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  • 3.00 Credits

    This course is designed to follow FM 11 Art and Language of Film, and is a required course for film majors.As an application course, it focuses in depth on the three stages of filmmaking - preproduction, production, and post-production.Students learn how to use camera and editing equipment to tell a visual story, while learning the production details of filmmaking.Several small projects lead up to production of a short film.The course fulfills an application requirement in the VPA core.(Prerequisite for film majors: FM 11) Three credits.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course introduces the theory and basics and aesthetics of digital editing, using Final Cut Pro and Avid digital-editing systems.Participants study the characteristics of nonlinear systems and learn how these systems are used to create effective and affective visual and audio programs.This is a required production course for the film and television tracks of the New Media Film, Television and Radio major.The course fulfills an application requirement in the VPA core.Three credits.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course explores what a film or television director does, how he/she manipulates and manages the divergent elements of cinema into a coherent whole, and often, into a unique and personal vision.The specific tasks of a director are studied from practical and theoretical perspectives.This is a required course for the film track of the New Media Film, Television, and Radio major.This course fulfills a VPA core requirement in history.Three credits.
  • 3.00 Credits

    A genre is a category or film characterized by a recognizable set of conventions, which may include settings, stock characters, narrative patterns, stylistic devices, historical contexts, and themes.Genres work off of filmmakers' and audience' shared expectations.Over time, these conventions develop and evolve.Genres offered have included: the western, the horror film, science fiction, independent film, classic comedy, and film noir.This course fulfills a VPA core requirement in history.Three credits.
  • 3.00 Credits

    In this advanced motion picture production course, students have access to advanced camera, lighting, audio, and editing equipment, and work in teams to produce more complex films.The course fulfills an application requirement in the VPA core.(Prerequisite: FM 130) Three credits.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Usually open only to students majoring or minoring in film, this course allows a student to pursue in depth a topic or project in film history/theory or production, in close consultation with a faculty member of the New Media Film, Television and Radio Program.Three credits.
  • 3.00 Credits

    In consultation with a faculty member, upper-level major and minor students arrange a semester-long internship with one of many film production companies located within Connecticut and the New York metropolitan area.The course combines on-site supervision and meetings with faculty advisors with weekly journal submissions and an assigned paper at the end of the internship.This is an elective applied course in the film track of the New Media Film, Television and Radio program.Three credits.
  • 4.00 Credits

    Designed for students with no prior experience with French or whose placement scores are in the range for this course level.This two-semester sequence teaches the essentials of pronunciation, structure, and usage, allowing students to acquire the skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing.Language cultures are explored through a variety of media.Students attend three classes per week and do mandatory online work determined by the instructor.Four credits per semester.
  • 4.00 Credits

    Designed for students who have completed FR 110-FR 111 or whose placement scores are in the range for this course level.This two-semester sequence prepares students to continue the study of language on a more advanced level, and includes review of essential points of grammar, vocabulary building, and regular practice in speaking and writing.The language cultures are explored through a wide variety of materials (literary texts, press articles, films, etc.) Students attend three classes per week and do mandatory online work determined by the instructor.Four credits per semester.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course emphasizes improved proficiency in the written language.Students build vocabulary and improve grammar through readings and exercises designed to prepare them for weekly compositions.These readings and exercises expose students to a variety of genres.Following peer review and instructor's comments, students rewrite compositions, incorporating them into a final portfolio project.Three credits.
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