SPRING 2015 • SECTION A1 [TUES/THUR]
The following schedule is subject to change.
Tuesday, January 20
Topics:
Topics:
- Course introduction
- Composing the frame
- Contrast, brightness, sharpness, modeling
- Simple and complex compositions
- Visual motifs
- Compositional conventions
Thursday, January 22
Workshop:
Topics:
Workshop:
- Setting up a website
Topics:
- Website design options and basic features
- Applying compositional principles to web design
- Title design
- The interplay of text and image
Tuesday, January 27
Topics:
Topics:
- Spatial Representation
- The visual cues associated with space.
- Camera lenses and focal lengths introduced.
- Focal length and its effect on the representation of space.
- The visual possibilities of depth and flatness
- Manipulating depth of field
Thursday, January 29
Bring camera cards to class!
Workshop:
Topics:
Bring camera cards to class!
Workshop:
- Hands-on practice taking stills
Topics:
- Controlling exposure
- Aperture, shutter speed, and sensitivity
Tuesday, February 3
Topics:
Topics:
- Editing with Premiere
- Structuring a sequence
- Associative montage
- Spatial representation through editing
- Screen direction introduced
Thursday, February 5
Bring hard drive to class
Workshop:
Topics:
Assignment Due: Website Launch
Bring hard drive to class
Workshop:
- Picture Editing Workshop
Topics:
- Setting up a project
- Logging footage and selecting shots
- Manipulating material
- Basic title design
- Outputting
Assignment Due: Website Launch
Tuesday, February 10
Topics:
Topics:
- Color
- Hue and saturation
- Color theory and the measurement of color
- Light sources and their characteristic colors
- Using opposing colors in art and photography
- Limiting the color palette
Thursday, February 12
Pairs formed for Photo Portrait assignment
Critique:
Pairs formed for Photo Portrait assignment
Critique:
- Website Launch
Tuesday, February 17
Special: BU Monday Schedule - NO CLASS
Special: BU Monday Schedule - NO CLASS
Thursday, February 19
Topics:
Topics:
- Sound
- The primal and abstract nature of sound
- Frequency, dynamics, timbre and reverb
- Best practices for recording audio for motion pictures
Tuesday, February 24
Workshop:
Topics:
Assignment Due: Photo Montage – Postcard from the City
Workshop:
- Recording audio
Topics:
- Controlling the audio recording environment
- The role of ambiance
- Wind noise
Assignment Due: Photo Montage – Postcard from the City
Thursday, February 26
Topics:
Topics:
- Layering audio
- Filtering audio: perspective and equalization
- Using automation to trigger adjustments on tracks
- Combining picture and audio
- Contrasting on- versus off-screen sounds
- Diegetic and non-diegetic sound
- Counterpoint in editing sound and image
Tuesday, March 3
Pairs formed for Souvenir assignment
Critique: Photo Montage – Postcard from the City
Pairs formed for Souvenir assignment
Critique: Photo Montage – Postcard from the City
Thursday, March 5
Bring hard drives to class!
Workshop:
Topics:
Assignment Due: Photo Portraits
Bring hard drives to class!
Workshop:
- Sound Design and Sound Editing
Topics:
- Setting up for multi-track sound editing
- Strategies from recording and using voice-over
- Kinds of music
- Using the sound effects library
- Audio transitions
Assignment Due: Photo Portraits
NO CLASSES MARCH 9th & 11th - BU SPRING BREAK
Tuesday, March 17
Topics:
Topics:
- Capturing movement
- Movement within the static shot
- Using the Z-axis
- Movement in relation to the frame: open and closed frames
- Options for moving the camera
- Camera steadiness
Thursday, March 19
Critique:
Critique:
- Photo Portraits
Tuesday, March 24
Topics:
Topics:
- Pre-visualization: storyboarding, sketching with the camera
- Continuity editing
- The grammar of the continuity sequence
- The jump cut
Thursday, March 26
Workshop:
Topics:
Assignment Due: Website Redesign
Workshop:
- Previsualization
Topics:
- Storyboarding
- Shooting diagrams
- Coverage
- Examples of previsualization software
Assignment Due: Website Redesign
Tuesday, March 31
Topics:
Topics:
- Storytelling on screen
- Narrative structure and theme
- Dramatic stakes
- Open-ended versus resolved stories
- Pattern and repetition in narrative
Thursday, April 2
Critique:
Critique:
- Home Page Redesign
Tuesday, April 7
Topics:
Topics:
- The Rhetoric of Realism
- Constructing reality on screen
- Uses of the subjective perspective
- The role of audio in believing what we see
- Is there a reality underlying realism?
Thursday, April 9
Bring hard drives to class!
Workshop:
Topics:
Assignment Due: Souvenir
Bring hard drives to class!
Workshop:
- Editing Sound and Picture
Topics:
- The interplay of sound and picture
- L and J cuts
Assignment Due: Souvenir
Tuesday, April 14
Topics:
Topics:
- Protagonists, past and present
- Character development
- Strength and vulnerability
- Growth and consistency
- Audience identification
Thursday, April 16
Critique:
Critique:
- Souvenir
Tuesday, April 21
Topics:
Topics:
- Subverting narrative conventions
- Fracturing narrative structure
- Undermining the bond between storyteller and viewer
- Confounding expectations; challenging norms
Thursday, April 23
Topics:
Topics:
- Aesthetics of the screen
- Debating the definition and value of beauty
- Can a sound or image be inherently beautiful?
- Can beauty be difficult, an acquired taste?
- Is beauty useful as an expressive tool?
- Beauty on screen: examples for debate
Tuesday, April 28
Critique:
Assignment Due: Persuasion
Critique:
- Persuasion [Part 1]
Assignment Due: Persuasion
Thursday, April 30
Class evaluation
Critique:
Assignment Due: Final Website Design
Class evaluation
Critique:
- Persuasion [Part 2]
Assignment Due: Final Website Design