To earn a Filmmaking Certificate you are required to complete three (3) non-credit courses in either one or two successive summers. Summer 2013 costs are reflected below.
All students must enroll in the following course:
Writing for the Screen
NCRD-UT 1000
Participants will examine the principles and processes of writing for the screen. Topics include finding and developing story ideas, film language and script structure. By the end of the course, students will have participated in in-depth film analysis and intensive screenwriting exercises and discussions. At the end of the course, students are expected to complete a film treatment (prose description of your film) with a step outline for a feature film or T.V. episode you plan to write. In addition, you must hand in the first scene (3-5 pages) of your script with dialogue.
Non-credit tuition: $1,955
View course schedule.Next, students must enroll in two (2) of the following production courses.
Fundamentals of Sight and Sound: Filmmaking
NCRD-UT 43
Every student will conceive, produce, direct and edit five short projects (3 silent and 2 with sound) with digital filmmaking technology. Working in crews of four, students will be exposed to a variety of specific assignments in visual storytelling that feature a broad spectrum of technical, aesthetic, craft and logistical problems to be solved. Collaborating with other students through rotating crew positions will be a central focus of all production work. Lectures, labs, critiques, technical seminars, screenings and written production books will be an important component of this class. All student work is screened and discussed in class. Students should not schedule any other course on the same days as Sight & Sound: Filmmaking.
Non-credit tuition: $5,840
Lab fee: $535
Fundamentals of Sight and Sound: Studio
NCRD-UT 51
The course provides an in-depth exploration of the creative capabilities (technical, logistical, aesthetic) of producing narrative-based studio production work in a multiple camera television studio environment. Students will be trained in working with actors and learning how to connect script and performance to the production of four short studio based projects (each of increasing complexity). Students will have the opportunity to develop a single idea into a full-scale production that will be produced "live" in the studio at the end of the semester. The fundamental skills learned in this class (script, performance, lighting, camera, art direction, coverage) will serve as a foundation for all narrative-, experimental-, and documentary-based production work and will be applicable in classes. Note: some casting and rehearsals will need to be undertaken outside of class.
Non-credit tuition: $5,840
Lab fee: $535
View course schedule.Fundamentals of Sight and Sound: Documentary
NCRD-UT 80The course teaches students to look at their world and to develop the ability to create compelling and dramatic stories in which real people are the characters and real life is the plot. Through close study and analysis of feature length and short documentaries, as well as hands on directing, shooting, sound-recording and editing, students rigorously explore the possibilities and the power of non-fiction storytelling for video. The course is a dynamic combination of individual and group production work in which each student will be expected to complete five projects.
Non-credit tuition: $5,840
Lab fee: $535
View course schedule.Intermediate Narrative Workshop
NCRD-UT 1040
Prerequisite: NCRD-UT 43 | Sight and Sound Film Production
Non-credit tuition: $5,840
Lab fee: $535
