July 27, 2010

ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

C COLLEGE OF IMAGING ARTS & SCIENCES

School of Film and Animation

REVISED COURSE: CIAS-SOFA-127-DigitalFilmmaking 1.0 Course Designations and Approvals Required course approvals: Approval

request date: Approval granted date:

Academic Unit Curriculum Committee 11/14/13 11/14/13 College Curriculum Committee 11/19/13 3/4/14 Optional designations: Is designation

desired? *Approval request date:

**Approval granted date:

General Education: No Writing Intensive: No Honors No 2.0 Course information: Course title: Digital Filmmaking Credit hours: 3 Prerequisite(s): none Co-requisite(s): none Course proposed by: Malcolm Spaull Effective date: Fall 2014

Contact hours Maximum students/section Classroom 2 20 Lab 3 20 Studio Other (specify)

2.a Course Conversion Designation*** (Please check which applies to this course). *For more information on Course Conversion Designations please see page four.  X   Semester  Equivalent  (SE)  Please    indicate  which  quarter  course  it  is  equivalent  to:  

2065-­‐217  Digital  Video:  Multimedia     Semester  Replacement  (SR)  Please  indicate  the  quarter  course(s)  this  course  is  replacing:  

    New  

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2.b Semester(s) offered (check) Fall X (only) Spring Summer Other All courses must be offered at least once every 2 years. If course will be offered on a bi-annual basis, please indicate here:

2.c Student Requirements Students required to take this course: (by program and year, as appropriate) None Students who might elect to take the course: Any degree-seeking RIT undergraduate student; Non-majors will have to pay a facilities fee. In the sections that follow, please use sub-numbering as appropriate (eg. 3.1, 3.2, etc.) 3.0 Goals of the course (including rationale for the course, when appropriate): 3.1 Students will become knowledgeable about video cameras and digital video formats 3.2 Students will practice basic production skills using video cameras 3.3 Students will become proficient in digital video editing 3.4 Students will gain a basic understanding of film language as used in narrative and documentary films 4.0 Course description (as it will appear in the RIT Catalog, including pre- and co-

requisites, and quarters offered). Please use the following format: Course number: SOFA-127 Name of Course (Long): Digital Filmmaking Name of Course (Short): Digital Filmmaking Pre-requisite: none Co-requisite: none Class 2, Lab 3, Credit 3 (F )

Digital video is currently used in many fields. This course teaches basic digital filmmaking skills (camera, editing, and sound) with an emphasis on storytelling skills using motion media. Students will work in small groups shooting and editing various projects in fiction, documentary, and experimental genres. Non-majors will be required topay a facilities fee. 5.0 Possible resources (texts, references, computer packages, etc.) 5.1 Shot by Shot, A Practical Guide to Filmmaking, 3rd edition, Pittsburgh Filmmakers 5.2 Documentary Filmmaking, A Contemporary Field Guide, Hewitt and Vazquez, Oxford Press, 2013 5.3 Adobe Premiere Pro CS6 Classroom in a Book by Adobe Creative Team, 2012 6.0 Topics (outline): 6.1 Language of film production: framing, composition, movement in the frame, camera movement, optical moves, focal length and perspective, master shot, POV, subjective camera, reversals, screen direction, continuity

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6.2 Pre-production planning for a short narrative story 6.3 The digital video image: aspect ratio, frame rate, color depth, compression, sustained data transfer, hardware vs. software codecs 6.4 Field production techniques. Crew roles and definition. Camera support, lighting, sound recording 6.5 Documentary field production techniques 6.6 Language of film editing: shots, sequences, transitions, inserts, cutaways, parallel action, speed variations, compression and expansion of time 6.7 Digital editing techniques using Adobe Premiere Pro 6.8 The editing application: project bins, timeline editing, effects and titles, sound editing and mixing 6.9 Distribution, compression, output of digital sequence 7.0 Intended course learning outcomes and associated assessment methods of

those outcomes (please include as many Course Learning Outcomes as appropriate, one outcome and assessment method per row).

Course Learning Outcome Assessment Method 7.1 Demonstrate ability to use digital video cameras 7.2 Understand digital video recording standards and settings

7.3 Understand the language of film 7.4 Demonstrate the use of digital editing

7.5 Demonstrate how to develop a story idea into a film production

Assignment and critique Quiz Assignment Assignment Assignment and critique

8.0 Program outcomes and/or goals supported by this course At the end of the course the student will be able to: 8.1 Educate students in the craft of motion picture production, including the proper use and application of tools and techniques. 8.2 Develop communication and leadership skills that promote successful collaborations and efficient team dynamics. 8.3 Encourage development of a creative vision and the ability to translate ideas into narrative and abstract concept development for an intended work. 9.0 General Education Learning Outcomes N/A 10.0 Other relevant information (such as special classroom, studio, or lab needs,

special scheduling, media requirements, etc.) 10.1 Classroom with a projection screen and audio capabilities 10.2 In a MAC lab that contains Adobe Premiere Pro, and complimentary Adobe media software on a MacIntosh hardware platform. Students will use video cameras from the film cage

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10.3 Non-majors will have to pay a facilities fee. All students will be restricted to using the freshman video cameras that are used by majors in their freshman spring production class and the production support equipment commonly used by freshman