ART 254 • Introduction to Digital Filmmaking • 3 semester hours
Demonstrative lectures, studio exercises, and collaborative tasks, expose students to rudimentary principles and practices governing formal elements of the moving image. Project-based instruction balances historical context, aesthetics, technique, and safety. This course is approved for General Education designation of Computer Competency. Prerequisites: None. Offered every semester. Professor Fuller.
ART 255 • Introduction to Photography • 3 semester hours
Instruction familiarizes students with manual camera operation. Professional standards govern the exposure, editing, and printing of photographic images. Project-based instruction balances historical context, aesthetics, and technique. Course requires student access to a DSLR camera. Offered every semester. Professor Scruton.
ART 255 • Introduction to Photography • 3 semester hours
Instruction familiarizes students with manual camera operation. Professional standards govern the exposure, editing, and printing of photographic images. Project-based instruction balances historical context, aesthetics, and technique. Course requires student access to a DSLR camera. Offered every semester. Professor Scruton.
ART 356 • 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: ART255. Offered FA22, FA24, FA26. Professor Scruton
ART 357 • 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: ART254. Offered FA22, FA23, FA24. Professor Fuller.
ART 456 • Narrative Filmmaking • 3 semester hours
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 ART356 or ART357. Offered FA22, FA23, FA24. Professor Fuller.