Cinemanium
Jeff Bemiss, indie filmmaker
Welcome to Advanced Filmmaking! This is a course focused on the process of moving from film script through production to a complete film. This course will have an emphasis on conceptualization, aesthetics, advanced production techniques, directing, and finishing touches. Students in the...
Share your reading/watching log with the class, as well as any ideas you have formulated about what your class project might be.
Today you will select the best idea from your list to make as a short film.
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.
Screening day two! Today we conclude screenings of Project 1.
Projects DUE by end of class. Fifth edit lab for Project 2.
Documentary lecture. Assign documentary worksheets and proposal.
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.
Only one class left! Today is the second edit lab for Project 3.
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.
Final, edited, shared-out films due at beginning of final exam period. We will screen films during this period. Bring all borrowed equipment to class. If you have outstanding films, all films must be turned in by end of final exam period to be accepted.