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  • 3.00 Credits

    Lecture 3 hours; 3 credits. Prerequisite: junior standing, COMM 360, or permission of the instructor. An examination of the theory and practice of media programming techniques. Strategies and tactics to be studied include scheduling, program selection and development, and promotion. Television and radio will be emphasized, but new distribution platforms will also be considered.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Lecture 3 hours; 3 credits. Prerequisite: junior standing, COMM 360, or permission of the instructor. Course will introduce students to the ways in which different media forms are used for advertising and marketing purposes. Emphasis is on electronic media, though other approaches, such as direct marketing techniques and the increasing use of new media technologies for marketing, will also be examined.
  • 0.00 - 3.00 Credits

    Lecture 2 hours, laboratory 2 hours; 3 credits. Prerequisite: junior standing or permission of the instructor. An examination of American motion pictures as an art form, a business and an institution from its inception to the present. Primary attention is accorded to the narrative fiction film, its aesthetic and technological development, economic organization and social impact. This course highlights the many connections between film history and American culture. (cross-listed with THEA 479/579)
  • 3.00 Credits

    Lecture 2 hours, laboratory 2 hours; 3 credits. Prerequisite: COMM/THEA 270A and junior standing or permission of the instructor. An examination of American motion pictures as an art form, a business and an institution from its inception to the present. Primary attention is accorded to the narrative fiction film, its aesthetic and technological development, economic organization and social impact. This course highlights the many connections between film history and American culture. (cross-listed with COMM 479W/579)
  • 3.00 Credits

    Lecture 3 hours; 3 credits. Prerequisite: COMM/THEA 380. This is a production/studio course designed to complete the preparatory work developed in Theatre 380: The Video Documentary I. Discussion/presentation topics range from production field work to post-production editing. The final third of the semester will be devoted to compiling the rough footage in post production. (cross-listed with THEA 480/580)
  • 0.00 - 3.00 Credits

    Lecture 2 hours; laboratory 2 hours; 3 credits. Prerequisite: COMM 360 or permission of instructor. An in-depth investigation of the history and theory of the documentary tradition in film, television, and radio. Examining both American and international examples, the course will look at major schools, movements, goals, and styles of documentary production. Representative texts will be studied for their socio-political influences, persuasive techniques, and aesthetic formulas.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Lecture 3 hours; 3 credits. Prerequisite: COMM/THEA 346. Students explore visual storytelling through the theories guiding character development, narrative construction, thematic layers, scene analysis, and many more. Students participate in a variety of critical and writing exercises to enhance their knowledge of the craft of screenwriting. (cross-listed with THEA 482)
  • 3.00 Credits

    Lecture 3 hours; 3 credits. Prerequisite: COMM/THEA 370. This course introduces students to the processes and techniques of a narrative film production. Students experience pre-production, production, and post-production phases in creating a product to be entered in regional and national competitions. (cross-listed with THEA 483)
  • 3.00 Credits

    Lecture 3 hours; 3 credits. Prerequisites: COMM 346, 370, 385, and THEA 446, and 483. Offers the advanced film/video maker an opportunity to produce a project beyond the scope of previous classroom projects. Students come to the course in production teams (typically 5 members), with each member assigned a specific duty (cinematography, editing, directing, etc.). Students are permitted into the course solely by instructor approval and only after demonstration of superior skills in subordinate courses and acceptance of a submitted screenplay. (cross-listed with THEA 486/586)
  • 1.00 - 3.00 Credits

    3 credits each semester. Prerequisite: appropriate survey course or permission of the instructor. The advanced study of selected topics designed to permit small groups of qualified students to work on subjects of mutual interest which, due to their specialized nature, may not be offered regularly. These courses will appear in the course schedule, and will be more fully described in information distributed to all academic advisors.
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