Course Description:
MEDP/FILMP 160 introduces students to the practical fundamentals of film, video, and digital media production in a lecture/lab format. It is a foundations course in time-based media. Students are introduced to a range of media production equipment and techniques, including:
● Time-based visual storytelling
● Film, video and audio technologies
● Basic editing techniques
● Image composition and framing for motion pictures
● The use of digital video cameras and digital audio recorders
This course is a prerequisite for all film majors. For media majors, both 150 and 160 are required.
Students will be required to host a blog that will be linked to their individual portfolio websites. In their blog entries, they will write about their class experiences and analyze the media around them, using analytical tools gained in the class. Blog entries are due on the date indicated in the syllabus and should be 250 words in length.
The required text for this class is Voice & Vision: A Creative Approach to Narrative Film and DV Production by Mick Hurbis-Cherrier, Focal Press: 2nd Edition. 2011 (available at Shakespeare & Co. across from Hunter on Lexington Avenue). Additional readings will be posted on Blackboard and are also required reading. Students are required to purchase a portable USB drive (16 GB minimum size), which will cost less than $20. This will give you space to store your original media.
Blackboard Site: We will be using Blackboard as an integral part of the class. You will be required to download readings from Blackboard and to check Blackboard for general course announcements. We are using a Master Course (Fall 2015: FILMP MEDP 160 Master Course) so make sure you use that for course access instead of your particular section. If you need help accessing Blackboard please contact SNET help desk at 212-650-3624 or email snet@hunter.cuny.edu.
Labs: In order to complete required assignments, you may have to work on editing your assignments outside of class time. Weekly open lab hours will be available in 432HN, 478HN and the ICIT Mac lab on the 10th floor of the North Building.
Video and sound equipment will not be able to be used outside of class time (there are limited exceptions).
Lateness and Absences: Attendance to both lecture and lab sections is mandatory. Three missed classes (either lab or lecture) will result in the reduction of your grade by one full letter grade on top of the 10% for attendance! Medical emergencies must be documented to be excused. Being late to class negatively impacts your attendance record and will damage your grade. Late assignments that are not excused by your section leader will have their grades reduced at the rate of one letter grade per week.
Please note that you must notify your section leader ahead of time if you cannot attend class on the day of a quiz or exam, so we can arrange an alternate time for you to take it. This will only be done in cases where there is a well-documented reason for missing the exam date.
Grading Breakdown:
Attendance and participation (including in lecture): 10% Blogs (4) 10%
Assignment #1 (Define a Space): 10%
Assignment #2 (Audio Portrait): 15%
Assignment #3 (Final Project): 15% Quiz #1: 10%
Quiz #2: 10%
Final Exam: 20%
Academic Integrity:
Hunter College regards acts of academic dishonesty (e.g., plagiarism, cheating on examinations, obtaining unfair advantage, and falsification of records and official documents) as serious offenses against the values of intellectual honesty. The College is committed to enforcing the CUNY Policy on Academic Integrity and will pursue cases of academic dishonesty according to the Hunter College Academic Integrity Procedures.
MEDP/FILMP 160 introduces students to the practical fundamentals of film, video, and digital media production in a lecture/lab format. It is a foundations course in time-based media. Students are introduced to a range of media production equipment and techniques, including:
● Time-based visual storytelling
● Film, video and audio technologies
● Basic editing techniques
● Image composition and framing for motion pictures
● The use of digital video cameras and digital audio recorders
This course is a prerequisite for all film majors. For media majors, both 150 and 160 are required.
Students will be required to host a blog that will be linked to their individual portfolio websites. In their blog entries, they will write about their class experiences and analyze the media around them, using analytical tools gained in the class. Blog entries are due on the date indicated in the syllabus and should be 250 words in length.
The required text for this class is Voice & Vision: A Creative Approach to Narrative Film and DV Production by Mick Hurbis-Cherrier, Focal Press: 2nd Edition. 2011 (available at Shakespeare & Co. across from Hunter on Lexington Avenue). Additional readings will be posted on Blackboard and are also required reading. Students are required to purchase a portable USB drive (16 GB minimum size), which will cost less than $20. This will give you space to store your original media.
Blackboard Site: We will be using Blackboard as an integral part of the class. You will be required to download readings from Blackboard and to check Blackboard for general course announcements. We are using a Master Course (Fall 2015: FILMP MEDP 160 Master Course) so make sure you use that for course access instead of your particular section. If you need help accessing Blackboard please contact SNET help desk at 212-650-3624 or email snet@hunter.cuny.edu.
Labs: In order to complete required assignments, you may have to work on editing your assignments outside of class time. Weekly open lab hours will be available in 432HN, 478HN and the ICIT Mac lab on the 10th floor of the North Building.
Video and sound equipment will not be able to be used outside of class time (there are limited exceptions).
Lateness and Absences: Attendance to both lecture and lab sections is mandatory. Three missed classes (either lab or lecture) will result in the reduction of your grade by one full letter grade on top of the 10% for attendance! Medical emergencies must be documented to be excused. Being late to class negatively impacts your attendance record and will damage your grade. Late assignments that are not excused by your section leader will have their grades reduced at the rate of one letter grade per week.
Please note that you must notify your section leader ahead of time if you cannot attend class on the day of a quiz or exam, so we can arrange an alternate time for you to take it. This will only be done in cases where there is a well-documented reason for missing the exam date.
Grading Breakdown:
Attendance and participation (including in lecture): 10% Blogs (4) 10%
Assignment #1 (Define a Space): 10%
Assignment #2 (Audio Portrait): 15%
Assignment #3 (Final Project): 15% Quiz #1: 10%
Quiz #2: 10%
Final Exam: 20%
Academic Integrity:
Hunter College regards acts of academic dishonesty (e.g., plagiarism, cheating on examinations, obtaining unfair advantage, and falsification of records and official documents) as serious offenses against the values of intellectual honesty. The College is committed to enforcing the CUNY Policy on Academic Integrity and will pursue cases of academic dishonesty according to the Hunter College Academic Integrity Procedures.
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