Advanced Video Art II Course Outline, 2005-06 1st Semester

Year at a Glance

Teacher: Cheri Gaulke (cgaulke@hw.com)        

Video Art Lab, Feldman-Horn 105 (818 487-6596)

 

Week 1: Sept. 7-9 (3-day week)

Review class objectives, policies, outline, etc.

Lecture/Demos: review camera controls and tripod, review camera aesthetics - composition, stills, moves, light, focus

 

Week 2: Sept. 12-16

Project One Assigned: Taking Stock (2 weeks and ongoing, 25 points) – building a stock footage library, elements and principles of art – shooting and capturing

Lecture/Demos: review capturing, basic editing and Adobe Premiere update, recording from a music CD

 

Week 3: Sept. 19-23

Critique: Taking Stock footage shot previous week

Lecture/Demos: Typography, looking at type treatments in TV ads, animating text, intro extra credit type and effects projects

 

 

 


Week 4: Sept. 26-30

Project Two Assigned: What’s in a Name: Personal Logos (3 weeks, 50 points) – incorporating blue screen, animating text, layering stock footage

Lecture/Demos: shooting blue screen, transparency settings

 

Week 5: Oct. 3-7 (4-day week)

Project Continuing: What’s in a Name - capturing and begin editing, add music

Lecture/Demos: more editing review - animating text, layers, music

 

Week 6: Oct. 10-14 (4-day week)

Project Continuing: What’s in a Name - finish editing

Project Due/Critique: What’s in a Name

Project Due: Taking Stock - 5 shots due and prepped for output

 

 

 


Week 7: Oct. 17-21

Project Three Assigned: Music/Poetry Videos (5 weeks, 75 points): make a 1-2 min. music or poetry video using a narrative or experimental approach, pre-production and begin shooting

Lecture/Demo: view music videos, discuss different approaches

 

Week 8: Oct. 24-28 (1st quarter ends on Friday)

Music/Poetry Videos Project Continuing: more shooting, start capturing and editing

 

Week 9: Oct. 31-Nov. 4

Music/Poetry Videos Project Continuing: editing

 

 


Week 10: Nov. 7-10 (4-day week)

Project Four Assigned: Short Films/Pre-Production (5 weeks, 50 pts)

Begin generating script ideas

 

Week 11: Nov. 14-18

Music/Poetry Videos Project Continuing: editing

Short Films/Pre-Production continues: start writing screenplays

 

Week 12: Nov. 21-23 (3-day week)

Music/Poetry Videos Project Continuing: finish editing

Project Due/Critique on Thursday/Friday

Short Films/Pre-Production continues: continue writing screenplays

 

 

 


Week 13: Nov. 28-Dec. 2

Short Films/Pre-Production continues: revise screenplays

 

Week 14: Dec. 5-9

Short Films/Pre-Production continues: first read-through of screenplay, assign crew roles, start location selection

 

Week 15: Dec. 12-16 (last week before winter break)

Short Films/Pre-Production continues: refine screenplay, recruit actors, make production plan

 

 

 


Week 16: Jan. 3-6 (4-day week)

Short Films/Pre-Production continues: block actor positions, do test shots

 

Week 17: Jan. 9-12 (4-day week, end of 1st semester classes, finals start Friday)

Short Films/Pre-Production: final prep for shoot, complete shooting script and production schedule

Due: First Semester Portfolio

 

Week 18: Jan. 16-20 (no classes, finals Tues.-Fri.)

 

 


Second Semester Projects

 

·         Short Films: Production and Post Production

·         Final Independent Projects – student’s choice: narrative, documentary, experimental, movie trailers, sports highlights, etc.

 

A week by week schedule will be available at the beginning of the second semester.