| VM221 |
Writing the Feature Film
4.00 Credits
Combining lecture, workshop, and screenings, this course examines the fundamentals of writing for narrative feature-length film. The course will examine structure, character, scene writing and dialogue and will take students from ideation through to the development of a detailed outline. Prerequisites: VM 101 and VM 120.
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| VM365 |
Intermediate Photography
4.00 Credits
Intermediate course in black-and-white photography designed to present a variety of ways of seeing by examining frame, tone, point of view, scale, time, and sequence. Slide presentations, gallery visits, critiques, critical readings, as well as explorations of techniques that will enhance their communication skills are also included. The student must have access to a camera with adjustable speed and aperture. Prerequisite: VM 265.
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| VM360 |
Film Animation
4.00 Credits
This course is an introduction to film animation in which short animated exercises and individual sequences are located within a survey of the evolution of animation both as an art form and a commercial product. A range of media will be employed, allowing the student to explore and develop ideas and skills in producing 16mm animated sequences employing sound if required. Students are expected to complete a final individual project. Prerequisite: VM 230.
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| VM361 |
Computer Animation I
4.00 Credits
Computer Animation I is the first course in the two-course computer animation sequence, introducing students to the fundamentals of three-dimensional modeling and animation and preparing them for the second course, VM 461 Computer Animation II. Students learn to model, texture objects, compose and light scenes, animate, and add dynamics. Finally they learn to render their animations into movies and to composite movies, audio, titles, and credits in post-production. Prerequisite: VM 230 or VM 240 or VM 241 or VM 250 or VM 260.
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| VM362 |
Motion Graphics
4.00 Credits
This intermediate course in the practice and art of motion graphics and visual effects includes the design process, artistic concepts and technologies. Production techniques range from title sequences for film, to compositing of real and virtual worlds and a myriad of digital time-based art forms. Students will make a series of projects using post-production and compositing software. Prerequisite: VM 230 or VM 240 or VM 241 or VM 250 or VM 260.
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| VM377 |
Documentary Production Workshop
4.00 Credits
This is an advanced class in documentary production. Students will build up the skills necessary to produce their own documentary productions in video or film. The class will cover production processes from story-development through all the production phases. The class will balance these more practical considerations with larger theoretical debates concerning the legal and ethical responsibilities of those who document others. This class can be either a capstone class for the BA program with a specialization in documentary or could be a gateway class for students seeking to do a documentary project in the BFA program. Prerequisites: VM 230 or VM 240.
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| VM432 |
Alternative Production Techniques for Motion Pictures
4.00 Credits
This course is an intermediate-level 16mm film production workshop in the use of unorthodox, non-computer-driven methods and processes for developing and producing motion pictures. While the course gives an overview to historic methods of formal exploration of the basic materials of film as a projection medium including camera-less filmmaking, direct animation, loop projections, as well as alternative mechanical processes such as xerography, hand process, and alternative camera tools and techniques, the primary emphasis is on creative invention and exploration. Prerequisite: VM 231 or VM 240.
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| VM105 |
Introduction to Visual Arts
4.00 Credits
This course is an approach to the visual language of communication shared among all of the visual arts. The course emphasizes visual analysis, understanding of materials, the history of style and techniques, and the functions and meanings of art in its varied manifestations. Slide lectures, museum visits, readings, discussions, papers, and critiques constitute a basis upon which to develop further studies in the visual and media arts. Fulfills the Aesthetics perspective of the General Education requirements.
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| VM203 |
History of Photography
4.00 Credits
This course is survey of the aesthetic and technical development of photography from its invention to the present day. The emphasis will be on the twentieth century, and the course will include critical analysis of the medium, which is central to understanding the influence and appropriation of photography today. The course will include visiting permanent collections in the Boston area as well as recent exhibitions. Fulfills the Aesthetics perspective of the General Education requirements.
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| VM262 |
Drawing
4.00 Credits
An introduction to basic techniques in drawing. Students will explore through their own drawing the use of line and image in contemporary art. The language of drawing in contemporary art and architecture will inform the practice of drawing.
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