advanced Directing

Institution:

Point Park University

Subject:

CINEMA

Description:

A workshop course that focuses on directing for the camera. Students experiment with various visual styles and practice concepts essential to scene construction through shooting in-class scenes and a final project outside of class. As the final elective class in the directing concentration, the course also focuses on preparing students for their Production 4 projects and assisting them in determining a career path. Prerequisite: CINE 310. Course Objectives Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to: (1) Craft and manipulate scene structure in directing a dramatic text for the screen (2) Coordinate camera with performance and other visual tools to create effective scenes (3) Identify a variety of cinematic styles and their respective technical components (4) Create an appropriate cinematic style for a dramatic text through experimentation with a variety of cinematic styles (5) Employ a variety of advanced methods of staging scenes (6) Collaborate more effectively with a variety of other key crew positions (7) More effectively direct actors based on a clearly defined approach as introduced in CINE 310: Intermediate Directing

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.pointpark.edu

Phone Number:

(412) 391-4100

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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