Course Details

Filmmaking 12-Week Intensive: B/W-MOS and Color-Sync Sound

 

X34.9522 / $8,095
FALL 2009
Continuing Education: Film, Video and Broadcasting

 

Over twelve weeks, you have the opportunity to create your own film: color negative, synch sound, and about eight to 10 minutes long. Students begin by learning the basics of 16mm filmmaking as award-winning faculty instruct on 16mm Arriflex cameras, lighting for film, audio recording, and non-linear editing with Final Cut Pro. Lectures and demonstrations cover important filmmaking skills such as cinematography and sync-sound production. Working with a production crew of fellow students, you initially complete a series of short exercises using black-and-white film, then evolve to work on your own final color sync-sound short film.

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 September 21-October 16, 2009 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 October 19-December 15, 2009 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, colorist session and lab tour. Scheduling and budgeting. Getting into the business. Film festival preparation. Individual/faculty mentoring.

FACULTY

Gary Gasgarth, director, editor, and writer of feature films, TV commercials, documentaries, and music videos; winner of Cine Golden Eagle and Chris Awards.
Marc DeRossi, producer, director, and editor of dramatic shorts, industrials, and commercials; winner Editing for Feature Film, VI Rio International Film Festival, Cine Golden Eagle.
Mark Raker, cinematographer for film, TV, and commercials; An Unreasonable Man, Sundance 2006 selection; TNT's Moment of Impact, Emmy award winner; Home and Bunker for the History Channel; commercial clients include Saturn, Subaru, and Johnson & Johnson.
Joanna Beckson, actor and directing coach, former students include Ray Romano, Dave Chappelle, and director Darren Aronofsky.
Mick Casale, award-winning writer of works for the stage, screen, and comic strips. Script doctor, dramaturge, consultant on hundreds of scripts for short and feature films, television shows, theatrical plays, and nightclub acts.Internationally known lecturer on dramatic writing.

 

Tuition covers equipment, allotted 16 mm color negative raw stock, laboratory processing, and film-to-tape transfers.

This course is also scheduled for:

SPRING 2010

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Related Subject Areas: Film Production

 

 

 

Section 1

 

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday 9:00am-5:00pm
September 21 - December 15

NO CLASS NOV. 27 & 28

 

60 Sessions

Instructor: Gary Gasgarth   Michael Casale   Mark Raker   Joanna Beckson   John Hart   Marc DeRossi   Larry Banks   Benjamin Brown  
Location: Washington Square