VISUAL STORYTELLING ELEMENTS (5 SCU)

Learning Outcomes:

Upon successful completion of this course, students are expected to be able to: Explain filmmaking process from idea to exhibition; Explain elements of film form and narrative: Plot, act, characterization; Explain elements of film style: mise-en-scéne, cinematography, editing, and sound; Explain the importance of production design for filmmaking; Explain job description of artistic department in filmmaking process; Apply basic storytelling elements; Discuss the logic of storytelling.

Topics:

This is a fundamental film-making course that focuses on storytelling and artistic film elements. Students should be able to demonstrate narrative form and storytelling tools as well as focusing on mise-en-scéne elements in relation to film. They should be able to combine these elements into unity and discuss all job descriptions and the production planning related to their subdivisions. Differences between management systems, Hollywood styles and its alternatives, is one central issue among others. It is a fundamental film theory class that focuses on film artistic and production design. Combination of book reviews, class discussion and various film screenings brings students to be able to use different artistic elements into unity.

Pre-requisite: None