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); Term Paper. Evolution of media
technologies and practices beginning in the 19th Century as they
relate to contemporary digital arts practices. Special focus on
the reconstruction of the social and artistic possibilities of
lost and obsolete media technologies. GE
credit: AH, SE, VL, WE. Effective: 2012
Fall Quarter.
Seminar—1 hour(s). Workshops in technocultural digital
skills; Topics in Digital Production. May be repeated for
credit. GE credit: VL. Effective: 2012 Fall
Quarter.
Lecture/discussion—3 hours; laboratory—3 hours. Experimental
approaches to the making of film and video in the age of digital
technologies. Opportunities for independent producers arising
from new media. Instruction in technical, conceptual and creative
skills for taking a project from idea to fruition. GE credit: VL
Continuation of course 100 with further exploration of digital
cinema creation. Additional topics include new modes of
distribution, streaming, installation and exhibition.
This course will introduce students to the fundamentals of
creating interactive screen-based work. Subjects will include
theories of interactivity, linear versus non-linear structures
and audience involvement and participation. Students will utilize
various digital production tools to produce class projects.
Lecture/discussion—3 hours; project. Prerequisite: course 7B or
the equivalent, course 155. Traditional and new forms of
documentary, with focus on technocultural issues. Skills and
strategies for producing work in various media. Progression
through all stages of production, from conception through
post-production to critique. GE credit: VL
History and practice of media production focusing on how media
makers use video and new media tools to address social issues
among neighborhood and community groups. Students will utilize
basic video, sound, and lighting techniques as they work with
local groups in a group video project.
Lecture/discussion—3 hours; laboratory—3 hours. New feature and
documentary production for radio and other audiophonic media,
including audio streaming Web sites and installation. Emphasis on
new and experimental approaches to audio production for broadcast
on community radio and in international arts programming.
Lecture/discussion—3 hours; laboratory—3 hours. Impact and
implications of computer- based networks in community, civic, and
social life. Subjects may include community-access computer
sites, neighborhood wireless networks, the digital divide,
open-source software, and citizen action.
Lecture—3 hours; laboratory—3 hours. Creative application of
electronic technology relevant to media and fine arts involving
both electronic principles and hands-on application.
Performance and Improvisation (4) Workshop 3 hours; practice 3
hours. Prerequisite: courses 121 and 122 or consent of
instructor. Culmination of TCS sound courses. Class will focus on
performance and improvisation, culminating in a final public
performance. Students will be expected to do extensive reading
and rehearsal outside of class time. III. (III.) Ostertag
Lecture 3 hours; laboratory 3 hours. Prerequisite: course
130 or consent of instructor. The art of character animation in
three dimensional computer animation. Movement theory, principles
of animation, animation timing. Development of technical and
practical skills. III. (III.) Neff
Social, political, economic, and aesthetic factors in virtual
reality. Artificial environments, telepresence, and simulated
experience. Focus on contemporary artists’ work and writing.
Lecture/discussion—3 hours; term paper. Current work at the
intersection of the arts, culture, science, and technology
including biological and medical sciences, computer science and
communications, and artificial intelligence and digital media. GE
credit: VL.—Dyson
Lecture/Discussion—3 hour(s); Term Paper. Recent evolution
of the documentary. The personal essay film;
found-footage/appropriation work; non-linear, multi-media forms;
spoken word; storytelling; oral history recordings; and other
examples of documentary expression. GE
credit: ACGH, AH, DD, VL. Effective:
2012 Fall Quarter.
