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• FILM 2280: Intro to Film Production

  3.00 Credits

  Weber State University

  
  This practical and technical course explores all essential aspects of filmmaking in preparation of more advanced film production classes. Participants will acquire a fundamental grounding in all of the essential skills in film production from planning a project to producing and on toward completing the project with an overview of film festival participation and distribution. Students will also have an opportunity to gain insight into industry-standard film equipment and post-production technologies. One of the primary goals of this course is to familiarise film students with the fundamentals of cinematography, including the use of the professional camera, composition, lighting, and editing. Another goal is to examine the conceptual and unique challenges of visual-driven filmmaking: scriptwriting, pre-production, planning, continuity, and directing among them.
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• FILM 2820: Special Topics in Film Studies

  3.00 Credits

  Weber State University

  
  The special topic in film course may focus on an international cinema, a major filmmaker, genre, or a specific era. It may be repeated three times for credit.
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• FILM 3010: Pre-to Post-Production

  3.00 Credits

  Weber State University

  
  This course provides an introduction to the key elements of the pre-production and post-production filmmaking process. Students will learn essential steps in developing a film project, from brainstorming ideas and creating detailed production plans to managing the post-production workflow after filming is complete. The course covers writing a short script, script analysis, visual style development, scene breakdowns, shot lists, production schedules, budgeting, and collaboration with a production team. By the end of the course, students will have produced a complete pre-production package and a post-production plan for a short film.
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• FILM 3200: History of Film

  3.00 Credits

  Weber State University

  
  This class is a survey of world cinema from 1893 to the present. We will examine movies as a business, a social phenomenon, a series of technological innovations, and an art form, and we will work toward a functional explanation of how each of these aspects of the movies has changed over time. Although many people associate movies with the American film industry, filmmakers in every historical period and all over the world have worked to both distinguish their work from that of Hollywood and to draw upon some approaches innovated by the Americans. The films screened in class may include silent epic blockbusters from Italy, riveting crime thrillers from Germany, explosive Hong Kong action movies, French New Wave dramas, anarchic British satires, and many other examples of exciting and innovative filmmaking from all over the world.
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• FILM 3280: Directing for Film

  3.00 Credits

  Weber State University

  
  This course focuses on the art and craft of directing for the screen, emphasizing creative decision-making and leadership. Students will delve into the director's responsibilities, from pre-production planning to working with actors and the production crew on set. Through hands-on projects, students will direct scenes with actors and learn how to communicate effectively with cast and crew to bring a script to life. This course builds on basic filmmaking principles, focusing on refining directing skills for narrative storytelling.
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• FILM 3310: Editing and Beyond

  3.00 Credits

  Weber State University

  
  This course thoroughly studies advanced post-production processes, including video editing, sound design, color correction, and visual effects. Students will gain hands-on experience with various industry-standard editing software and tools, learning to refine the post-production workflow from raw footage to polished final products and distribution. This course emphasizes storytelling through editing, effective pacing, and the use of sound and color to enhance a film's emotional impact. By the end of the course, students will have edited a series of short projects demonstrating their post-production skills.
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• FILM 3500: Adv Film Theory & Criticism

  3.00 Credits

  Weber State University

  
  This course aims to help the student view, discuss, and write about films with greater acuity, nuance, and depth. We will investigate the nature of film as an art form, explore the role of the critic in the film industry and society at large, and apply a variety of theoretical frameworks and cultural studies methodologies to our discussion of film. In addition to engaging the work of popular critics, we will navigate various theoretical approaches to film including the Bakhtin and Frankfurt schools, auteur theory, poststructuralism, gender studies, semiotics, textual analysis, postcolonial and digital theories to grapple with cinematic transformations across the 20th and 21st centuries. By the end of the course students will be able to address and historically contextualize the writings of media theorists and critics from diverse schools of thought; place theorists' ideas in dynamic conversation with class screenings; apply the concepts and ideological interventions of a school of theorists or critics to the unique analysis of a specific film or media text.
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• FILM 3780: Survey of Documentary Cinema

  3.00 Credits

  Weber State University

  
  The history of documentary cinema consists of a series of experimentations in the attempt to represent reality, taking its material from the historical world we live in. As we study the forms, modes, theories, and criticism of non-fiction film in this course, we will also discover how filmmakers have chosen to represent reality, how changing technologies and sensibilities have affected the way reality is represented in documentaries, and how nonfiction films have been used for different purposes.
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• FILM 3800: Independent Study

  1.00 - 3.00 Credits

  Weber State University

  
  This Independent Study course provides an opportunity to earn academic credit for learning outside the regularly scheduled class structure. A student interested in knowing more about a topic not covered in the regular Film Studies curriculum may propose a creative or research project to any rostered department faculty member. If a student and faculty member share a sufficient interest in the subject to sustain an independent study project, an independent study contract will be created. Prerequisite:    FILM 2280
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• FILM 3810: Experimental

  1.00 - 6.00 Credits

  Weber State University

  
  Consult the semester class schedule for the current offering under this number. The specific title and credit authorized will appear on the student transcript. May be repeated for a total maximum of 6 credit hours.
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