Cinemanium
Jeff Bemiss, indie filmmaker
Welcome to Basic Filmmaking! This is a hands-on introduction to filmmaking from the perspectives of the director and editor. By designing and executing a series of short, creative production projects, students will explore how moving image techniques are used to...
The class will function as a film crew to copy a scene from the movie Rushmore. Each student will be assigned a crew position and we will learn the basic roles, responsibilities and protocols on a professional movie set.
Choose a scene from a movie and copy it shot-for-shot. Mimic the scene’s location, camera angles, wardrobe, props, acting and other cinematic elements as closely as possible.
Filmmakers see movies differently. We will unravel cinema’s elemental concepts and begin to look at movies from the point of view of a director.
Welcome to our first edit lab. Bring your footage, hard drive and prepare to fire up Final Cut Pro X, an amazing tool that changed the traditional concept of editing.
Together we’ll step through basics techniques in Final Cut Pro X. By the end of class, you’ll be off and running on your edit.
FCPX Basic Skills exam today. Also, the third full-class edit lab for Project 1. Finished films are due next class.
The fourth and last full-class edit lab for Project 1. Finished films are due today by the end of class.
Lecture on narrative structure and pitching a project. Assign pitch worksheet and create a pitch to deliver in class.
First day of screenings for Project 2. Collect documentary worksheet and proposal. Begin filming Project 3.
First footage for Project 3 is due today. Our first in-class edit lab.
Last class! And the last full-day edit lab for Project 3. Final, edited, shared-out films are DUE at the start of the final exam period. We will screen films during that period.
Screening day one for Project 3. TOPIC / ACTIVITY Screen Films with Feedback (Project 3) SELECTED NOTES (none) DISTRIBUTED MATERIALS (none) ASSIGNMENT All finished films were DUE last class. If you have outstanding films, ALL films must be turned in...
Last class! If you have outstanding films, ALL films must be turned in TODAY to be accepted.
There is no final exam scheduled for this class. HAVE A GREAT BREAK!