Film & Media Studies 222 - Production Workshop

(Offered as ENGL 289 and FAMS 222.)  The topic changes each time the course is taught. In spring 2013 the topic will be “Production Foundations:  Image and Sound.”  What is the relationship between image and sound in video?  How does listening affect what we see and imagine?  This class will cover the technical and aesthetic fundamentals of video production including composition, framing, camera movement, lighting, audio recording, and digital editing using Final Cut Pro.  Sonic expression will play a leading role in our exploration of video production and interpretation.  The art of audio and the function of sound for the screen will be considered through hands-on exercises, screenings, readings, and discussion.  Students will create non-fiction and narrative videos with dynamic employments of sound as we develop a critical vocabulary of the audiovisual medium.  One three-hour class meeting and one film screening per week.

Admission with consent of the instructor.  Limited to 12 students.  Please complete the questionnaire at https://www.amherst.edu/academiclife/departments/english/major/course_applications.  Spring semester.  Visiting Lecturer EE Miller.