Course Details

 

Filmmaking Four-Week Intensive: 16mm B/W--MOS

 

FLMM1-CE9066 / $3,995
SPRING 2012
Continuing Education: Film, Video and Broadcasting

Learn the fundamentals of professional filmmaking with award-winning faculty who teach the basics of pre-production, cinematography, production, and post-production. Spend mornings in lectures, demonstrations, and critiques, and afternoons developing technical proficiency in the field or lab. Produce, write, and direct projects, using a 16mm Arriflex camera to shoot and Final Cut Pro to edit. In addition to acquiring technical skills, learn to collaborate effectively with others, while developing the capacity to critically analyze the project. Students can enroll in four or eight weeks, or the full twelve weeks of this program.

Students can enroll in four, eight, or the full 12 weeks of this program. Upon completion of the Eight- or 12-week Intensive, students receive a Certificate in Filmmaking.

Weeks One Through Four:
16mm B/W-MOS

February 13 - March 9, 2012
  • Techniques, technology, and craft of film and DV production.
  • Language of film.
  • Narrative techniques and the art of editing.
  • Historical approaches to staging/blocking and directorial preparation.
  • Cinematography.
  • Three-point lighting and lighting ratio.
  • Light meters and metering techniques.
  • Collaboration on group/team projects.
  • Film editing and post-production.
  • Professional conventions and practices.
  • Complete filmmaking projects.
Weeks Five Through 12:
Color and Sync Sound

March 19 - May 11, 2012
  • Visual storytelling.
  • The camera as an artistic tool.
  • Advanced lighting techniques.
  • Color negative film stocks and characteristics.
  • Recording sync sound with Fostex field recorders.
  • Synching dailies and editing with Final Cut Pro.
  • Professional sound mix demo.
  • Scheduling and budgeting.
  • Getting into the business.
  • Film festival preparation.
  • Individual/faculty mentoring.

FACULTY

Joanna Beckson, actor and director for film, TV, and off-Broadway
Mark Raker, feature films, commercials, music videos, and documentaries
John Hart, author, Art of the Storyboard, 50 Portrait Lighting Techniques, and others
Gary Gasgarth, director, editor, and writer of feature films, TV commercials, documentaries, and music videos

Tuition covers equipment, allotted b/w film stock, laboratory processing, and film-to-tape transfers.


Related Subject Areas: Film Production, Summer Intensives

 

 

 

Section 1

 

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday 9:00am-5:00pm
February 13 - March 9

PLEASE DISREGARD MULTIPLE DATES, THIS IS DUE TO ROOM/COMPUTER LAB ASSIGNMENTS. THE COURSE MEETS FROM 02/13/2012-03/09/2012. Additional hours required outside of class time to be arranged. No class Feb. 20.

19 Sessions

Location: Woolworth Bldg, 15 Barclay St.

 

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