Schedule B

In addition to lectures and Discuss & Demonstrates during the class meetings, assigned Reads will aid you in learning the material covered in this course.  Assignments will be made from the following required text:

Kindem, Gorham and Robert B. Musburger:  Introduction to Media Production: The Path to Digital Media Production. Fourth Edition. Burlington, MA: Elsevier, 2009.

Readings should be completed prior to the class date for which they are assigned.

This class will usually meet in Room 025 of the DeVos Communication Center, Tuesday and Thursday from 10:30 a.m. - 12:20 p.m.. 

The following should be interpreted as a general timetable governing the subjects to be covered in this course. Class discussion, pace -- even fluctuations of student attendance and enrollment -- often dictate additions, deviations, and omissions.

T Jan 31 Discuss:  Expectations; Strategies for Success; Group Communication
Read:  Kindem/Musburger, Chapter 2
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W Feb 01 Individual Assignment:  Personal Introduction Phases 1 & 2 (due 11:00 pm)
R Feb 02 Discuss & Demonstrate:  Lighting; Facilities & Equipment
Individual Assignment:  Personal Introduction Phase 3 (due 10:30 am)
T Feb 07 Discuss & Demonstrate:  3- and 4-Point Lighting (Studio and Location Kits)
Read: Kindem/Musburger, Chapter 7
Individual Assignment:
Personal Introduction Phase 4 (due 10:30 am)
R Feb 09

Discuss & Demonstrate:  Intro to the Grip Cart
Group Assignment: Collaboration (due 10:30 am)
In-Class Group Assignment:
Studio Lighting (due 12:20 pm)

T Feb 14 Workshop:  Location Lighting
Group Project:  Location Lighting (due 12:20 pm)

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R Feb 16 Discuss & Demonstrate:   Lenses, Irises, & White Balance
Read: Kindem/Musburger, Chapter 8 & 9
F Feb 17

6:00 p.m. Dinner and a Movie @ Fuller's House  
CAS 190 class members and their guests invited

T Feb 21 Discuss:  Composition:  X, Y & Z
R Feb 23 Group Assignment:  Compostion Pre-Production (due 10:30 am)
Workshop:
Composition
T Feb 28 Group Project: Composition Production (due 12:20 pm)
R Mar 01 Discuss & Demonstrate:  Primary and Secondary Movement
T Mar 06 Group Assignment:  Movement Pre-Production (due 10:30 am)
Workshop:  Movement
R Mar 08 Group Project: Movement Production (due 12:20 pm) 
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T Mar 13 Individual Assignment:  Conversation Transcript (due 10:30 am)
R Mar 15 Group Assignment: Conversation Transcript (due 10:30 am)
T Mar 20   Spring Break: No Class Meeting
R Mar 22   Spring Break: No Class Meeting
T Mar 27

Discuss & Demonstrate:  Recording Location Dialogue
Read:  Kindem/Musburger, Chapter 6

R Mar 29 Group Assignment:  Location Dialogue Pre-Production (due 10:30 am)
Workshop:
Location Dialogue
T Apr 03 Group Project:  Location Dialogue Production (due 12:20 pm)
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R Apr 05   Discuss & Demonstrate: Logging & Capturing Footage
T Apr 10 Individual Assignment: Capturing Footage (due 10:30 am)
Discuss & Demonstrate: Non-Linear Editing
Read: Kindem/Musburger, Chapter 10
R Apr 12 Workshop: Post-Production
Individual Assignment:  Post-Production (due 12:20 pm)
T Apr 17 Discuss:   Editing Aesthetics
R Apr 19 Workshop:   Continuity Editing
Individual Assignment:  Continuity Editing (due 12:20 pm)
S Apr 21

5:00 p.m. Dinner and a Movie @ Fuller's House
All Media Production Students and their guests invited.

T Apr 24   Academic Advising: No Class Meeting
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R Apr 26   Discuss:  Scheduling, Storyboards, and Scripts
Read:  Kindem/Musburger, Chapter 2
Final Exam:  Pre-Production (due 10:30 am)
T May 01 Final Exam:  Production (due 10:30 am)
Workshop: 
Final Film
R May 03 Final Exam:  Rough Cut (due 10:30 am)
T May 08 Workshop:  Final Film
Final Exam: Distribution  Final Film (due 12:00 noon)
H May 10 Final Exam: Screening (7:00 pm)
M May 14 Final Exam: Assessment (1:30 pm)
All student work must be removed from the Unity Server.
S May 19   Commencement 2:00 pm


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