Class Film Production and Creation Techniques

Introduction to the departments of cinema: image, sound, and editing. Illustrative technical introduction to the core departments of film production. This course unit collaborates with Atelier de Realização e Produção Cinematográficas I, which promotes individual projects involving short films, allowing the acquired knowledge to be put into practice in a cross-disciplinary way.

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  IMAGE Introduction to the art of cinematography. The role of the cinematographer and film crews. Film cameras: operation and handling. Rules of composition. The 180-degree rule. Basic three-point lighting. SOUND Phenomenological, aesthetic, and semiotic perspectives on the relationship between sound and the moving image. From sound production to directing: planning, organization, mapping, dynamic interaction, and power relations. Strategies and practice of sound capture/recording in shooting and studio contexts. Basic notions of sound restoration. Spatialization as an aesthetic-artistic element. EDITING Functions and working strategies of the editor in the context of post-production. The creative practice of editing. The challenges of film editing in contemporary cinema.

Theoretical exposition and applied theory: presentation of in-depth case studies. Technical and creative support for the projects to be developed in the course unit Atelier de Realização e Produção Cinematográficas I.  

IMAGEM Stump, D. (2021) Digital Cinematography. Fundamentals, Tools, Techniques, and Workflows. Routledge Carroll, D. B. (2008). The Philosophy of Motion Pictures. Wisconsin USA: University of Wisconsin Press. Thomson-Jones Katherine (2008) Aesthetics and Film. Uk: Library of Congress MONTAGEM: Fairservice, D. (2001). Film editing: History, theory and practice. Manchester University Press. Murch, W. (2001). In the blink of an eye: A perspective on film editing (2nd ed.). Silman-James Press. SOM: CHION, Michel (1994), AudioVision, New York, Columbia University Press.