I. General Information
1. Course Title:
Creative Development
2. Course Prefix & Number:
VPRO 2130
3. Course Credits and Contact Hours:
Credits: 5
Lecture Hours: 2
Lab Hours: 6
4. Course Description:
This course focuses on completing the production cycle for students by offering the opportunity to produce and direct a film of their choice from start to finish. Each student will be required to produce a completed motion picture, using classmates as crew members and sharing all aspects of the production process. Each participant will be responsible for conceiving, budgeting, scripting, directing and editing a film that can be presented as a portfolio finale.
5. Placement Tests Required:
6. Prerequisite Courses:
VPRO 2130 - Creative Development
There are no prerequisites for this course.
7. Other Prerequisites
for second year students only who have successfully completed all previous course material.
9. Co-requisite Courses:
VPRO 2130 - Creative Development
There are no corequisites for this course.
III. Course Purpose
Program-Applicable Courses – This course is required for the following program(s):
|
Name of Program(s) |
Program Type |
|
Videography Production |
AAS Diploma |
Other - If this course is not required in a program or is not part of the MN Transfer Curriculum, it may be used for the purpose(s) listed below:
Technical Elective
IV. Learning Outcomes
1. College-Wide Outcomes
| College-Wide Outcomes/Competencies |
Students will be able to: |
| Demonstrate interpersonal communication skills |
Apply successful group interaction techniques working towards a common goal. Roles will alternate between leadership and support. |
| Assess alternative solutions to a problem |
Display ability to overcome arbitrary real-life events in pursuit of completed projects under challenging circumstances typically encountered in video production environments. |
| Analyze and follow a sequence of operations |
Manage filmmaking processes from origination through distribution. Self-motivated completion of tasks. |
2. Course Specific Outcomes - Students will be able to achieve the following measurable goals upon completion of
the course:
- Construct a film project from conception to distribution
- Produce a film within confined budget constraints
- Create professional treatments
- Create professional scripts
- Create professional rundowns
- Create professional shot lists
- Create professional shooting schedules
- Explore successful directing techniques managing subordinate team members
- Operate within the framework of an effective production crew
- Create compelling animations and graphics to enhance film's aesthetic value
- Establish ability to create complex story lines in editing software
- Submit mastered film to peer competitions for evaluation
- Publish to multiple forms of media
- Upload mastered film to professional and personal social media sites for career promotion
- Employ advanced videography composition techniques
- Recognize industry protocols that lead to lifetime employment skills
V. Topical Outline
Listed below are major areas of content typically covered in this course.
1. Lecture Sessions
- Pre-production topics
- Film concept/brainstorming
- Budgeting
- Scheduling
- Scriptwriting
- Field Production topics
- field directing
- managing crews
- working with actors
- shooting schedules
- time management
- Post Production topics
- Managing media
- offline editing
- online editing
- revisions
- Distribution
- competions/film festival
2. Laboratory/Studio Sessions
- Begin Production process
- Conception, set budgets, goals
- Research
- Treatments
- Script development
- Rundowns/shotlists/shooting schedules
- Field work
- Produce, direct, shoot film
- Crewing for colleagues
- Edit film
- Revise film
- Post film
- Social Media
- Awards/contests
I. General Information
1. Course Title:
Creative Development
2. Course Prefix & Number:
VPRO 2130
3. Course Credits and Contact Hours:
Credits: 5
Lecture Hours: 2
Lab Hours: 6
4. Course Description:
This course focuses on completing the production cycle for students by offering the opportunity to produce and direct a film of their choice from start to finish. Each student will be required to produce a completed motion picture, using classmates as crew members and sharing all aspects of the production process. Each participant will be responsible for conceiving, budgeting, scripting, directing and editing a film that can be presented as a portfolio finale.
5. Placement Tests Required:
6. Prerequisite Courses:
VPRO 2130 - Creative Development
There are no prerequisites for this course.
7. Other Prerequisites
for second year students only who have successfully completed all previous course material.
9. Co-requisite Courses:
VPRO 2130 - Creative Development
There are no corequisites for this course.
II. Transfer and Articulation
III. Course Purpose
1. Program-Applicable Courses – This course is required for the following program(s):
|
Name of Program(s) |
Program Type |
|
Videography Production |
AAS Diploma |
3. Other - If this course does NOT meet criteria for #1 or #2 above, it may be used for the purpose(s) selected below:
Technical Elective
IV. Learning Outcomes
1. College-Wide Outcomes
| College-Wide Outcomes/Competencies |
Students will be able to: |
| Demonstrate interpersonal communication skills |
Apply successful group interaction techniques working towards a common goal. Roles will alternate between leadership and support. |
| Analyze and follow a sequence of operations |
Manage filmmaking processes from origination through distribution. Self-motivated completion of tasks. |
2. Course Specific Outcomes - Students will be able to achieve the following measurable goals upon completion of
the course:
- Construct a film project from conception to distribution
- Produce a film within confined budget constraints
- Create professional treatments
- Create professional scripts
- Create professional rundowns
- Create professional shot lists
- Create professional shooting schedules
- Explore successful directing techniques managing subordinate team members
- Operate within the framework of an effective production crew
- Create compelling animations and graphics to enhance film's aesthetic value
- Establish ability to create complex story lines in editing software
- Submit mastered film to peer competitions for evaluation
- Publish to multiple forms of media
- Upload mastered film to professional and personal social media sites for career promotion
- Employ advanced videography composition techniques
- Recognize industry protocols that lead to lifetime employment skills
V. Topical Outline
Listed below are major areas of content typically covered in this course.
1. Lecture Sessions
- Pre-production topics
- Film concept/brainstorming
- Budgeting
- Scheduling
- Scriptwriting
- Field Production topics
- field directing
- managing crews
- working with actors
- shooting schedules
- time management
- Post Production topics
- Managing media
- offline editing
- online editing
- revisions
- Distribution
- competions/film festival
2. Laboratory/Studio Sessions
- Begin Production process
- Conception, set budgets, goals
- Research
- Treatments
- Script development
- Rundowns/shotlists/shooting schedules
- Field work
- Produce, direct, shoot film
- Crewing for colleagues
- Edit film
- Revise film
- Post film
- Social Media
- Awards/contests