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Courses for Spring 2010

COMM/THEA 270A: FILM APPRECIATION
An introductory course that meets General Education/Fine Arts Perspective. The course is open to all students who love film and want to know more about how films are made and why.

COMM/THEA 271: INTRODUCTION TO DIGITAL FILMMAKING
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
Introduction to Digital Filmmaking offers an opportunity for the beginning filmmaker to experience the digital filmmaking process from script to screen and offers this opportunity to students earlier in their studies at Old Dominion University to better prepare them for advanced production course work.

COMM/THEATRE 321 PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT FOR TELEVISION AND STAGE
This course will assist students inunderstanding the elements of production management both in television and on stage. The
course emphasizes organizational and communication skills; technical production knowledge; professional rehearsal andperformance protocol according to the rules of AEA, AFTRA and SAG as well as basic
production budgeting and scheduling.

COMM/THEATRE 330: THE SHORT SCRIPT
This course is designed to introduce the student to the fundamentals of short script structure as well as the techniques necessary to draft a competitive level festival script.

COMM/ THEATRE 346: SCREENWRITING I
This is a beginning course devoted to the development of the screenplay. Students learn the mechanics as well as the "art"of crafting a story for the screen.

COMM/ THEATRE 370 THE VIDEO PROJECT
A project oriented course that explores narrative filmmaking on the intermediate level.

COMM/THEATRE 395: ACTING FOR THE CAMERA
Course will examine the process of building characters for the camera, and the ways in which the conventions of the stage are adapted for the
film or video audience.

COMM/THEATRE 395: DIGITAL EDITING

COMM/THEATRE 395: ADVANCED MAKEUP FOR FILM AND STAGE
A course that will focus on advanced techniques in prosthetics, trama makeup and special effects for film and the stage.

COMM/THEA 446: DIRECTING FOR THE CAMERA
This course seeks to provide students with fundamental principles and practical techniques of directing the narrative fiction film: script development and analysis, production planning, shot composition and framing, and working with actors and crew.

THEATRE 471W: INTERNATIONAL FILM HISTORY
A comprehensive exploration of films as a reflection of world culture. This is a writing intensive course.

COMM/THEATRE 482: SCREENWRITING II
Students explore visual storytelling through the theories guiding character development, narrative construction, thematic layers, scene analysis, and many more. Students participate in a variety of
critical and writing exercises to enhance their knowledge of the craft of screenwriting.

COMM/THEATRE 495: NON-TRADITIONAL ANIMATION METHODS
Students will explore the animation techniques connected to stop-motion animation & claymation using non-traditional materials.

 

 

 
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