SCREEN 1: OVERVIEW
Introduction to Video Production
SCREEN 1
An entry level course where students learn the basics of creativity, visual thinking, and the practical aspects of filmmaking. Units of focus include: Working as a Creative Artist, the History of Film, the Language of Film, and Film as Expression. Practical skills include, use of video cameras and types of shots, digital video editing using WeVideo, storytelling through character and world creation, screenplay writing, storyboarding, graphic design, communication and collaboration. In-class presentations are required.
An entry level course where students learn the basics of creativity, visual thinking, and the practical aspects of filmmaking. Units of focus include: Working as a Creative Artist, the History of Film, the Language of Film, and Film as Expression. Practical skills include, use of video cameras and types of shots, digital video editing using WeVideo, storytelling through character and world creation, screenplay writing, storyboarding, graphic design, communication and collaboration. In-class presentations are required.
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Working as a Creative Artist
Explore how artists think about the art they create and consume. Look within to discover the ways you work creatively. Exercise creative thinking by extracting a story about yourself to convey in a new and unexpected way.
Unit 1 Plan
Discover
Elements of Art
Cultural Iceberg
Connect
Video Planning
Editing Basics
Create
Storytelling with Intention
Media Production
Grow
Critically Interpret & Reflect
Connect to Careers: Pre-Production
Elements of Art
Cultural Iceberg
Connect
Video Planning
Editing Basics
Create
Storytelling with Intention
Media Production
Grow
Critically Interpret & Reflect
Connect to Careers: Pre-Production
Exploring Film History
Learn how the pioneers of film quickly found the two main avenues of storytelling: documentary and narrative. Discover the various types of shots filmmakers use and incorporate these into a pair of shorts that you will write, produce, and edit.
Unit 2 Plan
Discover
Origins of Film
Basic Film Terminology
Connect
Coverage: Shot Types
Pre-Production Planning
Create
Generate Planned Pre-Production
Media Production & Editing
Grow
Critically Interpret & Reflect
Connect to Careers: Production
Origins of Film
Basic Film Terminology
Connect
Coverage: Shot Types
Pre-Production Planning
Create
Generate Planned Pre-Production
Media Production & Editing
Grow
Critically Interpret & Reflect
Connect to Careers: Production
Language of Film
Uncover the hidden ways filmmakers communicate with their audiences through continuity editing and montage theory. Pen a story in proper screenplay format and build a storyboard to support the text. Utilize these to produce a short film, complete with a montage sequence.
Unit 3 Plan
Discover
Screenplay Basics
Continuity Editing vs. Montage Theory
Connect
Types of Montage
Scriptwriting & Storyboards
Create
Generate Planned Pre-Production
Media Production & Editing
Grow
Critically Interpret & Reflect
Connect to Careers: Post Production
Screenplay Basics
Continuity Editing vs. Montage Theory
Connect
Types of Montage
Scriptwriting & Storyboards
Create
Generate Planned Pre-Production
Media Production & Editing
Grow
Critically Interpret & Reflect
Connect to Careers: Post Production
Film as Expression
Dig into your creative process and reflect on your creative outputs. Use creative know-how and inspirational inputs to develop a story to be set to film. Assemble a film pitch complete with title logo, story synopsis, characters and costumes, the world and settings, in addition to planned shooting style. Bring the course to a close via a series of reflective writings to ruminate on your journey through the creative world of filmmaking.
Unit 4 Plan
Discover
Uncover the process of inspired creators
and meaningful filmmaking
Connect
Story development & production planning.
Create
Generate Film Pitch Package
Media Production & Editing
Grow
Critically Interpret & Reflect
Connect to Careers: Post Production
Uncover the process of inspired creators
and meaningful filmmaking
Connect
Story development & production planning.
Create
Generate Film Pitch Package
Media Production & Editing
Grow
Critically Interpret & Reflect
Connect to Careers: Post Production