The emphasis of the course is on film and video as creative art media and the creative process as essential to analytical thinking and expression. The course examines historical and aesthetic approaches of the media based on twentieth century art. It offers individual experiences in film and video production. This course is approved for General Education designation of Computer Competency.
Through the project-based work of this course, the student will:
- identify and employ the pre-production activities that govern digital filmmaking — including location scouting, scriptwriting, casting, storyboarding, and scheduling.
- identify and employ rudimentary principles of lighting, camera operation, sound recording to capture video and audio.
- identify and employ principles of cinema grammar to edit digital video footage and audio recordings.
- store a finished digital video and prepare it for distribution.
- support creative collaboration with safety, protocols, and etiquette, in the studio and on-location.
- direct and respond to the direction of others.
Instruction will offer cultural and historical context for course assignments through lectures, presentations, and group discussions.
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- SP20 • ART267 • Camera Movement
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- SP20 • ART267 • Depth of Field
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- SP20 • ART267 • Lighting Plots
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- SP20 • ART267 • Lighting Plots
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- FA19 • ART267 • 3-point Lighting
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- FA19 • ART267 • Lighting Safety
This course continues Film and Video Production I with increased emphasis on independent work and growth. It offers continued creative production experiences in interpretive lighting, dramatic composition, graphic design, creative editing, sculptural concerns, computer-generated imagery, and conceptual art. Students produce art work in film, video, and/or computer. Prerequisite: ART267.
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- FA19 • ART367 • Detecting Deception
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- FA19 • ART367 • Dual-System Audio
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- FA19 • ART367 • Roll Out
I Hate Crimes
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- FA19 • ART467 • Crimes Camera Test
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- FA19 • ART467 • Crimes Camera Test
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- FA19 • ART467 • Crimes Audio
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- FA19 • ART467 • Crimes Lighting Test
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- FA19 • ART467 • Crimes Audio Test
Ordnung, produced in May 2019 by students in Edinboro's Film & Video program, was honored as an official selection of the New York Independent Aphrodite Film Awards and the Reading (PA) Film Fest. The film tells the disturbing true story of Edward Gingerich (Conner McNelis), the first Amish man to be convicted of homicide. Detective Geraldine Bey (Krista Rayne Reckner) faces down Gingerich’s paranoid schizophrenia to probe the motive for a crime of gruesome dismemberment. The movie was directed Megan Ciafre and produced by Taylor Prach.
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- SP19 • ART467 • Ordnung Voiceover
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- SP19 • ART467 • Ordnung Gaffer
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- SP19 • ART467 • Ordnung Lens Test
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- SP19 • ART467 • Ordnung Editing
Seventeen is an atmospheric tale that follows Vic (James Howells) and Adam (David LeFaye) to the end of their unconventional relationship. The movie was directed by Eliza Kuhn and produced by Megan Ciafre. Tina Sontheimer was director of photography. Frank Albrecht was production designer; Salvatore Frederick designed the sound, and Taylor Prach edited.
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- FA18 • ART467 • Seventeen Audio
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- FA18 • ART467 • Seventeen Viewfinder
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- FA18 • ART467 • Seventeen Cinematographer
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- FA18 • ART467 • Seventeen
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- FA18 • ART467 • Seventeen Cinematographer
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- FA18 • ART467 • Seventeen Camera
