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FAV 2455-01
STORYBOARDING
SECTION DESCRIPTION
This course will cover how to translate scripts into visual images with clarity and creativity.
Students will study the language of film - both animation and live action- including different
kinds of shots and approaches to editing. We will cover how to interpret and visualize both acting
and actions, as well as staging shots for the dramatic content they contain. The course will
focus on developing the conceptual strengths and technical capabilities needed to visualize from
the written page.
Please contact fav@risd.edu to register.
Elective
FAV 2456-01
DIRECTING THE CAMERA
SECTION DESCRIPTION
This course offers a deep investigation of the role that camera movement and composition, framing and sequencing of shots can play in live action digital cinema projects. We employ a visualist approach, where cinematography and movement are used to amplify a plot/performance and/or reach beyond conventional storytelling, by creating emotional or even physical/sensory reactions in a viewer. By focusing on and exploring the plasticity of time - using movement of the camera in space, the stretching of time through use of time-lapse, slow-motion and live action/stop motion animation hybrid methods - students build strong visions as directors and artist makers of moving images. Borrowing methods used in independent cinema, experimental animation, film and video art, painting, sculpture, architecture and photography, students will consider what types of seeing can be developed by applying these approaches.
This course uses advanced motion control systems that are only available for this course (the eMotimo/dana dolly tracking system and custom build rigs/gimbals) which give students detailed control over their use of cinematic movement. In addition, we explore uses of lenses, including vintage lenses and filters to destroy/enhance the materiality of the digital image to emulate filmic looks. The course also offers an in-depth look into color correction and grading, where students can apply painterly approaches to the moving image.
Students work collaboratively and individually on two short film projects and/or multi-channel installations, where the goal is to develop a strong artistic vision and create a distinct film experience for a viewer. Interdisciplinary approaches/collaborations are encouraged, and students from other departments at RISD are welcome.
Estimated Materials Cost: $50.00
Department permission is required to register for this course. Please contact fav@risd.edu for permission to register.
Elective
FAV 2457-01 / IDISC 2457-01
ANIMATING MEMENTO MORI
SECTION DESCRIPTION
Early photographic technology was often employed to visually manifest ideas of memory, stasis, and preservation - examples include post mortem photography, psychicones (attempts to visualize the soul on photographic plates), spirit photography, and other techniques unique to optical and photochemical technology. Even today, with the ubiquity of personal phone cameras, capturing images of people, places, things, still orbits the idea of preserving essence in the form of image. Animation, on the other hand, has always been about creating the illusion of life from static images, through ever-changing forms of photographic and imaging technology. In Animating Memento Mori, we will explore the contradictions and tensions between ideas of stasis, motion, and the illusion of movement, through animation and photographic practices employed outside of a studio setting.
Department permission is required to register for this course; this course is not available via web registration. Please contact fav@risd.edu for permission to register.
Elective
FAV 3215-01
THE PITCH: LOGLINE TO SELLING
SECTION DESCRIPTION
Okay, you have an idea! What do you do with it? We'll take you through the steps: from writing a logline, developing a pitch deck, pitching and selling. Through lectures, demos, discussions, and weekly assignments, students will develop a hands-on understanding of professional elements of pitching your idea in a professional, industry context, learning from a renowned leader in the field.
Please contact fav@risd.edu for permission to register.
Elective
FAV 5100-01
FILM PRACTICES
SECTION DESCRIPTION
In Film Practices, students learn 16mm film processes, skills, and techniques - as a material and conceptual foundation necessary for every time-based practice. Exposure, focus, depth of field, and basic editing strategies are explored as tools for becoming fluent in the language of cinema. Students will build an understanding of the various meanings conveyed by aesthetic decisions regarding composition, movement, and editing. Through individual and group projects, screenings, in-class assignments, and readings, students will explore key concepts in material-based filmmaking to build, expand, and deepen their time-based practice.
Estimated Cost of Materials: $220.00
Deposit: $150.00
Please contact fav@risd.edu for permission to register.
Major Requirement | BFA Film/Animation/Video
FAV 5100-01
FILM PRACTICES
SECTION DESCRIPTION
In Film Practices, students learn 16mm film processes, skills, and techniques - as a material and conceptual foundation necessary for every time-based practice. Exposure, focus, depth of field, and basic editing strategies are explored as tools for becoming fluent in the language of cinema. Students will build an understanding of the various meanings conveyed by aesthetic decisions regarding composition, movement, and editing. Through individual and group projects, screenings, in-class assignments, and readings, students will explore key concepts in material-based filmmaking to build, expand, and deepen their time-based practice.
Estimated Cost of Materials: $220.00
Deposit: $150.00
Please contact fav@risd.edu for permission to register.
Major Requirement | BFA Film/Animation/Video
FAV 5100-02
FILM PRACTICES
SECTION DESCRIPTION
In Film Practices, students learn 16mm film processes, skills, and techniques - as a material and conceptual foundation necessary for every time-based practice. Exposure, focus, depth of field, and basic editing strategies are explored as tools for becoming fluent in the language of cinema. Students will build an understanding of the various meanings conveyed by aesthetic decisions regarding composition, movement, and editing. Through individual and group projects, screenings, in-class assignments, and readings, students will explore key concepts in material-based filmmaking to build, expand, and deepen their time-based practice.
Estimated Cost of Materials: $220.00
Deposit: $150.00
Please contact fav@risd.edu for permission to register.
Major Requirement | BFA Film/Animation/Video
FAV 5100-02
FILM PRACTICES
SECTION DESCRIPTION
In Film Practices, students learn 16mm film processes, skills, and techniques - as a material and conceptual foundation necessary for every time-based practice. Exposure, focus, depth of field, and basic editing strategies are explored as tools for becoming fluent in the language of cinema. Students will build an understanding of the various meanings conveyed by aesthetic decisions regarding composition, movement, and editing. Through individual and group projects, screenings, in-class assignments, and readings, students will explore key concepts in material-based filmmaking to build, expand, and deepen their time-based practice.
Estimated Cost of Materials: $220.00
Deposit: $150.00
Please contact fav@risd.edu for permission to register.
Major Requirement | BFA Film/Animation/Video
FAV 5101-01
INTERMEDIATE STUDIO: LIVE ACTION
SECTION DESCRIPTION
Intermediate Film is a year-long course emphasizing technical production in sync sound film making. Theoretical concerns and cinematic techniques are stressed. We explore concepts of (and the relationships between) narrative, documentary and experimental filmmaking. The first half of the Fall semester, students work in assigned teams, completing a series of short exercises. In the second half of the term, class members individually create their own longer films for final projects. Students screen their work in class at various stages of completion: rushes, rough cuts, and fine cuts. In addition, there are weekly screenings of works by relevant filmmakers. Participation in class discussions is required.
Estimated Cost of Materials: $500.00 Deposit $150.00
Please contact fav@risd.edu for permission to register; registration is not available in Workday.
Major Requirement | BFA Film/Animation/Video | Live Action
FAV 5101-02
INTERMEDIATE STUDIO: LIVE ACTION
SECTION DESCRIPTION
Intermediate Film is a year-long course emphasizing technical production in sync sound film making. Theoretical concerns and cinematic techniques are stressed. We explore concepts of (and the relationships between) narrative, documentary and experimental filmmaking. The first half of the Fall semester, students work in assigned teams, completing a series of short exercises. In the second half of the term, class members individually create their own longer films for final projects. Students screen their work in class at various stages of completion: rushes, rough cuts, and fine cuts. In addition, there are weekly screenings of works by relevant filmmakers. Participation in class discussions is required.
Estimated Cost of Materials: $500.00 Deposit $150.00
Please contact fav@risd.edu for permission to register; registration is not available in Workday.
Major Requirement | BFA Film/Animation/Video | Live Action
FAV 5102-01
INTERMEDIATE STUDIO: LIVE ACTION
SECTION DESCRIPTION
Intermediate Film is a year-long course emphasizing technical production in sync sound film making. Theoretical concerns and cinematic techniques are stressed. We explore concepts of (and the relationships between) narrative, documentary and experimental filmmaking. During Spring semester, the course is devoted to improving skills in many aspects of live action filmmaking, including conceptualization, budgeting, camera work, and sound recording. Projects are transferred to tape and edited digitally. In addition, there are weekly screenings of works by relevant filmmakers. Participation in class discussions is required.
Estimated Cost of Materials: $500.00
Deposit: $150.00
Please contact fav@risd.edu for permission to register.
Major Requirement | BFA Film/Animation/Video | Live Action
FAV 5103-01
VIDEO PRACTICES
SECTION DESCRIPTION
In Video Practices, students will work with digital video cameras, sound recorders and microphones, and editing and color correction software. Through projects, screenings, in-class assignments, and readings, students will explore key concepts in digital moving-image making to build, expand, and deepen their time-based practice.
Estimated Cost of Materials: $60.00
Deposit: $150.00
Please contact fav@risd.edu for permission to register.
Major Requirement | BFA Film/Animation/Video
FAV 5103-01
VIDEO PRACTICES
SECTION DESCRIPTION
In Video Practices, students will work with digital video cameras, sound recorders and microphones, and editing and color correction software. Through projects, screenings, in-class assignments, and readings, students will explore key concepts in digital moving-image making to build, expand, and deepen their time-based practice.
Estimated Cost of Materials: $60.00
Deposit: $150.00
Please contact fav@risd.edu for permission to register.
Major Requirement | BFA Film/Animation/Video
FAV 5103-02
VIDEO PRACTICES
SECTION DESCRIPTION
In Video Practices, students will work with digital video cameras, sound recorders and microphones, and editing and color correction software. Through projects, screenings, in-class assignments, and readings, students will explore key concepts in digital moving-image making to build, expand, and deepen their time-based practice.
Estimated Cost of Materials: $60.00
Deposit: $150.00
Please contact fav@risd.edu for permission to register.
Major Requirement | BFA Film/Animation/Video
FAV 5103-02
VIDEO PRACTICES
SECTION DESCRIPTION
In Video Practices, students will work with digital video cameras, sound recorders and microphones, and editing and color correction software. Through projects, screenings, in-class assignments, and readings, students will explore key concepts in digital moving-image making to build, expand, and deepen their time-based practice.
Estimated Cost of Materials: $60.00
Deposit: $150.00
Please contact fav@risd.edu for permission to register.
Major Requirement | BFA Film/Animation/Video
FAV 5105-01
ANIMATION PRACTICES
SECTION DESCRIPTION
In this course students explore the fundamentals of animated movement, timing, and materials through various animation techniques, including working directly on film, drawing on paper, pixilation, cut-out animation, and modified-base processes. Over the course of the semester, students will create six short animations and a wide range of animated films will be studied to augment the student's understanding of the field.
Estimated Cost of Materials: $40.00
Please contact fav@risd.edu for permission to register.
Major Requirement | BFA Film/Animation/Video
FAV 5105-01
ANIMATION PRACTICES
SECTION DESCRIPTION
In this course students explore the fundamentals of animated movement, timing, and materials through various animation techniques, including working directly on film, drawing on paper, pixilation, cut-out animation, and modified-base processes. Over the course of the semester, students will create six short animations and a wide range of animated films will be studied to augment the student's understanding of the field.
Estimated Cost of Materials: $40.00
Please contact fav@risd.edu for permission to register.
Major Requirement | BFA Film/Animation/Video
FAV 5105-02
ANIMATION PRACTICES
SECTION DESCRIPTION
In this course students explore the fundamentals of animated movement, timing, and materials through various animation techniques, including working directly on film, drawing on paper, pixilation, cut-out animation, and modified-base processes. Over the course of the semester, students will create six short animations and a wide range of animated films will be studied to augment the student's understanding of the field.
Estimated Cost of Materials: $40.00
Please contact fav@risd.edu for permission to register.
Major Requirement | BFA Film/Animation/Video
FAV 5105-03
ANIMATION PRACTICES
SECTION DESCRIPTION
In this course students explore the fundamentals of animated movement, timing, and materials through various animation techniques, including working directly on film, drawing on paper, pixilation, cut-out animation, and modified-base processes. Over the course of the semester, students will create six short animations and a wide range of animated films will be studied to augment the student's understanding of the field.
Estimated Cost of Materials: $40.00
Please contact fav@risd.edu for permission to register.
Major Requirement | BFA Film/Animation/Video
FAV 5106-01
INTERMEDIATE STUDIO: ANIMATION
SECTION DESCRIPTION
The intermediate year of animation study witnesses a significant transformation, in which the student grows from novice to independent director. This year-long studio develops an integrated understanding of the diverse aesthetic tools of animation, and teaches students directing for the animation medium. The course is comprised of four elements. First, weekly in-class structured experiments and homework awaken and refine the student's understanding of movement, timing, writing, editing, sound design, art directing, and use of materials. Second, students receive technical training in 2D animation production. Third, students screen and discuss animated works spanning history, culture, and design approach. Fourth, each student designs, animates, directs, and produces two independent projects, one in the fall and one in the spring.
Estimated Cost of Materials: $300.00 Deposit: $150.00
Please contact fav@risd.edu for permission to register; registration is not available in Workday.
Major Requirement | BFA Film/Animation/Video | Animation