Actor camera performance techniques, basic strategies to elicit good performances, emphasis on problems faced when acting in front of the camera.

Students will acquire advanced knowledge in the theory of film form. Students will apply these forms by manipulating and assembling shots to create a system of visual expression based on the time­images.

Students will implement already known techniques in directing, and apply styles and direct actors in short segments.

Students will write and develop a narrative script, either through the adaptation of a story, or from their own life experience.

Students will create their own short films through a personal approach based on their experiences and developed through all the different phases of idea, production, filming and editing.

Students will acquire understanding of film genre, whether it is western, film noir, science fiction or musical, etc. Students will be introduced to critical approaches to analyze such films.

Principles and practices of film and television music tracks, with emphasis on special requirements for motion pictures and television

Students will write and make their own short silent film. Students will implement already acquire knowledge and apply it cinematically without the use of dialogue.

The students will understand the various means of designing sound for film, using acquired techniques. The students will be able to integrate different sound tracks into a cohesive and well-balanced track.

The students will understand the basics of sound theory in films, based on different concepts introduced by Michel Chion, Kaja Silverman and Slavoj Zizek, etc. Students will acquire a basic understanding of a critical approach to sound in films.

Students will apply news writing techniques used in electronic media and television. Students will implement these techniques in short written exercises destined to be broadcast.

This course focuses on the various theoretical methodologies that have developed in film theory and esthetics and that have proven useful for the analysis of films and cinema, such as realism, genre and auteur, reflexivity, intertextuality, psychoanalysis, and feminism.

The students will acquire technical and esthetic knowledge of different sources of light. Students will be able to light interior and exterior scenes.

Introduction to different fundamental techniques used in the creation of a character. Emphasis on relaxation, concentration, and development of a role through sensorial and emotional memories. Students will improvise and do monologues as exercises in this introductory course.

Students will acquire the tools needed to manipulate and control cameras. Students will apply these tools to achieve a specific effect in photographic digital images. Students will understand the principles of framing, composing and balance.

Students will acquire advanced skills in black and white photography, both by manipulation of film exposure and processing or through digital tools. The students will apply zone system know-how to control contrast.

Students will apply and reinforce techniques of editing on already existing footage. Students will create from these footages a short narrative film.

Students will understand the basic semiotics, language, and subjectivity theory (Freudian and Lacanian theory). Students will be able to implement the classical film language theory in films.

This course is designed to give students an understanding of the history of American cinema from its beginning in 1895 to the present time. It will focus on the silent cinema of D.W. Griffith, the Burlesque film of C. Chaplin and B. Keaton, the genre films of the studio era, the war and post­war noir film, the new Hollywood cinema of the 60’s, the films of the Movie Brats of the 70’s, and the post­modern cinema of the 80’s and on. Special attention will be given to the evolution of the art of the motion picture, including elements of camera, lighting, sound, editing, production design, and narrative structure and the technological evolution of the motion picture, including aspects of inventions and innovations such as color, widescreen, quality sound, and electronic imagery.

This course is designed to give students an understanding of the history of European cinema from its beginning in 1895 to the present time. It will focus on the early films of the Lumière Brs., the German expressionist school, the Soviet montage schools, the French surrealist cinema, the Italian neo­realist film, the French new wave film, the 2nd Italian renaissance, the new­German cinema, and the Danish Dogme 95 movement. Special attention will be given to the way in which history has shaped not only film content but also its form.

Students will understand the different optical terms used in photography. They will be able to identify formulas used generally in photography. They will acquire the necessary terms used in photography and communicate with professionals using them accordingly.

Students will acquire knowledge in the theory of film form. Students will apply these different forms through framing, lighting and assembling shots to create a system of expression based on the indirect time movement images.

Students will understand the various theories of montage (Eisenstein, Bazin, Deleuze, etc.), as well as the different styles of montage. Students will be able to use the different tools of nonlinear editing, as well as implement them by making several short videos.

Students will acquire a basic understanding of staging, directing actors, framing, and different notions of space and time. Students will apply these basic techniques on short segments of video.

Students will acquire techniques and tools to produce still images with sound tracks. Students will apply these techniques on a visual and audio project.

The students will acquire basic knowledge and techniques of writing a narrative script for film. The students will be able to create and develop characters, and story line for classical film structure.

Students will understand the different techniques of acquiring sound in film and television. Students will develop skills in sound pick­up and recording using the appropriate microphones for indoor and outdoor sound recordings.

Students will acquire advanced knowledge in the theory of film form. Students will apply these forms by manipulating and assembling shots to create a system of visual expression based on the time­images.

Students will implement already known techniques in directing, and apply styles and direct actors in short segments.

Students will write and develop a narrative script, either through the adaptation of a story, or from their own life experience.

Students will create their own short films through a personal approach based on their experiences and developed through all the different phases of idea, production, filming and editing.

Students will write and make their own short silent film. Students will implement already acquire knowledge and apply it cinematically without the use of dialogue.

The students will understand the various means of designing sound for film, using acquired techniques. The students will be able to integrate different sound tracks into a cohesive and well-balanced track.

The students will understand the basics of sound theory in films, based on different concepts introduced by Michel Chion, Kaja Silverman and Slavoj Zizek, etc. Students will acquire a basic understanding of a critical approach to sound in films.

This course focuses on the various theoretical methodologies that have developed in film theory and esthetics and that have proven useful for the analysis of films and cinema, such as realism, genre and auteur, reflexivity, intertextuality, psychoanalysis, and feminism.

Students will write, shoot, direct and finalize a short film. Students will consult their assigned academic supervisor in the different phases of production and post­production.

Actor camera performance techniques, basic strategies to elicit good performances, emphasis on problems faced when acting in front of the camera.

Students will produce commercials destined for television broadcasting. Students will implement skills and produce a commercial in this course.

This course covers the study of the documentary genre through definitions, works, styles, forms, strategies, attitudes, conventions, practitioners, and the history of documentary film. It will also focus on the production of a documentary film and will allow students to directly apply cinematic language and esthetics to the stories in reality

Students will apply acquired knowledge in production of a dramatic episode. They will write and direct, then edit a pilot destined for television broadcasting.

Intensive examination of the works of filmmakers who have produced distinctive universes: Jean-Luc Godard, David Lynch, Andrei Tarkovsky, Sergei Paradjanov, Alfred Hitchcock, and Robert Bresson etc.

Students will acquire understanding of film genre, whether it is western, film noir, science fiction or musical, etc. Students will be introduced to critical approaches to analyze such films.

Principles and practices of film and television music tracks, with emphasis on special requirements for motion pictures and television

Students will use team work to produce a music video. Students will start from scratch and go through all the phases of music video production from idea, casting, location, editing, etc.

Students will be able to implement and manipulate tools from different software and apply them to moving and still images. Students will manipulate color correction, contrast, create layers, and use green screen techniques.

Students will acquire hands-on experience in the use of visual and sound mixers in the television studio control room. They will produce a program using multi cameras.

Students will acquire an introductory knowledge of different phases of production. Students will apply skills on pre­ production, casting, technical production, locations, and on the production phase scheduling, transportation, catering, and equipment rentals.

The students will acquire technical and esthetic knowledge of different sources of light. Students will be able to light interior and exterior scenes.

Students will understand the different pieces of equipment used in television, specifically the studio and stage equipment, sound mixers, microphones, image mixers, lights, recorders, etc. Students will learn how digital and analogue signals work, and use the appropriate workflow.

The students will acquire knowledge of documentary and segment program writing. Students will implement these skills in short exercises destined for television broadcasting.

Students will produce commercials destined for television broadcasting. Students will implement skills and produce a commercial in this course.

This course covers the study of the documentary genre through definitions, works, styles, forms, strategies, attitudes, conventions, practitioners, and the history of documentary film. It will also focus on the production of a documentary film and will allow students to directly apply cinematic language and esthetics to the stories in reality

Students will apply acquired knowledge in production of a dramatic episode. They will write and direct, then edit a pilot destined for television broadcasting.

Students will use team work to produce a music video. Students will start from scratch and go through all the phases of music video production from idea, casting, location, editing, etc.

Students will acquire hands-on experience in the use of visual and sound mixers in the television studio control room. They will produce a program using multi cameras.

Students will acquire an introductory knowledge of different phases of production. Students will apply skills on pre­ production, casting, technical production, locations, and on the production phase scheduling, transportation, catering, and equipment rentals.

Students will understand the different pieces of equipment used in television, specifically the studio and stage equipment, sound mixers, microphones, image mixers, lights, recorders, etc. Students will learn how digital and analogue signals work, and use the appropriate workflow.

The students will acquire knowledge of documentary and segment program writing. Students will implement these skills in short exercises destined for television broadcasting.

Students will shoot, edit and finalize a documentary film which will not exceed 20 minutes. Students will consult their assigned academic supervisors in the different phases of production and post­production.