Bachelor of Arts Degree in Digital Motion Picture

Catalog 2004 -2006

The Motion Picture Industry is moving toward shooting feature length movies using digital technology. An independent market now exists for those who want to write, direct, edit, and stream their own shows and movies.

The digital video revolution is changing cinema. Unprecedented advances in video technology allow filmmakers to acquire their own studio quality professional gear.

In the DMP program, students receive instruction in acting, directing, video editing, special effects, project management, and project financing. The final three-trimesters concentrate on the preproduction, production and postproduction of a motion picture project.

The DMP curriculum provides a balance between a practical and theoretical approach that allows students to learn while exploring the historical and sociological aspects of the medium.

offerings

Learning Outcomes

By completing the requirements for the Digital Motion Picture degree students will:

• Use video and audio tools to produce videos in a traditional and internet environment
  
• Demonstrate knowledge of the language, theory, and history of the motion picture
  
• Demonstrate the ability to integrate personal, political, commercial, and social issues into artistic expression

Credits

Core courses (48)
General Education courses (48)
Concentration courses (32)

TOTAL credits for Bachelor of Arts Degree (128)

Program of Study

CORE COURSES (48 credits)

MP200 Acting (3)
MP220 Film Theory (3)
MP230 Video Editing (3)
MP260 Great Directors - Or - MP275 World Cinema (3)
MP330 Video Production (3)
MP325 Directing (3)
MP350 Cinema and Lighting (3)
CV101 2D Design and Color (3)
CV125 Intro to Drawing (3)
CV142 Interactivity Fundamentals (3)
CV220 Storyboarding (3)
CV242 Interactivity and Synchronization (3)
CV260 Intro to Photography (3)
DA100 Desktop Audio Production (3)
DA200 Audio Recording I (3)
Lower Division Elective (3)

GENERAL EDUCATION COURSES (48 credits)

EN100 English Composition (3)
EN210 Cultural Diversity In Literature (3)
EN227 Scriptwriting (3)
EN265 Storytelling (3)
HU120 History of Western Art (3)
HU170 US History - Or - SS100 US Government (3)
HU227 Film History (3)
HU300 General Studies Project (3)
SS123 World Cultures (3)
SS150 Mass Communications in Society (3)
EN/HU/SS Electives (6)
MA115 Basic Topics in Math (3)
MA Elective (3)
SC100 Basic Concepts of Physics (3)
SC300 Kinematics - Or - SC Elective (3)

CONCENTRATION COURSES (32 Credits)

MP340 Documentary Production (3)
MP427 Advanced Scriptwriting (3)
MP440 Composition and Special Effects (3)
MP375 Pre-Production (3)
MP425 Production (4)
MP475 Post-Production(4)

IM401 Innovation Management I (3)
IM402 Innovation Management II (3)

Upper Division Electives(6)