Students who wish to declare will be majoring in
Cinema and Digital Media from now on. See
complete details about the new major here, including the major
checklist PDF, which lists all courses in the new
major. Cinema and Digital Media courses are currently
designated with the letters CTS. Also please see TCS and
FMS courses
for additional course descriptions.
Lecture/Discussion—3 hour(s); Discussion/Laboratory—3
hour(s). Prerequisite(s): CDM 001 or CDM 002
recommended. Special topics in cinema & digital
media. May be repeated up to 2 time(s) when topic
differs. GE
credit: AH, VL, WE. Effective: 2019 Fall
Quarter.
Variable—3-15 hour(s). Prerequisite(s): Consent of
Instructor. Directed group study in cinema and digital
media. For students with upper division standing. May be taught
abroad. May be repeated for credit when topic
differs. (P/NP grading only.) Effective: 2018 Fall
Quarter.
Variable—3-15 hour(s). Prerequisite(s): Consent of
Instructor. Directed group study in cinema and digital
media. For students with upper division standing. May be taught
abroad. May be repeated for credit when topic
differs. (P/NP grading only.) Effective: 2018 Fall
Quarter.
Variable—3-15 hour(s). Prerequisite(s): Consent of
Instructor. Directed group study in cinema and digital
media. For students with upper division standing. May be taught
abroad. May be repeated for credit when topic
differs. (P/NP grading only.) Effective: 2018 Fall
Quarter.
Variable—3-15 hour(s). Prerequisite(s): Consent of
Instructor. Directed group study in cinema and digital
media. For students with upper division standing. May be taught
abroad. May be repeated for credit when topic
differs. (P/NP grading only.) Effective: 2018 Fall
Quarter.
Variable—3-15 hour(s). Prerequisite(s): Consent of
Instructor. Directed group study in cinema and digital
media. For students with upper division standing. May be taught
abroad. May be repeated for credit when topic
differs. (P/NP grading only.) Effective: 2018 Fall
Quarter.
Variable—3-15 hour(s). Prerequisite(s): Consent of
Instructor. Directed group study in cinema and digital
media. For students with upper division standing. May be taught
abroad. May be repeated for credit when topic
differs. (P/NP grading only.) Effective: 2018 Fall
Quarter.
This course introduces students to the practice of screenwriting.
We examined the classical three-act structure in the various
traditional fiction genres. We develop character, dialogue, story
arc etc. However, we go further and experiment with
alternative narrative structures. We create styles of
“writing” with images and music that break the conventional
standard of what Peter Watkins refers to as the “mono-form”.
Studio – 6 hours. Prerequisite: course 12 or CDM 20 or CTS 20.
Exploration of animation. Relationship between drawing, digital
stills, and multiple images. Animation using traditional drawing
techniques, collage, and digital processes.
Studio—6 hours. Prerequisite: course 12 or CDM 20 or CTS 20 .
Experimental documentary practice. Use of interviews,
voice-overs, and still and moving images. Production of
alternative conceptual and visual projects. May be repeated for
credit one time.
Studio – 6 hours. Prerequisite: course 12 or CDM 20 or CTS 20.
Use of video to expand performance art production. Exploration of
improvisation, direction, projection, and image processing in
real time.
Studio – 6 hours. Prerequisite: course 12 or CDM 20 or CTS 20 or
TCS 100; one of course 112, 114A, 114B, or 114C; upper division
standing Art Studio Majors. Independently driven video, digital,
and/or performance projects. Further development in the
electronic arts ranging from video installation to
performance.
Lecture—3 hours; discussion/laboratory—1 hour. Introduction to
key computational ideas necessary to understand and produce
digital media. Fundamentals of programming are covered as well as
analysisof how media are represented and transmitted in digital
form. Aimed primarily at non-computer science students. (Same
course as Engineering: Computer Science 012.) GE credit: ArtHum
or SciEng
Lecture—3 hour(s); Discussion—1 hour(s); Film Viewing—2 hour(s);
Extensive Writing. History of Media to 1945, with particular
focus on mechanically reproduced mass media technologies
including the printing press, the newspaper, photography, cinema,
radio and early computing technology. Analysis of inter-related
cultural and political topics. (Same course as STS
040A.) GE
credit: AH, OL, SS, VL, WE. Effective:
2014 Fall Quarter.
Lecture—3 hour(s); Discussion—1 hour(s); Film Viewing—2 hour(s);
Extensive Writing. Prerequisite(s): CTS
040A. History of media from 1945 to present, with particular
focus on the development of the computer, digital network and
Internet technologies in the context of other media
infrastructures like radio, television and satellite networks.
Analysis of inter-related cultural/political topics. (Same
course as STS 040B.) GE
credit: AH, OL, SS, VL, WE. Effective:
2015 Winter Quarter.
What is the impact of movies around the world? Films are
international products with global audiences, and that’s how
we’ll study them in this class, from the very beginning of cinema
to World War Two. The spectrum of films viewed includes
silent films and sound films, black and white films and
color films, cartoons and live-action, made by Charlie
Chaplin, Walt Disney, and many other of the era’s great
filmmakers from the United States, France, Russia, China,
Mexico and elsewhere.
Lecture—2 hour(s); Discussion—1 hour(s); Film Viewing—3 hour(s);
Extensive Writing. Examination of cinema in the postwar
period. Study of world cinema trends and the economic and
socio-political conditions enabling innovative work in the film
industry. GE
credit: AH, OL, VL, WC, WE. Effective:
2014 Fall Quarter.
Lecture/Discussion—3 hour(s); Film Viewing—3
hour(s). Analysis of the contribution of outstanding
designers for cinema, television and filmed entertainment. Study
of diverse aesthetic theories of production design and art
direction, costume design, or cinematography. Introductory
principles and practice, history. May be repeated up to
2 time(s) when topic differs. GE
credit: AH, VL. Effective: 2013 Fall Quarter.
Lecture/Discussion—4 hour(s). Prerequisite(s): DRA 024;
or Consent of Instructor. Pass One restricted to Theatre &
Dance majors. Theory and practice of the art and business of
film costume design. Script analysis, costume research,
developing design concepts, budgeting, and current production
practices and methods. Execution of designs for period and
contemporary films. Viewing of current films. (Same course
as DRA 124E.) GE
credit: AH, OL, VL. Effective: 2017 Spring
Quarter.
Lecture/Discussion—3 hour(s); Film Viewing—3
hour(s). Prerequisite(s): Upper division standing, or
consent of instructor. Iranian cinema of the 20th century in
the context of profound cultural and social changes in Iran
especially since the Iranian Revolution. Productions by
representative directors such as Kiarostami, Makhmalbaf, Bahram
Beizaie are included. Knowledge of Persian not
required. (Same course as MSA 131A.) GE
credit: AH, OL, VL, WC, WE. Effective:
2013 Fall Quarter.
Cinema and Digital Media Major course offerings for the
current academic year are listed below, by quarter. To see
course descriptions, use the menu at left to view them on our
site, or use our link to the general catalog, at
right.
Use the Registrar’s Course Search Tool to see times, dates, and
locations for each course and to plan your schedule.
