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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
The course will introduce the students to the various forms of broadcast journalism, includ-ing radio and television. Special attention will be given to the specific requirements in re-search and presentation that each medium requires. (spring 2010, spring 2012)
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3.00 Credits
This course provides the student with a com-prehensive overview of the international narr-ative cinema from the 1890s to the present. Each week there will be a screening and in-class analysis of one or more essential films from the country, movement, or period under discussion. The course examines film not only as an industrial, technological, political and social phenomenon, but especially as an art form. The course emphasizes cinema's artistic genealogy and relationship to other art forms, including painting, literature, theater, and vid-eo. (fall 2008, fall 2010)
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3.00 Credits
The course traces the evolution of the docu-mentary from its early fascination with daily life and the lyrical documentaries of the 1930s through WWII propaganda films and the so-cially conscious films of the mid-century to the investigative reporting and personal essay forms of recent decades. The course examines the documentary not only as a technological, political and social phenomenon, but also as a form of artistic, personal expression. The course emphasizes documentary's relationship to other non-fiction media such as journalism. (fall 2009, fall 2011)
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3.00 Credits
The course offers an introduction to the craft of screenwriting through an examination of the principles, structure, and practice of writ-ing for film, with special attention to the structure of individual scenes, the creations of characters, and the writing of dialogue. The student studies scenes from completed films to analyze the interaction of dialogue, action, and cinematic technique. (fall 2009, fall 2011)
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3.00 Credits
The course continues the study of the craft of screenwriting through an examination of plot and character in a screenplay for a short film. The student studies scenes from completed films to analyze the interaction of dialogue, action, and cinematic technique. (fall 2008, spring 2010) Prerequisite: COMM 230
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3.00 Credits
This course acquaints the student with film/video language. The student reads basic texts of film/video theory and begins applying the ideas contained therein to an understand-ing of film- and videomaking. This course also instructs the student in basic motion picture narrative techniques through the production and editing of three two-minute videos and one five-minute video, either fictional or do-cumentary, as the student chooses. In produc-ing these videos, the student learns and fol-lows the standard pre-production, production, and post-production practices. (fall 2008, fall 2010)
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3.00 Credits
This course continues the student's study of film language by integrating the techniques and technology learned in COMM 218. The student is also introduced to various advanced techniques of sound and image editing. The work centers on three short exercises and the planning, shooting, and completion of a fif-teen minute film, either documentary or fic-tion. (spring 2009, spring 2011) Prerequisite: COMM 240
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3.00 Credits
This course introduces the student to the his-tory and various methods of staging theatrical productions; the class is conducted on the stage of The Little Theater on the Rutherford campus. The student gains experience in working with actors, analyzing scripts, and organizing a stage production. (Projected for fall 2010)
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3.00 Credits
The course introduces the student to the basic acting techniques. Students will learn tech-niques for improvisation, monologue, and multi-character scenes. Exercises to utilize the voice and body will be explored to help create a character. (fall 2008, fall 2009)
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3.00 Credits
Students will work on taking the character from the page to the stage. Extensive mono-logue, improvisation, theatre games, and scene study work will facilitate the use of the body and voice to formulate characters and create truthful moments on stage. Comparison of the various major acting techniques will be presented. Prerequisite: COMM 247 or permission of the instructor. (spring 2009, spring 2010)
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