VIS 70NIntroduction to Media
Operating as both a lecture and production course, this introductory class provides a technical foundation and theoretical context for all subsequent production-oriented film and video studies. In the laboratory, the student will learn the basic skills necessary to initiate video production. Completion of Visual Arts 70N is necessary to obtain a media card. Program or materials fees may apply.
Prerequisites
From the catalog: “none. Open to visual arts and cinematic arts majors and minors.”
Where it sits in degree plans
Suggested plans most often put it in Year 1 · Spring (2 programs).
Required in (2)
- Interdisciplinary Computing and the Arts (VA29)
- Visual Arts (Media) (B.A.)
One of the options in (2)
- Interdisciplinary Computing and the Arts
- Visual Arts (Studio) (B.A.)
Courses that list VIS 70N as a prerequisite (11)
- COMM 101D MPL: Nonlinear/Digital Editing
- COMM 101N MPL: Sound Production and Manipulation
- COMM 102M MMPP: Studio Television
- COMM 102P MMPP: Television Analysis and Production
- COMM 102T MMPP: Television Documentary
- FILM 179 Fundamentals of Animation
- FILM 182 Production Studio Technique
- VIS 147A Electronic Technologies for Art I
- VIS 173 Introduction to Animation
- VIS 174 Media Sketchbook
- VIS 183 Film Production Studio Technique