| Course Name | Cinematography, Mise-en-scène, and Directing |
| Code | Semester | Theory (hour/week) | Application/Lab (hour/week) | Local Credits | ECTS |
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| CDM 360 | Fall/Spring | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
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| Course Language | English | |||||||||||
| Course Type | Elective | |||||||||||
| Course Level | First Cycle | |||||||||||
| Mode of Delivery | Online | |||||||||||
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| Course Coordinator | - | |||||||||||
| Course Lecturer(s) | - | |||||||||||
| Assistant(s) | - | |||||||||||
| Course Objectives | This course aims to have students develop advanced skills in cinematography, one of the main aesthetical and technical elements of filmmaking, through hands-on class content on lighting, use of camera and equipment. |
| Learning Outcomes | The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Description | This is a hands-on course that teaches students applied skills in cinematography. Evaluation will be based on studio critique, two assignments and two projects. |
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| Core Courses | |
| Major Area Courses | X | |
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| Media and Managment Skills Courses | ||
| Transferable Skill Courses |
| Week | Subjects | Required Materials |
| 1 | Introduction | |
| 2 | Mastering the portrait – Study of faces in film | |
| 3 | Camera Workshop – Using the digital cine camera and camera movements | Shooting a set of portraits |
| 4 | Tools of Exposure - Filters | |
| 5 | Camera Movements - Applications and tools | Example scene analysis |
| 6 | Composition | |
| 7 | Crew members and roles | Film analysis |
| 8 | Approaches to a scene from a cinematographer's standpoint - Examples | Preparation for the “same lighting” exercise |
| 9 | Location Scouting - Recce | |
| 10 | Lighting Workshop I | Location scouting examples |
| 11 | Lighting Workshop II | Location candidates for the music video |
| 12 | Lighting Workshop III | Lighting diagrams for the music video |
| 13 | Color Grading | “Same lighting” exercise |
| 14 | Color Grading | Pre-production file for the music video |
| 15 | What’s next? | Music video assignment |
| 16 | Semester Review |
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| Semester Activities | Number | Weigthing |
| Participation | 1 | 10 |
| Laboratory / Application | ||
| Field Work | - | - |
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | 1 | 10 |
| Portfolio | ||
| Homework / Assignments | 2 | 30 |
| Presentation / Jury | ||
| Project | 2 | 50 |
| Seminar / Workshop | ||
| Oral Exam | ||
| Midterm | ||
| Final Exam | ||
| Total |
| Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 6 | 100 |
| Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade | ||
| Total |
| Semester Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | 2 | 32 |
| Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | 2 | |
| Study Hours Out of Class | 0 | ||
| Field Work | - | - | |
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | 1 | 8 | |
| Portfolio | |||
| Homework / Assignments | 2 | 12 | |
| Presentation / Jury | |||
| Project | 2 | 27 | |
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| Oral Exam | |||
| Midterms | |||
| Final Exams | |||
| Total | 150 |
| # | Program Competencies/Outcomes | * Contribution Level | ||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 1 | To be able to have fundamental knowledge about narrative forms in cinema, digital and interactive media, and the foundational concepts relevant to these forms. | X | ||||
| 2 | To be able to create narratives based on creative and critical thinking skills, by using the forms and tools of expression specific to cinema and digital media arts. | X | ||||
| 3 | To be able to use the technical equipment and software required for becoming a specialist/expert in cinema and digital media. | X | ||||
| 4 | To be able to perform skills such as scriptwriting, production planning, use of the camera, sound recording, lighting and editing, at the basic level necessary for pre-production, production and post-production phases of an audio-visual work; and to perform at least one of them at an advanced level. | X | ||||
| 5 | To be able to discuss how meaning is made in cinema and digital media; how economy, politics and culture affect regimes of representation; and how processes of production, consumption, distribution and meaning-making shape narratives. | X | ||||
| 6 | To be able to perform the special technical and aesthetic skills at the basic level necessary to create digital media narratives in the fields of interactive film, video installation, experimental cinema and virtual reality. | |||||
| 7 | To be able to critically analyze a film or digital media artwork from technical, intellectual and artistic perspectives. | X | ||||
| 8 | To be able to participate in the production of a film or digital media artwork as a member or leader of a team, following the principles of work safety and norms of ethical behavior. | X | ||||
| 9 | To be able to stay informed about global scientific, social, economic, cultural, political, institutional and industrial developments. | X | ||||
| 10 | To be able to develop solutions to legal, scientific and professional problems surrounding the field of cinema and digital media. | |||||
| 11 | To be able to use a foreign language to communicate with colleagues and collect data in the field of cinema and digital media. ("European Language Portfolio Global Scale", Level B1). | X | ||||
| 12 | To be able to use a second foreign language at the medium level. | |||||
| 13 | To be able to connect the knowledge accumulated throughout human history to the field of expertise. | X | ||||
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