Course Details

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

 

FLMM1-CE9066 / $3,995
SUMMER 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, post-production and introduction to basic screenwriting. 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 May 29 - June 22, 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 June 25 - August 17, 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.
Marc DeRossi, producer, director, and editor of dramatic shorts, industrials and commercials. Editor and post-production supervisor of dramatic features, documentaries, shorts and commercials.
Mick Casale, dramatic writer, script consultant and educator
Larry Banks, cinematographer
Ben Brown, founder, Mad Scientist Sound and Picture, editor, nationally aired television programs and commercials

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

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Related Subject Areas: Film Production, Summer Intensives

 

 

 

Section 1

 

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday 9:00am-5:00pm
May 29 - June 22

Plus by arrangement.

19 Sessions

Location: Woolworth Bldg, 15 Barclay St.