| source Northwestern (X) |
level |
department RTVF Radio/television/film (X) |
Introduction to the study of the moving image. Basic elements of style across media including film, television, and interactive media. Focus on close analysis of texts to find significance. Carries humanities credit.
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This studio course will cover the principles of graphic design as they apply to the interactive world of the web. Sensitivity to the visual elements of online interfaces will be developed through analysis of existing site designs. Software such as Dreamweaver, Flash, and Photoshop will be introduced through a series of exercises. Students will eventually conceive and create their own web-based projects. Carries science credit.
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Are you a big fan of shows like The Office, 30 Rock, and Seinfeld? Or animated series like The Simpsons, Family Guy, and South Park? Why not write an episode yourself? Create an original story for Michael Scott, Liz Lemon, or Meg Griffin. Recreate the characters so they sound and act just like they do on TV. In this course, students learn everything needed to know to write a proper (and hilarious) spec script -- pitching, breaking stories, formatting, outlining, writing drafts, and fine-tuning. (Comedy is all about the fine-tuning). You may even consider writing a spec script that you can actually use as a calling card in Hollywood. Though the competition there is fierce, in this course youÂll receive honest and constructive feedback from an instructor who knows the difference between a fantastic script and a so-darn-fantastic-maybe-even-get-you-a-meeting-with-a-producer script.
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Unlike RTVF 220, which teaches textual analysis in media studies, this course focuses on contexts of production and reception, situating media texts within larger social, economic, and political systems and structures which shape their functions, meanings, and values. Readings will comprise key critical essays in film and television studies with an emphasis on industries, audiences, and cultural studies. Carries humanities credit
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This introduction to television drama writing features in-class readings and critiques. Topics include family and workplace dramas, procedurals, and hybrids; episodic versus serial dramas; dramatic tension and suspense; creating original stories for existing series; and working in Los Angeles.
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This course will consider the process of turning great works of fiction into film. We will read novels which are considered in our culture as classics and view their film adaptations, which may (or may not) have become classics in themselves. Moreover, we will consider works which have been filmed multiple times, viewing and comparing two cinematic versions of each novel treated an early or mid-20th century film and a contemporary adaptation. When faced with a complex literary work, the filmmaker strives for a visual and auditory interpretation which will not only do justice to the spirit of the novel, but which will effectively transfer to the screen. It is that process, and its relative success or failure, upon which we will focus.
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