throughout the project and maximizes emotional impact of the films' stories.
DIGI 4450 — 6 UNITS
PRODUCTION STUDIO
This course builds upon the prior curriculum and immerses students in the world of documentary production. Throughout the course, students shoot and produce their own documentary, having completed pre-production in prior quarters. Students spend time shooting, reviewing dailies, and addressing individualized production issues as they arise. Upon completion of this course, students prepare finished material to be used in the post-production phase of the film. The ultimate documentary short resulting from this course is submitted to festivals and showcased for family, friends, and industry guests. Prerequisite: DIGI 4200
DIGI 4800 — 3 UNITS
POST-PRODUCTION: EDITORIAL OF FINAL PROJECT
During this course, students edit their original documentary and prepare it for submission to the Sundance Film Festival. Students become familiar with all submission standards for the festival, and must meet all delivery requirements in order to successfully complete this course. Prerequisite: DIGI 4450
DIGI 4810 — 3 UNITS
ADVANCED POST-PRODUCTION: VISUAL EFFECTS
This course builds upon the visual effects techniques learned earlier in the curriculum, exploring various plug-ins offered in the editing platforms in greater detail. Students learn advanced techniques used by industry professionals to manipulate footage, color correct content to create a mood or enhance the story, and even to create powerful visual illusions that contribute to a project's overall impact. Prerequisite: DIGI 4450
DIGI 4820 — 3 UNITS
ADVANCED POST-PRODUCTION: AUDIO MIX & DIGITAL OUTPUT
This course explores advanced techniques in sound design and audio mixing. All areas of post-production sound design are applied during the editing phase of the project. Students learn to evaluate music choices, edit music, create sound effects to improve the story, edit dialogue, and effectively use sound design to enhance their storytelling capabilities. Prerequisite: DIGI 4450
DIGI 4830 — 3 UNITS
WORLD CINEMA
This course introduces students to cinema outside the U.S. through an examination of representative works, genres, and movements. The course provides a critical context and mapping strategies for the study of contemporary world cinema and introduces students to the categorization and global circulation of films. It explores the aesthetics, audiences, authorship, and concepts of the transnational. Students learn the history of internationalism in cinema, the role of film festivals, shifts in global popular cinema, and its relevance today.
GNST
GNST 0360 — 0 UNIT
DEVELOPMENTAL WRITING
An intensive grammar and writing course emphasizing mechanics, sentence development, format, and basic paragraph and essay construction. This course is graded Pass/Fail.
GNST 0400 — 0 UNIT
WRITING SKILLS
A review of basic written communication techniques in preparation for English Composition (GNST 1040), with emphasis upon grammar, word use, punctuation, capitalization, and the composition of clear, well-organized, well-developed paragraphs and essays. This course is graded Pass/Fail.
GNST 1040 — 3 UNITS
ENGLISH COMPOSITION
In this process-oriented course, students combine deep, disciplined research with careful writing and revision to produce a thoughtful, creative, and personally meaningful research essay. They learn to formulate focused research questions, identify and investigate credible sources, and synthesize expert opinion with their own insight in support of a clearly defined, complex thesis. The emphasis is on curiosity, exploration, and discovery. As part of the process, students also gain confidence and competency in two primary areas of written expression: organization and mechanics.
GNST 1170 — 3 UNITS
HISTORY OF COSTUME
This course provides an overview of costume history in Western culture from ancient civilizations to the present. Students examine cultural, social, and historical events and analyze their effect on the history of costume and apparel, including the influence of historical costume on fashion today. Students develop a broad fashion vocabulary and become familiar with period costume terminology.
GNST 1200 — 3 UNITS
20TH CENTURY DESIGNERS
An exploration of major designers who have had a sustained impact, in both couture and ready-to-wear, on today's fashion. Students analyze how key figures in fashion design have influenced the styles and trends in line development of each decade since 1850, with emphasis on the last 30 years.
GNST 1230 — 3 UNITS
COLOR & DESIGN THEORY
An introductory study of the principles and elements of color and design theory. Students critique aspects of a visual representation by analyzing the components of design and the use of color by the artist.