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  • SCRN 2106: Screenwriting Practicum

    4.00 Credits
    Minneapolis Community and Technical College

    4.00 credits (3.00 lec/1.00 lab) Initial offering Spring 2009 This course focuses on three major activities: exploring the fundamental principles and the legal aspects of the business as they relate to the screenwriting profession; analyzing the feature scripts developed in SCRN 2105 and their structure; and learning how to orally pitch a feature idea or a script to professionals. Using concepts from classical and contemporary dramatic structures, students will learn how to write, rehearse and pitch their scripts to professionals from New York or Los Angeles. Prerequisites: SCRN 2103 and SCRN 2104. Corequisite: SCRN 2105.
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  • SCRN 2107: Internship Lab

    3.00 Credits
    Minneapolis Community and Technical College

    3.00 credits (1.00 int/2.00 lab) Initial offering Fall 2010 This internship connects students with local organizations such as The Minnesota Film and Television Board, The Independent Feature Project, Minnesota, The Screenwriters Workshop, the McKnight Foundation and other local cinema organizations. Students will participate for one semester in the industry as Reader/Story Analyst, write professional coverages for original scripts and get the unique chance to participate in the production of local and national cinema projects filmed in town. Internships are available only to second-year degree students and may be repeated. Prerequisites: SCRN 2103 and SCRN 2104.
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  • SCRN 2550: Writing the Narrative Feature

    4.00 Credits
    Minneapolis Community and Technical College

    4.00 credits (3.00 lec/1.00 lab) Drawing heavily on the acquired screenwriting techniques and craft, this class introduces students who have successfully completed all the Screenwirting sequences to the dramatic feature-length screenplay. Each student is expected to develop and draft a feature-length narrative script. This class may be repeated. Prerequisites: SCRN 2530; READ 0200 or ESOL 0052 or placement into READ 1300; ENGL 0900 or ESOL 0051 or placement into ENGL 1110; MATH 0060 or placement into MATH 0070; demonstration of computer literacy skills. Corequisite: SCRN 2560.
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  • SCRN 2560: Screenwriting Practicum

    2.00 Credits
    Minneapolis Community and Technical College

    2.00 credits (1.00 lec/1.00 lab) This class is designed for students who have successfully completed all the Screenwriting sequences and are enrolled in SCRN 2550. The practicum focuses on two main activities: analyzing, on a weekly basis, the scripts developed in SCRN 2550 and their structure; and learning how to orally present a feature idea, critiqued and evaluated by the teacher and the class. Using concepts from classical and contemporary narrative structure, students will learn how to pitch their scripts to gain a greater understanding of the screenwriting techniques. A pitch presentation to professionals from New York or Los Angeles is required for all students. This practicum may be repeated. Prerequisites: SCRN 2103; placement into READ 1300 or completion of READ 0200 or ESOL 0052; placement into ENGL 1110 or completion of ENGL 0900 or ESOL 0051; placement into MATH 0070 or completion of MATH 0060; demonstration of computer literacy skills. Corequisite: SCRN 2105.
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  • SCRN 2570: Internship Lab

    3.00 Credits
    Minneapolis Community and Technical College

    3.00 credits (1.00 int/2.00 lab) This internship provides second-year Screenwriting students with an opportunity to work in the industry as reader/story analysts. Internships are primarily coordinated with The Minnesota Film and Television Board, The Independent Feature Project/Minneapolis/St. Paul, The Screenwriters Workshop and other local and national film and video organizations. Internships are available only to degree students. This internship may be repeated. Prerequisite: SCRN 2103.
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  • SCRN 2998: Directed Study

    3.00 Credits
    Minneapolis Community and Technical College

    Prerequisites: placement into READ 1300 or completion of READ 0200 or ESOL 0052; placement into ENGL 1110 or completion of ENGL 0900 or ESOL 0051; placement into MATH 0070 or completion of MATH 0060; demonstration of computer literacy skills. An application for entrance is required to register into the Cinema division.
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  • SNDA 1310: Sound Arts 1:The Nature and Control of Sound

    3.00 Credits
    Minneapolis Community and Technical College

    3.00 credits (3.00 lec) This course introduces students to sound: its fundamental nature; the manner in which it is controlled in air, as well as in the worlds of electronics and computers; and ways in which it can be formed to create art. Along with the exploration of theory and concepts related to sound control, students will complete individual exercises in the sound labs, culminating in the creation, recording and final mixdown of an original artwork. Prerequisites: Placement into READ 1300 or completion of READ 0200 or ESOL 0052; placement into ENGL 1110 or completion of ENGL 0900 or ESOL 0051; placement into MATH 0070 or completion of MATH 0060; demonstration of computer literacy skills.
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  • SNDA 1320: Sound Arts 2:Advanced Recording and Sync

    3.00 Credits
    Minneapolis Community and Technical College

    3.00 credits (2.00 lec/1.00 lab) This course extends your theoretical base in sound with exploration of advanced topics in analog signal flow, gain-staging and processing, as well as the foundations of nonlinear digital recording, sampling, synthesis, editing, and time coding. Theory moves to practical lab experience in live multitrack recording and mixing. You will do individual and group recording projects in MCTC sound studios involving music, dialogue and effects; work with commercial production music; and tie sound projects to video or film. Prerequisites: SNDA 1310.
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  • SNDA 1360: Sound Arts History and Literature

    3.00 Credits
    Minneapolis Community and Technical College

    3.00 credits (3.00 lec) In this course, students will explore the relationship between technology and the sound arts by listening to, reading about, and discussing important music recordings, film soundtracks, and videos from the body of works created in these media. Using an historical perspective, a study will be made of the electronic and computer music produced in institutional and private studios through this century, the landmark pop and rock recordings, the development of film music and sound design and the effect of technology on live performance. Prerequisites: SNDA 1310 and MUSC 1150.
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  • SNDA 2330: Sound Arts 3:Advanced Digital Sound and Music

    4.00 Credits
    Minneapolis Community and Technical College

    4.00 credits (3.00 lec/1.00 lab) This is an advanced course focusing on the operation of the digital desktop studio as a tool for practical application of the theories and concepts learned up to this point in the Sound Arts program. Recording and conversion will be reviewed prior to the exploration of advanced techniques in synthesis, sampling, editing, signal processing and mixing, both within the nonlinear environment and in the larger digital studio. Data transfer in several formats will be considered. Students will become familiar with a variety of hardware and software and will complete a final project in a chosen area. Prerequisite: SNDA 1320. Corequisite: SNDA 2340.
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