COMM 242Basic Video/Filmmaking
COMM 242 Basic Video/Filmmaking (3) COMM 242 is an introductory course that emphasizes the development of creative expression and technical skills in digital film production. Students will explore modes of moving image representation through screenings, lectures, discussions, and especially through hands-on digital filmmaking. Students are required to construct projects that have both clear intentions and technically competent execution. The work of the course will facilitate the development of basic skills in image design, editing, and writing as they apply to single camera techniques for documentary, narrative, and experimental film modes. The course will also provide a basic cultural and historical context for the various production modes, and students will be encouraged to consider their own projects in relation to the work of other video and film artists. Creative collaboration and group critique are essential elements of the course. Students will be required to produce some collaborative projects, and to respond critically to the work of the other students in the course. Students will make projects using digital film cameras, microphones, portable lighting, and nonlinear editing stations.
Prerequisites
From the catalog: “COMM 150”
Where it sits in degree plans
Suggested plans most often put it in Year 2 · Fall (1 program).
Required in (1)
- Film Production, B.A.
One of the options in (6)
- Communications, B.A. (Altoona)
- Communications, B.A. (Capital)
- Digital Arts and Media Design, B.Des.
- Keystone Certificate for Integrative Humanities, Certificate
- Media Production, Minor
- Media and Communication, B.A.
Courses that list COMM 242 as a prerequisite (10)
- COMM 283 Introduction to Multicamera Production
- COMM 333 Film History for Filmmakers I: The Development of the Cinema to 1960
- COMM 337 Intermediate Documentary Production
- COMM 338 Intermediate Narrative Production
- COMM 339 Intermediate Alternative Production
- COMM 340 Intermediate Cinematography and Editing Techniques
- COMM 342W Idea Development and Media Writing
- COMM 388 Production Management
- COMM 429 Advanced Media Field Production
- COMM 482 Brand Storytelling