Film

Courses

FLM 115: History of Film and Animation

Credits 3
This course examines the more than 100-year history of film and animation. Beginning with the scientific and technical advances that made these media technologies possible, students explore every major movement and genre as well as their impact on society. The course gives students critical vocabulary required for explaining story, animation, and cinematic techniques.

FLM 151: Visual Language and Film Analysis

Credits 3
Animation is ultimately filmmaking, and animators should learn from the many classics on how to effectively bring various film production elements together. Students review several films and study how the relationships between scripts, cameras, lighting, sets, production design, sound, acting, costumes, props, directing, and production lead to successful visual stories. They also examine the fundamental theories underlying visual storytelling. Understanding the creative processes utilized by these influential filmmakers provides insight into how students may improve their own animations.

FLM 201: Cinematography

Credits 3

This course explores camera composition, lighting, and editing techniques through a series of cinematic projects. Topics include 2D and 3D camera moves, film and script analysis, storytelling conventions, choreography, and staging.

FLM 210: Cinematography for Visual Effects

Credits 3

This course focuses on the technical aspects of cinematography including understanding how cameras work, how images are captured and processed, computer graphics theory, and image analysis.

FLM 225: Introduction to Storyboarding

Credits 3

This course explores the animation pre-production skills of storyboard art. Emphasis will be placed on drawing, storytelling, and cinematography in the creation of storyboards. Topics include story flow, character development, mood, time, and place.

FLM 375: Advanced Storyboarding

Credits 3

This course explores advanced story-telling techniques with storyboarding. Emphasis will be placed on pitching story, animatic, visual storytelling, timing, and pacing. Topics include drawing storyboards for film and TV, drawing dynamic characters, camera movements and editing.

FLM 399: Special Topics in Film

Credits 3

The content of this course may change each time it is offered. It is for the purpose of offering a new or specialized course of interest to the faculty and students that is not covered by the courses in the current catalog.

FLM 525: Storyboarding

Credits 3
This course explores the animation pre-production skills of storyboard art. Emphasis will be placed on drawing, storytelling, and cinematography in the creation of storyboards. Topics include story flow, character development, mood, time, and place.

FLM 575: Advance Storyboarding

Credits 3

This course explores advanced story-telling techniques with storyboard ing. Emphasis will be placed on pitching story, animatic, visual storytelling, timing, and pacing. Topics include drawing storyboards for film and TV, drawing dynamic characters, camera movements and editing.

FLM 5100: Storyboarding

Credits 3
This course explores the animation pre-production skills of storyboard art. Emphasis will be placed on drawing, storytelling, and cinematography in the creation of storyboards. Topics include story flow, character development, mood, time, and place.

FLM 5105: Advanced Storyboarding

Credits 3

This course explores advanced story-telling techniques with storyboarding. Emphasis will be placed on pitching story, animatic, visual storytelling, timing, and pacing. Topics include drawing storyboards for film and TV, drawing dynamic characters, camera movements and editing.