FILM 432 - Directing

Description:
Examines director’s role and responsibilities, process of translating the written word into image and action; basics of camera-actor blocking; editing dialogue scenes; organizing production venues and logistics of in-studio and on-location programs. Combined lecture/workshop. Formerly COM 432; students may not receive credit for both. Course will be offered every year. Course will not have an established scheduling pattern.

Prerequisites:
Prerequisite: FILM 380.

Credits: (4)

Learner Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

Examine the role of the director in film and television production, including the relationships between the director and other department heads.
Assemble a production team and perform the role of the director on set.
Manage and direct actors in auditions, rehearsals, and on the set.
Defend a narrative blueprint and aesthetic vision for one or more films.
Direct a final exercise that synthesizes the skills developed through the quarter.
Evaluate and offer critique of other students’ work.

Learner Outcomes Approval Date:
5/04/17

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