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What Will I Study?<\/h2>\n

The Filmmaking program at Marshall University engages students in the creation, production and post-production of narrative, documentary, and experimental styles of video through an interdisciplinary Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. Courses teach cinematography, documentary research, motion graphics\/animation, screenwriting, acting, directing, sound design, and internships which prepare students for a rapidly growing job market in film and video.<\/p>\n

Course Descriptions<\/h2>\n

TThe following courses are offered as part of the Filmmaking BFA. Please refer to the 4-year plan for your catalog year to confirm which of these will be required to complete the degree.<\/p>\n

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\n ART 101 - Visual Culture and Research\n <\/div>\n\n \n \n <\/path>\n <\/svg>\n <\/span>\n <\/button>\n\n \n
\n \nART 101 – Visual Culture and Research.\u00a0 <\/strong>3 hrs. Introduction to the functions of art applications of media, elements, and principles of design, artists, and aesthetics.<\/p>\n\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n \n \n
\n ART 202 History of Art\n <\/div>\n\n \n \n <\/path>\n <\/svg>\n <\/span>\n <\/button>\n\n \n
\n \nART 202 History of Art.\u00a0 <\/strong>3 hrs. A survey of the history of art from the Renaissance to the present.<\/p>\n\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n \n \n
\n ART 214 Foundations: Grid\/Chroma\n <\/div>\n\n \n \n <\/path>\n <\/svg>\n <\/span>\n <\/button>\n\n \n
\n \nART 214 Foundations: Grid\/Chroma.\u00a0 <\/strong>3 hrs. A survey of the history of art from the Renaissance to the present.<\/p>\n\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n \n \n
\n ART 219 - Foundations: Frame\/Time\n <\/div>\n\n \n \n <\/path>\n <\/svg>\n <\/span>\n <\/button>\n\n \n
\n \nART 219 – Foundations: Frame\/Time. \u00a0<\/strong>3 hrs.\u00a0 Introduction to digital\/film photography in one half-semester workshop and 4D design principles\/video-based processes in another. Students will develop visual, technical, and critical thinking skills by solving conceptual problems.<\/p>\n\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n \n \n
\n Art 321 Experimental Media Arts\n <\/div>\n\n \n \n <\/path>\n <\/svg>\n <\/span>\n <\/button>\n\n \n
\n \nArt 321 Experimental Media Arts. \u00a0<\/strong>3 hrs.\u00a0 Students explore experimental media through historical contexts, practices, and processes from the analog experiments of early 20th-century avant-garde cinema through contemporary digital practices in new media art.<\/p>\n\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n \n \n
\n ART 325 - Image Visualization: Digital Techniques\n <\/div>\n\n \n \n <\/path>\n <\/svg>\n <\/span>\n <\/button>\n\n \n
\n \nART 325 – Image Visualization: Digital Techniques.\u00a0 <\/strong>3 hrs.\u00a0\u00a0ART 325 is an exploration of color photography using digital techniques. Students will refine their personal vision using digital cameras, lighting and digital imaging software.<\/p>\n\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n \n \n
\n ART 327 Filmmaking I\n <\/div>\n\n \n \n <\/path>\n <\/svg>\n <\/span>\n <\/button>\n\n \n
\n \nART 327 Filmmaking I.\u00a0 <\/strong>3 hrs.\u00a0\u00a0ART 325 is an exploration of color photography using digital techniques. Students will refine their personal vision using digital cameras, lighting and digital imaging software.<\/p>\n\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n \n \n
\n ART 328 Filmmaking II\n <\/div>\n\n \n \n <\/path>\n <\/svg>\n <\/span>\n <\/button>\n\n \n
\n \nART 325 – Image Visualization: Digital Techniques.\u00a0 <\/strong>3 hrs.\u00a0\u00a0Students work together through advanced filmmaking concepts such as directing, cinematography, color grading, and sound design. Working in various crew roles, students complete a short film project for public screening.<\/p>\n\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n \n \n
\n ART 329 Cinematic Non-Fiction\n <\/div>\n\n \n \n <\/path>\n <\/svg>\n <\/span>\n <\/button>\n\n \n
\n \nART 325 – Image Visualization: Digital Techniques.\u00a0 <\/strong>3 hrs.\u00a0\u00a0Students will explore diverse styles, techniques, and storytelling approaches to create impactful and compelling, short-form non-fiction films.<\/p>\n\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n \n \n
\n Art 330 2D Animation\n <\/div>\n\n \n \n <\/path>\n <\/svg>\n <\/span>\n <\/button>\n\n \n
\n \nArt 330 2D Animation.\u00a0 <\/strong>3 hrs.\u00a0\u00a0Students learn traditional and digital 2D animation through projects that explore conceptual development and formal principles, tools, and techniques.<\/p>\n\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n \n \n
\n ART 390 Professional Practice\n <\/div>\n\n \n \n <\/path>\n <\/svg>\n <\/span>\n <\/button>\n\n \n
\n \nART 390 Professional Practice.\u00a0 <\/strong>3 hrs.\u00a0\u00a0Current views and practice: contemporary issues in art, safe practices in the studio, career opportunities, technology and art, and professional skills for artists. Current views and practice: contemporary issues in art, safe practices in the studio, career opportunities, technology and art, and professional skills for artists.<\/p>\n\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n \n \n
\n ART 423 - Photographic Lighting\n <\/div>\n\n \n \n <\/path>\n <\/svg>\n <\/span>\n <\/button>\n\n \n
\n \nART 423 – Photographic Lighting.\u00a0 <\/strong>3 hrs.\u00a0\u00a0Advanced course for students who have completely mastered the basics of photography. Covers basic studio setup, creative use of the studio situation in portraits, still life and photo illustration.<\/p>\n\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n \n \n
\n ART 425 History of Photography\n <\/div>\n\n \n \n <\/path>\n <\/svg>\n <\/span>\n <\/button>\n\n \n
\n \nART 425 History of Photography.\u00a0 <\/strong>3 hrs.\u00a0\u00a0Selected survey of the history of photography investigating the prehistory and invention of photography, por-traiture, landscape, social documentary, aesthetic, and experimental practice, post-modernism, and the digital age.<\/p>\n\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n \n \n
\n Art History 300\/400 Elective\n <\/div>\n\n \n \n <\/path>\n <\/svg>\n <\/span>\n <\/button>\n\n \n
\n \nArt History 300\/400 Elective.\u00a0 <\/strong>3 hrs.\u00a0\u00a0(Art 364, 389, etc.)<\/p>\n\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n \n \n
\n ART 433 Film Production Fundamentals\n <\/div>\n\n \n \n <\/path>\n <\/svg>\n <\/span>\n <\/button>\n\n \n
\n \nART 433 Film Production Fundamentals.\u00a0 <\/strong>3 hrs.\u00a0\u00a0In this advanced workshop, students will work as small production teams with community organizations to create real-world client short film projects (or JMC 432 AD-PR Video Production)<\/p>\n\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n \n \n
\n Art 434 Video Art\n <\/div>\n\n \n \n <\/path>\n <\/svg>\n <\/span>\n <\/button>\n\n \n
\n \nArt 434 Video Art.\u00a0 <\/strong>3 hrs.\u00a0\u00a0This course explores video as an artistic medium, examining its historical roots in the 1960s and its contemporary positioning within contemporary 4D digital media.<\/p>\n\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n \n \n
\n ART 453 - Motion Design I\n <\/div>\n\n \n \n <\/path>\n <\/svg>\n <\/span>\n <\/button>\n\n \n
\n \nART 453 – Motion Design I.<\/strong> 3hrs. Introductory topics in time\/based media. Topics may include motion design, animation, video compositing, sound design, interactive design, data visualization, digital storytelling, or related subjects.<\/p>\n\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n \n \n
\n ART 454 - Motion Design II\n <\/div>\n\n \n \n <\/path>\n <\/svg>\n <\/span>\n <\/button>\n\n \n
\n \nART 454 – Motion Design II. <\/strong>3hrs. Advanced topics in time-based media. Topics may include motion design, animation, video compositing, sound design, interactive design, data visualization, digital storytelling, or related subjects.<\/p>\n\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n \n \n
\n ART 490 Apprenticeship\n <\/div>\n\n \n \n <\/path>\n <\/svg>\n <\/span>\n <\/button>\n\n \n
\n \nART 490 Apprenticeship.\u00a0<\/strong>1-3 hrs.\u00a0\u00a0Student is placed in a supervised work situation, offering the opportunity to perform professional work. This will include 60 work hours per each registered credit hour.<\/p>\n\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n

Non-Art Course<\/h2>\n \n \n \n \n
\n THE 222 Acting I: Foundations\n <\/div>\n\n \n \n <\/path>\n <\/svg>\n <\/span>\n <\/button>\n\n \n
\n \nTHE 222 Acting I: Foundations.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>3 hrs. Development of skill through foundational exercises.
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\n MUS 219 \u2013 Digital Recording Techniques\n <\/div>\n\n \n \n <\/path>\n <\/svg>\n <\/span>\n <\/button>\n\n \n
\n \nMUS 219 \u2013 Digital Recording Techniques.\u00a0 <\/strong>2 hrs.\u00a0\u00a0Concepts, implementation, and utilization of digital audio workstation software and hardware: MIDI, digital audio, recording techniques, production, and using the Internet to empower music creators (or JMC 231 Intro to Audio Production).<\/p>\n\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n \n \n
\n ENG 344 Introduction to Film Studies\n <\/div>\n\n \n \n <\/path>\n <\/svg>\n <\/span>\n <\/button>\n\n \n
\n \nENG 344 Introduction to Film Studies.\u00a0 <\/strong>3 hrs.\u00a0\u00a0An intensive study of film form (mise-en-scene, cinematography, editing, and sound) and international film his-tory. (PR: Completion of Core II Composition Requirement)<\/p>\n\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n \n \n
\n ENG 445 Screenwriting\n <\/div>\n\n \n \n <\/path>\n <\/svg>\n <\/span>\n <\/button>\n\n \n
\n \nENG 445 Screenwriting. <\/strong>3 hrs. Practice in writing screenplays.<\/p>\n\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n \n \n
\n AM 298 \u2013 Sophomore Review\n <\/div>\n\n \n \n <\/path>\n <\/svg>\n <\/span>\n <\/button>\n\n \n
\n \nAM 298 \u2013 Sophomore Review.\u00a0 <\/strong>1 hr.\u00a0 Students present work from major courses for review by Art & Design faculty. Successful completion of 298 is a prerequisite for advancing to additional coursework in the major.<\/p>\n\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n \n \n
\n AM 498 - Senior Pre-Capstone\n <\/div>\n\n \n \n <\/path>\n <\/svg>\n <\/span>\n <\/button>\n\n \n
\n \nAM 498 – Senior Pre-Capstone.<\/strong> 3 hrs.\u00a0\u00a0A preparatory course for AM 499. Students will conceive, plan and start production of a culminating senior video project.<\/p>\n\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n \n \n
\n AM 499 - Senior Capstone Project\n <\/div>\n\n \n \n <\/path>\n <\/svg>\n <\/span>\n <\/button>\n\n \n
\n \nAM 499 – Senior Capstone Project.<\/strong> 3 hrs.\u00a0\u00a0A discipline-based experience combining video production capabilities and a range of knowledge outside the field resulting in a culminating senior video project.<\/p>\n\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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