Class Film Production and Creation Techniques

Introduction to film departments: image, sound, editing, art direction.

IMAGE
1. A brief introduction to the art of photographic direction. 
2. The role of the director of photography and film crews. 
3. Film cameras: operation and handling. 
4. Lighting.
EDITING
1. Contemporary cinema and the challenges of editing. 
2. The editor's role in post-production. 
3. The practice of editing.
ART DIRECTION
1. Concept and functions of art direction. 
2. Artistic creation of diegetic universes in cinema - schools, styles and authors. 
3. The practical dimension of the art department and the creative process in cinema.
SOUND
1. Phenomenological, aesthetic and semiotic perspectives on the articulation between sound and the moving image. 
2. From sound production to directing: planning, organisation, mapping, dynamic interaction and power relations. 
3. Strategies and practice of sound capture/recording in a shooting and studio context. 
4. Basics of sound restoration. 
5. Spatialisation as an aesthetic-artistic element.

Theoretical exposition and applied theory: presentation of in-depth case studies.

Assessment will be based on attendance and participation in the sessions (50 per cent) and the submission of a short final report (1000 words) discussing the most relevant aspects of each department (50 per cent).

IMAGEM:

BROWN, B. (2002). Cinematography: Image Making for Cinematographers and directors (1ª ed.). Burlington: Elsevier Science.

DIREÇÃO DE ARTE:

BARNWELL, Jane (2004). Production Design: Architects of the Screen, Shortcuts, Wallflower, London and NY

MONTAGEM:

FAIRSERVICE, Don, Film Editing: History, Theory and Practice, Manchester University Press, 2001

SOM:
CHION, Michel (1994), AudioVision, New York, Columbia University Press.