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  • CTME 263: Cult Cinema

    3.00 Credits
    Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

    Cult cinema can be defined as weird, edgy or even nostalgic. A viewer of cult content can be labeled a tourist, one who travels in or out of this ambiguous world of pleasure, seeking connection with others who share a similar devotion. This course will examine the historical, contextual and cultural impact of cult films in Western and global cinema, focusing on four major elements: Anatomy, Consumption, Political Economy, and Cultural Status. Also, we will take a look at "camp," new media theory and recent adaptation theory as lenses of appreciation for each production. We'll discuss the evolution of cult cinema, the relationship to mainstream cinema concerns and how this genre challenges the conventional narrative. We'll view a set of outlandish, remarkable, and even funny films. Most importantly, how they work, how they affect us, and how they connect to an eclectic (small and large), rabid audience.
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  • CTME 270: Script to Screen

    3.00 Credits
    Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

    An advanced course in scriptwriting for cinema, television and emerging media. Students will build their scriptwriting skills and further develop their craft for visual storytelling. The course focuses on advanced techniques in story and beat structure, character development, and scene analysis. Students will also explore the technical and financial requirements of their scripts. Students will learn the professional practices for how producers, directors, and directors of photography budget and translate scripts to screen. Students must develop their visual storytelling skills in order to create compelling content that meets industry standards. Students must learn the process of writing and rewriting, incorporating script feedback, script breakdown and budgeting, and designing more complex characters, story, and visual strategies. translate scripts to screen.
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  • CTME 271: Graphics for Digital Media

    3.00 Credits
    Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

    This is a foundation course that teachers the creation of graphic assets used in cinema, television and media production. Emphasis will be placed on gaining the ability to effectively utilize the principals and elements of motion graphics in media production environments. The students will have the opportunity to build their portfolio by designing professional, finished static and motion graphics. The course examines principles, tools, and techniques utilized in the design of still and motion graphics. Discussions focus on creating animated shapes, imagery, video, and text. Emphasis is also placed on creating dynamic and visually interesting moving pieces, including logo animations, kinetic typography and title sequences, through the use of current software such as Adobe After Effects, Illustrator, and Photoshop. Students develop finished, rendered works capable of delivery for digital media.
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  • CTME 306: Audio Post-Production

    3.00 Credits
    Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

    This course examines audio post-production techniques for video. Topics introduced in CTME 050 Audio Production, and CTME 255 Video Field Production, are expanded upon and new audio production concepts are introduced. Students conduct lab exercises in signal processing, multitrack recording procedures, and audio post-production techniques for video. Limited enrollment.
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  • CTME 307: Writing for Narrative Television

    3.00 Credits
    Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

    This course is designed to immerse students into the television writers' room and teach advanced, professional screenwriting standards and practices. Students learn professional techniques for developing dynamic characters, introducing story arcs, developing multi-episode character arcs, pitching and writing pilot episodes, and formulating structure for serial television. Students learn how to integrate series-wide and episodical foreshadowing, implement traditional act breaks for a streaming environment, and plan for future seasons. With the shift from traditional broadcasting to streaming content, it is essential that writers understand the key differences in current industry practices and more traditional screenwriting and television writing. Students benefit from learning to work in a collaborative writing environment while adhering to a singular writing style.
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  • CTME 324: Laughing Matters: The Evolution of Comedy Through Cinema, TV, and Beyond

    3.00 Credits
    Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

    This course analyzes comedic media productions in classic cinema and the Golden Age of Television, leading to current day online video content. Students will explore the conventions and techniques used in comedy throughout its history. Theories of humor will also be discussed.
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  • CTME 325: Comedy Writing and Production for Sitcoms and Screen Media

    3.00 Credits
    Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

    An introduction to writing and producing comedy content for television and digital media outlets with a heavy emphasis on comedy sketches, sitcoms, and film. Students will explore comedy structure and format, joke writing, script critique, and humorous story development for the screen. Basic production techniques of sitcoms and comedic screen media will also be discussed, allowing students to see their jokes translate to the screen. Students will use this knowledge to pitch and develop a sitcom pitch by the end of the semester.
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  • CTME 350: Documentary

    3.00 Credits
    Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

    This course examines the evolution and diversity of form of the documentary film with emphasis on rhetorical position, subject, ideological representation, technology, and documentary ethics. Students learn the skills to translate theory into practice and produce several short documentaries. Students learn how to research, film, and edit short documentaries for television and film exhibition.
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  • CTME 355: Music Video Production

    3.00 Credits
    Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

    This course analyzes the history, aesthetics, and production of the music video from early music videos through the inception of Friday Night Videos and MTV, to modern music visualizers. Students will learn the methods and technology video artists employed to combine music with visual imagery to create a unique art form which includes narrative, experimental, documentary and animation filmmaking techniques and language. Students will produce their own music videos and learn the craft of visualizing, filming, and editing a music video. Students learn to write for the screen by focusing on visual language, dialogue and performance, shot composition, camera movement, and diegetic and non-diegetic sound.
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  • CTME 360: Advanced Cinematography

    3.00 Credits
    Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

    This course progresses students through artistic, theoretical and professional elements of cinematography. Students explore the technical and expressive capacities of lighting, composition, and visual-storytelling techniques. Image control exercises include manual camera operation and analysis of lenses, f-stop, shutter speed, and ISO. Students learn the techniques of location lighting with both natural and artificial light while studying historical and current stylistic trends. Additionally, students will build upon skills acquired in CTME 160 along with exploration into new production modalities and postproduction techniques.
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