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3.00 Credits
Com 120 is an introductory course that familiarizes students with the basic principles and techniques of writing for the media: including newspapers, film, TV news, sitcoms, episodic drama, public relations and the internet. Students will practice various forms of media script writing. Prerequisite: ENG 101.
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to present students with a comprehensive history of world mass communications and media's impact on society throughout the world. The course will present the impact of media technology on culture and how the structure and organization of the media industry influences content. How "new media" have changed the way we see the world, altered the way we get information, and colored the way other cultures view American society will also be explored.
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
This course is an introduction to the theory and techniques of visual effects for moving images. Emphasis is placed on constructing visual stories. Basic principles and techniques of visual effects production, opening sequences and titles for film, television, video and video for the internet are explored. Using compositing programs, students are introduced to the creative process of developing digital visual effects from storyboard to final video. Note: Students must register for a lecture and a lab. 3 Lecture, 2 Lab, 4 Credit Hours. Prerequisites: COM 103, COM 110 with a grade of C or better, COM 120.
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
In this course in video production and visual effects, students collaborate to write a screenplay for a short digital film that will showcase their skills in video production, editing and digital effects. The course will focus on exercises designed to bring visual richness and conceptual depth to the student¿s work. In addition to the collaborative assignment, students will complete a variety of individual assignments including: a term paper, an oral report and a DVD portfolio of work they completed in the COM Program. Note: Students must register for both lecture and lab. 3 Lecture, 3 Lab, 4 Credit Hours. Pre-requisite: COM 210 or permission of the instructor.
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0.00 - 3.00 Credits
This course provides an opportunity to study the practical approaches to performance for the media. It is a study in contemporary performance with a basic and essential knowledge of on-camera acting for film and television, corporate presentations, reporting, as well as voice-over recording. There is also opportunity for self-directed learning with group performances in the television studio and audio production suites, as well as performing in student-directed video projects. The course places an emphasis on voice production and on-camera acting/performing techniques. Prerequisite: COM 101 or SPE 101 or THE 109
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
This advanced course introduces students to concepts and theories in public relations and its connective relationship to journalism. Students will begin applying some of the media skills they have developed in the Communications and Media Arts Program to support public relations efforts for publicizing events on campus. Lectures will focus on the relationship between journalism and public relations, public relations planning, media writing for public relations and journalism, standards and practices in the public relations industry and traditional media, persuasion theory, and the organization and structure of media networks and effective message distribution in the media, including the utilization of weblogs, YouTube, and other internet outlets. Pre-requisite: COM120.
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
The course is a study of the science and art of sound in the context of media production. A strong theory component examines the behavior of sound, basic room acoustics, the design and use of microphones, recording technologies, and sound editing/production systems. Lab projects involve field sound effects recording, recording of dialogue and voice, and combining various sound elements to create sonic structures such as those used in film, television, radio and games. Pre-requisite:MAT109 or higher or Math A Regents exam with a minimum grade of 85. MAT110 or higher is strongly recommended for students planning to transfer to a four- year college
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
The course covers the principles of studio and field music recording using stereo and multi-track techniques. It includes editing, mixing, recording to CD and the use of MIDI instruments. Note: This course covers some advanced technical concepts. Note: Students must register for both lecture and lab. 3 Lecture, 3 Lab, 4 Credit Hours. Pre-requisite: COM 233 or permission of instructor.
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0.00 - 3.00 Credits
This course offers an introduction to the history of film and will focus primarily on World Cinema: film from non-Western nations and films by non-traditional voices in the US and Europe. Lectures will relate significant political events and social issues to current and historical films. The objective of this course is to familiarize students with the history, institutions, economy, society and culture of other world civilizations through screening and discussing narrative films from these cultures. Note: Students must register for both lecture and lab. 3 Lecture, 1 Lab, 3 Credits
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0.00 - 3.00 Credits
This intermediate course introduces students to the theories and techniques of dramatic writing for the screen with lectures on story structure and substantial writing assignments. Students in this course will develop, outline and begin writing an original screenplay for a feature film. Pre-requisites and/or co-requisites ENG 101 with the grade of C or better and corequisite: ENG 102.
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