ART 3105 • Light & Lens • 3 semester hours
Analytical viewing of historical exemplars informs studio and location-based experimentation in lighting techniques for the still and moving image. Additionally, student projects will explore spatial rendition through lens selection. Prerequisite: ART2005 or ART2105. Offered FA22, FA24, FA26.
ART 3205 • Non-Fiction Filmmaking • 3 semester hours
Analytical viewings and collaborative, project-based learning highlight the moving image as a medium for creative non-fiction. Prerequisite: ART2005 or ART2105. Offered FA22, FA23, FA24.
ART 4005 • Digital Audio for the Moving Image • 3 semester hours
Collaborative, project-based learning emphasizes the aesthetic and rhetorical contribution of sound to the moving image. Students record, edit, and enhance, location and replacement dialogue; multi-track music; foley, effects, and atmospheres. Prerequisites: Candidacy and ART3105 or ART3205. Offered SP23, SP25, SP27.
ART 4105 • Color and Image Enhancement • 3 semester hours
Informed by the aesthetic and techniques of color grading and image enhancement, students generate and composite images. Exercises develop professional sensitivity to rhetorical meaning and impact. Prerequisites: Candidacy and ART3105 or ART3205. Offered FA23, FA25, FA27.
ART 2001 • 3-D Animation Principles • 3 semester hours
Formerly ART 249, Computer Animation I. This course introduces students to the many areas and aspects of computer animation. Students’ model, surface, paint bump maps and displacement maps, light a CG environment, and learn to animate CG models, lights and cameras. Students are introduced to the group production environment. This course emphasizes the wide range of talents and disciplines within the CG animation field. Approved for General Education - Computer Competency. Prerequisite: ART 1106 (Drawing I).
ART 2101 • 2-D Animation Principles • 3 sem. hrs.
Formerly ART 268, Animation I. This introductory production course in basic animation techniques includes a historical overview related to current animation trends in education, industry, entertainment and independent/experimental production. It allows practical aesthetic and technical experiences in the fundamental principles and physics of motion. This class provides an analysis of action and basic physical laws through the study of movement and time. It serves as a foundation for all subsequent animation courses. This course is approved to fulfill the General Education designation of Computer Competency. Prerequisite: ART 1106 (Drawing I).
ART 4201 • Digital Visual Effects • 3 sem. hrs.
Formerly ART 400, Advanced Compositing and Visual FX. This course builds on the foundational skills students have already mastered and explores more complex compositing and visual FX techniques. Masks, pre-compositing, motion tracking, 3D FX and particles will be covered. Students will design and produce final images based on ‘real world’ situations. Students will produce five minor and two major production-quality level projects to be included on their demo-reels. Prerequisites: ART 2001 (3D Animation Principles), ART 2101 (2D Animation Principles), ART 2105 (Intro Digital Filmmaking), and any 3000-level Cinema course.
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ENGL 3430 • Screenwriting
COMJ 3609 • Video Production
COMJ 3639 • Photojournalism
COMJ 3649 • Studio Production
COMJ 4609 • Advanced Video
COMJ 4629 • Sports Production
ART 4305 • Photo Thesis Portfolio • 3 semester hours
Formerly ART455, Photo Portfolio. A survey of fine and professional artists helps students contextualize their own career aspirations. Personalized instruction and class critique prepare students to articulate a unified personal aesthetic of style and content through a cohesive portfolio of both digital and physical materials. May be repeated once for credit. Prerequisites: Candidacy and ART 3105 (Light & Lens) or ART 3205 (Non-Fiction Film). Offered SP23, SP24, SP25.
ART 4405 • Narrative Filmmaking • 3 semester hours
Formerly ART467, Film IV. Intensive study and production of a short capstone film for competitive distribution marshals cumulative proficiencies of knowledge and skill. May be repeated once for credit. Prerequisites: Candidacy and ART 3105 (Light & Lens) or ART 3205 (Non-Fiction Film). Offered FA22, FA23, FA24.
ART 4205 • Internship in Digital Filmmaking & Photography • 3 semester hours.
Supervised by assigned faculty advisors, students secure professional placement relevant to both the academic discipline and their own career aspirations. Specific duties and assessment standards to be negotiated by contract in advance. Prerequisites: Candidacy, internship placement, and Art Chair approval. Prerequisites: Candidacy and permission of instructor. Offered by arrangement.
ART 4305 • Photo Thesis Portfolio • 3 semester hours
Formerly ART455, Photo Portfolio. A survey of fine and professional artists helps students contextualize their own career aspirations. Personalized instruction and class critique prepare students to articulate a unified personal aesthetic of style and content through a cohesive portfolio of both digital and physical materials. May be repeated once for credit. Prerequisites: Candidacy and ART 3105 (Light & Lens) or ART 3205 (Non-Fiction Film). Offered SP23, SP24, SP25.
ART 4405 • Narrative Filmmaking • 3 semester hours
Formerly ART467, Film IV. Intensive study and production of a short capstone film for competitive distribution marshals cumulative proficiencies of knowledge and skill. May be repeated once for credit. Prerequisites: Candidacy and ART 3105 (Light & Lens) or ART 3205 (Non-Fiction Film). Offered FA22, FA23, FA24.
ART 4505 • Special Topics in Digital Filmmaking & Photography • 3 semester hours
Intensive investigation of select technique, content, genre, or artistic movement (designated by course subtitle) informs production of advanced work in photography and/or film. May be repeated for credit as content varies. Prerequisites: Candidacy and permission of instructor. Offered occasionally.