The course aims to provide students with the basic knowledge about the realization of an audiovisual product, through the direct involvement of the participants. In particular, it aims to provide knowledge concerning: 1) the three production steps of writing, production, post-production; 2) the functioning of audiovisual language, including its rhetoric; 3) the making of short audiovisual stories through easily accessible technological devices.
Curriculum
teacher profile teaching materials
A. Bazin What'is cinema -
Programme
The schedule of the filmaking lab is organized in two different parts: a)theory on film writing - (the idea, the story and the final script ) - and film directing - visual culture, shots and close up, film grammar, soundtrack on dialogues, sound and music; b) filming a shortmetrage, a trailer or a teaser of a film (it has to be made with digital devices - smartphone, digital camera or camcorder).Core Documentation
Following books are suggested:A. Bazin What'is cinema -
Reference Bibliography
Following books are suggested: Bazin What'is cinema - Bogdanovich - Cinema of John Ford - S. Lumet - On making cinema - R.W.Fassbinder Interview - D.Lynch - Interview with D.Lynch G.Brunetta -Italian cinema's history - C.Bene Versus cinema - F.Raphael - Eyes wide open - F.Truffaut. - Cinema with Hitchcock - K.Reisz - The technique of film editing - J.L.Godard - Scripts. G.Deleuze - Motion and Time on cinemaType of delivery of the course
The filmmaking lab works on 12 lessons of 3 hours each. Total 36 hours.Attendance
To be present in all 12 classwork is necessary. Only 2 times not present can be accepted and to be explained.Type of evaluation
The final test works on writing, producing e shooting a shortmetrage, trailer or teaser edited, including mixage and delivered on a digital device (PenDrive).