Description
This course provides an introduction to concepts, histories, processes and techniques related to the diverse aspects of still and moving image production as a medium of creative expression. The students learn the fundamentals of digitally produced photography and filmmaking for a variety of applications, focusing in the first semester on non-fiction projects, performance and installation works. Singular images, series of images and moving image works are produced. Using the methods of non-fiction, ethnographic and documentary practice to begin, we will discuss conceptual development, historical grounding and techniques for pre-production, lighting, camera handling, and post-production. We will give emphasis to discussing how technical skills support students’ conceptual ideas and research interests. The result will be a series of non-fiction projects in the first half of the semester. As the students’ conceptual abilities and technical skills are strengthened, we will apply these lesso