List of Production Courses
Spring 2012
AMI 105 -- Introduction to Arts of the Moving Image
Course Description
Examination of critical concepts in arts of the moving image from various perspectives. Spanning both traditional cinema and emergent fields. Emphasis on technology in relation to history and viewership. Exercises in film and digital production as well as theoretical writing. Instructor: Kaul
AMI 111K -- Sound, Music, and Moving Image
Course Description
Introduction to film studies with emphasis on uses and functions of sound, film music, sound and other aural objects such as the voice, through a selected body of works. Topics include representations of sound, music and voice, the functions of pre-existing music and their relations with the moving image in cinema and television; gendered representations of music and voice in pop and rock music videos; Hollywood practices and non-Hollywood practices. Instructor: Waeber
AMI 130S -- Introduction to Production
Course Description
Film and digital video production in conjunction with the history and theory of these technologies. Students may produce work in 8mm, 16mm film and digital video and learn the basics of non-linear digital editing on Final Cut Pro. Not open to students who have taken this course as FVD 100S. Instructor: Staff
AMI 139S -- Documentary Experience: A Video Approach
Course Description
A documentary approach to the study of local communities through video production projects assigned by the course instructor. Working closely with these groups, students explore issues or topics of concern to the community. Students complete an edited video as their final project. Not open to students who have taken this course as FVD 105S. Consent of instructor required. Instructor: Hawkins
AMI 142S -- Experimental Filmmaking
Course Description
The history of avant-garde in film and video combined with production exercises. Instructor: Staff
AMI 143S-- Sound for Film and Video
Course Description
Topics focusing on technical basis and aesthetic motivation of sound recording and sound exploitation. Technical demonstration and student exercises explore the mechanics and dramatic and psychological implications of formats, microphone placement, mixing, acoustic signature, digital recording, double system, and sound editing, leading to an individually produced sound design for live action or animation film/video. Not open to students who have taken this course as FVD 103S. Instructor: Staff
AMI 145S -- Cinematography
Course Description
In-depth investigation of cinematographic techniques and principles for motion picture production. Exercises in both film and high definition digital video. Emphasis on advanced lighting techniques, lensing, camera mobility, set operations and close analysis of master works of cinematography. Instructor: Gibson
AMI 148S -- Editing for Film and Video
Course Description
Theory and practice of film and video editing techniques. Exploration of traditional film cutting as well as digital non-linear editing. Exercises in narrative, documentary and experimental approaches to structuring moving image materials. Instructor: Staff
AMI 153 -- Video for Social Change
Course Description
Documentary film course focusing on the production of advocacy videos for social change. Covers methods and traditions of community organizing, introduces knowledge and skill sets needed to make effective videos for grassroots organizations, and explores how video is integrated into organizing strategies to achieve better results. Includes instructor-supervised fieldwork with community partner organization; student groups will research, write, direct, and produce a class video for a campaign to improve educational and economic opportunities in Durham's low-income communities. Instructor: Orenstein
AMI 155S -- Electronic Music and Video Workshop
AMI 162S -- Visiting Filmmaker Master Course
Course Description
Intensive production courses with visiting filmmaker. Topics vary by semester. May be taken twice. Instructor: Staff
AMI 167S -- Web-based Multimedia Communication
Course Description
Multimedia information systems, including presentation media, hypermedia, graphics, animation, sound, video, and integrated authoring techniques; underlying technologies that make them possible. Practice in the design innovation, programming, and assessment of web-based digital multimedia information systems. Intended for students in non-technical disciplines. Engineering or Computer Science students should take Engineering 150 or Computer Science 196. Instructor: Lucic or Szabo
AMI 170S -- Capstone: Arts of the Moving Image
Course Description
Culminating seminar for Film/Video/Digital Program certificate students. Designed to allow students to complete their certificate with a finished project or advanced research in the field. Not open to students who have taken this course as FVD 115S. Instructor: Staff
Consult the class list for AMI course numbers which are 130 and above.
