FILMING ON SET: FILM & TELEVISION WORKSHOP
Learn the fundamentals of sync-sound moving image production, including directing, cinematography, lighting, sound recording, production design, color grading, and production logistics. Produce scenes from existing scripts, rotating through the positions of director, director of photography, production designer/camera assistant, gaffer, sound designer/mixer, and boom operator/editor. Gain experience in casting, location scouting, and set design. Develop a deeper understanding of crew dynamics, the art of storytelling, and the operation of digital cinema technologies essential to film and television/streaming drama.
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: COM ARTS 355 Course Designation: Core GenEd - Humanities & Arts Level - Advanced L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify and practice storytelling techniques in dramatic films and television. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Produce a scene from a screenplay, from pre-production to post-production. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Develop the fundamental production skills for each crew position on the shoots. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Combine aesthetic options and technical limitations to make creative decisions in each crew position Audience: Undergraduate 5. Follow industry standards and deploy them throughout the production process Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify and practice storytelling techniques in dramatic films and television. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Produce a scene from a screenplay, from pre-production to post-production. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Develop the fundamental production skills for each crew position on the shoots. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Combine aesthetic options and technical limitations to make creative decisions in each crew position Audience: Undergraduate 5. Follow industry standards and deploy them throughout the production process Audience: Undergraduate
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027