RTV2203C Video Producing and Directing
The course focuses on creative and aesthetic
concerns as well as technical skills a producer and
director need to function successfully in video
production. Students undertake individual and group
projects that explore production budgeting, location
scouting, equipment planning, permits and other
critical preproduction and production methods.
Documentaries, commercials, and corporate
projects are scripted, shot, and edited to
completion. [Prereq: FIL2298C, RTV3262C]
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RTV2245C Videography
This course introduces the student to the video
camera as a technical and creative tool for
communication. Students recognize the principles
of visual design for motion pictures, develop their
ability to evaluate the visual potential of locations,
interpret the technical requirements of motion
picture photography, and operate professional
video cameras.
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FX2000 Visual Effects 1:
Painting and Rotoscoping
This course explores various techniques to create
and implement CGI into live action. Utilizing various
painting and compositing packages, emphasis is
placed on the principles of rotoscoping and digital
painting as applied to rig removal and special
effects. [Prereq: FX3980]
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FX3200 Visual Effects 2:
Keying and Color Correcting
This course exposes students to the disciplines
used in creating and compositing video shot on a
blue or green screen. More sophisticated methods
are introduced for color correcting and adjusting
video to produce seamless composites. The course
reinforces compositing concepts, techniques, and
vocabulary that students have learned in previous
courses. Each student produces a final, edited
project utilizing these skills. Concepts presented
include various methods of keying, matte extraction,
garbage matting, track mattes, traveling mattes,
RGB color space, and color correction. [Prereq:
FX2000]
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FX3300 Visual Effects 3: CGI and Compositing
This course explores various techniques to create
and implement CGI into live action as well as
various methods of compositing and compositing
concepts to enhance and expand productivity.
Specific animation features and functions of the
given software are discussed and applied to the
production of short 3D animation projects. The
course emphasizes creation of CG environments
and integration of elements into live action. [Prereq:
FX3100 & FX3890]
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FX3600 Visual Effects 4: Motion Tracking
This course introduces students to the various
methods of matching the motion shot on a liveaction
plate and applying that motion to a digital
element. The course introduces 2D and 3D tracking
methods. [Prereq: FX3300]
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FX3875 Visual Effects Fundamentals
This course begins with an overview of the history
of visual effects with emphasis on the various
effects processes in their historical contexts. It
continues with discussions of the field of postproduction,
animation, and broadcast graphics and
analysis of major sectors of those industries and
career opportunities with them. Specific hands-on
focus is taken in the VFX discipline of compositing.
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MKA2100C Visual Merchandising
Students develop creative merchandise
presentations to strengthen brand image and build
sales of merchandise.
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DIG3308C Web Animation
This is an intermediate level course focusing on
motion graphics which build on 2 and 3-D concepts
and techniques as an interactive design solution.
The course covers design, standards procedures
and delivery. [Prereq: GRA2854C or CS1010]
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RTV4280C Web Broadcasting
Design & Delivery
This course addresses the end part of media
production — delivery and distribution. Students
explore a variety of media delivery methods and
systems and determine the advantages and
limitations of each. They also examine the
relationship between delivery systems and
distribution methods and evaluate the relative
efficiency, cost, and effectiveness of each. [Prereq:
MMC3008C]
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PH3000 Web Imaging Technologies
This course focuses on digital panoramics and the
immersive environment of virtual reality. The
student learns the photographic steps to create
360-degree digital panoramic and object movies.
Through the use of different types of software, the
student creates a world that includes virtual walk
through sounds and music, video, graphics and
object movies. [Prereq: PGY1892C or PGY1801C
or PGY2803C]
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MAR2720 Web Marketing
This course focuses primarily on marketing on the
web, addressing the elements and requirements of
information distribution, advertising or sales in the
Interactive Media medium. Students study how to
use traditional marketing theories and strategies
as well as how to modify those strategies for
utilization within the demands and opportunities
unique to the Web. [Prereq: OST1945]
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IL3556 Web Page Design
This course addresses the specific needs of
illustrators when creating promotional web pages
and focuses on the process necessary to organize
the content of a webpage as well as page creation
software skills. Students develop competencies in
design and layout, organization and workflow.
Technical competencies in batch processing and
site creation are achieved through software-specific
exercises. Assignments are designed to
systematically explore all phases of site creation
from online research through content organization;
culminating in the creation of a website. [Prereq:
GRA1762C]
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PH2230 Wedding and Event Photography
Lectures, guest speakers, and field trips introduce
students to the multi-faceted career opportunities
in wedding and event photography. Students have
the opportunity to meet current industry
professionals and observe them in action as they
photograph actual weddings and events.
Ultimately, students are exposed to historical and
contemporary trends of photographic techniques
and business practices employed in social-event
photography. [Prereq: PGY2321]
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CU2009 Wines & Spirits
This course focuses on American and European
wines as well as malted and distilled beverages.
Students learn how these beverages are produced
and bottled, how to evaluate such products, how to
pair wines and other beverages with food, and the
history behind fermented and distilled beverages.
Students also learn about liquor laws pertaining to
foodservice operations as well as management
techniques for handling wines and spirits.
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WST2390C Womens Studies
This course examines the work of several twentieth
and twenty-first century women artists whose work
reflects the feminist movement and the culture
around them. [Prereq: ARH2000 or THE2000]
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SYO3370 Working in America
Students take a realistic look at and critical
evaluation of working life in the United States from a
sociological perspective. While focus is placed on
working in restaurants in America, work in other
occupations and countries is also discussed.
Possible topics include racism, sexism and
homophobia at work, unemployment, job
dissatisfaction, workplace violence, stress, and
small business ownership. [Prereq: PSY2012 or
SYG2000]
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CU2011B World Cuisine
This course emphasizes both the influences and ingredients that create the unique character of
selected International cuisines. Students prepare, taste, serve, and evaluate traditional, regional
dishes of Europe, Africa, the Mediterranean, and Latin America. Importance will be placed on
ingredients, flavor profiles, preparations, and techniques representative of these cuisines.
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RTV2107 Writing for Interactive Media
This is a specialized writing course for interactive
design production. Students learn to identify the
requirements of different types of writing and the
unique characteristics and techniques of interactive
media writing. Students examine how various forms
of media work together to reach audiences.
Students further explore how to use interactive
media to express ideas. These techniques are then
applied to various forms of Interactive media.
[Prereq: ENC1145 or ENC1102 or LIT1020C or
English Elective]
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PGY1105C Zone Photography
This course explores the control of contrast and
total values imaging through the manipulation of
exposure and processing. Students learn to predict
the density levels of images under various
metering and processing conditions. [Prereq:
PGY1400C, PGY1120C]
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