Film Directing

Course Description

Focusing on the theory and practice of directing films, the course covers the director’s responsibility for developing the vision and objectives of a production. Students analyze and break down scripts and evaluate aesthetic choices necessary for effective dramatic and visual storytelling.

Learning Outcomes

• Evaluate the director’s impact on the visual components of filmmaking.
• Evaluate a script and articulate its theme, dramatic beats, visual vocabulary, and style using the directorial breakdown process.
• Design a director’s visual and stylistic approach to a short script that supports the dramatic beats of a story.
• Generate a shot list that supports the dramatic beats of a story.
• Design a blocking plan for a script based that supports the dramatic beats of a story.
• Construct a digital storyboard that communicates the visual and stylistic approach as a director.

Prerequisites

• MDC651
• MDC660
• MDC662