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3.00 Credits
(3.0 Units) (No prerequisite. Two and one-half lecture and one and one-half laboratory hours weekly.) This hands-on class is appropriate for anyone who needs to gain basic video field production skills or who wants to take a video production class for fun and personal enrichment. The focus of the course is to give students a basic set of video production and visual communication skills. Using small and lightweight digital video equipment, students, working in groups and individually, learn how to shoot video on location for documentary, narrative, music, experimental, interview, personal and promotional projects. (CSU)
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3.00 Credits
(3.0 Units) (No prerequisite. Can be taken for credit as Communications 160 or Journalism 160. Credit will be awarded for only one course. Three lecture hours weekly.) This course will address a variety of entertainment and news content in print and electronic media. In studying the social construction of race and gender, we will consider and investigate all sides of issues. The focus of this course is on contemporary media texts examined within their historical context. Students will learn methods of media analysis and apply them to the study of various media texts. Additionally, we will explore the connections among media representations of race and gender and other social constructions, which will include class, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age, and disability. In covering race, the course will address the experiences of African-Americans, Native Americans, Asian-Americans, Arab-Americans, and Latinos in the United States. With regard to gender, this course will address the social construction of femininity as well as masculinity. (CSU/UC) AA/AS Areas C and G, CSU Area D-3 or D-4, IGETC Area 4
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3.00 Credits
(3.0 Units) (No prerequisite. Three lecture hours weekly.) This course is designed to teach students the basics of dramatic writing so that they can learn the functions of each act of a drama in drawing sympathy for characters, creating interesting conflict, and unifying the message. The student will analyze completed feature films, screenplays, and television programs for their structure, pacing, and characterization. They will create their own original stories, both for television and for film; write several scenes in correct format; and complete a treatment for feature film or television. (CSU)
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3.00 Credits
(3.0 Units) (Prerequisite: Communications 161. Three lecture hours weekly.) This course assumes students have some experience writing in screenplay or teleplay format and are familiar with basic structure, dramatic conflict, and character development. Class is a workshop/seminar format; students present original worksin- progress for rewrite suggestions. Lessons in issues of subtext, dialogue, plot motivation, development of characters' psychological needs, and plot tightening for pacing will be given. May be taken four times for credit. (CSU)
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3.00 Credits
(3.0 Units) (Prerequisite: Communications 162. Three lecture hours weekly.) This course assumes the student has already taken five semesters of Writing for TV and Film and is working on either a continuing screenplay or teleplay project or is starting a new project. Class is a workshop seminar format; students present original works in progress for rewrite suggestions. May be taken four times for credit. (CSU)
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3.00 Credits
(3.0 Units) (No prerequisite. Three lecture hours weekly.) Exercises to develop fluency in the language of the motion picture. Creation of shooting scripts and/or story-boarding for short documentary, animated, or narrative films and videos. Viewing and analysis of representative works to examine structure and style. May be used to develop projects for production courses. (CSU)
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3.00 Credits
(3.0 Units) (Prerequisite: Communications 150. Two lecture and three laboratory hours weekly.) This is an intermediate level class that teaches intermediate techniques of cinematography and lighting through classroom instruction, exercises, and studio and location shooting. In addition, students will learn how to maintain camera and lighting equipment and develop advanced skills in visual communication and the art and craft of cinematography. May be taken twice for credit. (CSU)
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3.00 Credits
(3.0 Units) (Prerequisite: Communications 150. Two lecture and three laboratory hours weekly.) This course provides basic instruction in the theory and practical application of nonlinear editing for film and video using the Avid editing workstation. The emphasis is on developing students' skills through hands-on work and practice on the Avid system. May be taken three times for credit. (CSU)
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1.00 Credits
(1.0 Unit) (Prerequisite: Communications 175. One lecture hour weekly.) Using lecture, demonstration, and hands-on practice this workshop explores advanced Avid nonlinear editing techniques. It introduces horizontal and vertical effects, nesting, keying, key frames, and media and project management. May be taken twice for credit. (CSU)
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3.00 Credits
(3.0 Units) (No prerequisite. Advisory: Basic computer skills. Two lecture and three laboratory hours weekly.) Using lecture, demonstration, and hands-on practice, this workshop explores basic audio nonlinear editing techniques. It introduces digital audio workstations, digital multitrack recording, and midi and digital signal processing. May be taken twice for credit. (CSU)
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