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| PRE-PRODUCTION
PHASE - 3
weeks Scriptwriting & Storyboards Working from home, students are required to create rough scripts and storyboards of the movie(s) they will make during the trip. The School will provide students with script templates, storyboard instruction and detailed information about each location. By preparing a rough script of the 6 week filmmaking adventure, students will have a basic plan to work with as they travel. Of course, there will be many changes and adjustments during the fimmaking process, and students will learn how to be flexible and adapt successfully to each new situation. Email & Instant Messaging Students will use email and instant messaging to communicate with the instructors and other students prior to the six week filmmaking trip. Students will work in small teams to help eachother with the filmmaking process and develop strong friendships as a result. Digital Filmmaking Software Training and Textbooks Students will also be learning digital video techniques (see "Shoot for the Cut" below), as well as, software basics during the pre-production phase of the program. As soon as tuition has been paid, the curriculum materials are shipped to students directly from Magnet Media (see below). Magnet Media provides award-winning software training materials for companies such as The Walt Disney Company, The Discovery Channel, Harvard University, ABC, CNN, USA, Dreamworks, MSNBC Interactive, HBO, MTV Networks, Sony Pictures Studio, and Time Warner. In addition, students will receive textbooks on digital filmmaking (see below) from a variety of authors that will be part of the required reading for the Semester-in-the-Air program. MAGNET MEDIA CURRICULUM MATERIALS The award-winning CD-ROM and DVD-based instruction materials are provided by Magnet Media who has created the digital media training series (DMTS) that features the following interactive CD-ROM/DVD-based training programs: Shoot for the Cut  Learn
the fundamentals of digital video from basic shooting to an advanced hands-on
camera tutorial. In this interactive DVD, you will learn how the professionals
break down a scene into isolated shots to create a sequence in the edit.
Hosted by Michael Rosenblum and Alex Meillier of DV Dojo, Shoot For the
Cut will change the way you approach a scene with your digital video camera,
whether for home video or professional use. What You'll Learn: • The
importance of discipline in shooting dv • How to isolate a series of
specific shots from an activity • How these shots translate to a sequence
in the edit • Basic camera operation with the Canon GL2 • Program
and Manual Camera Modes • How to get good clean audio with a DV Camera
• Advanced camera operation and a break down of the camera menu.  Instructor:
For more than 12 years, Michael Rosenblum has been on the cutting edge of
the digital 'video-journalist' revolution. In fact, he coined the phrase.
"Video-journalism is more than just teaching someone to shoot and edit their
own video," he says, "It is teaching creative people to be 'literate' in
the most powerful medium in the world today." "Television is a medium that
has been traditionally closed to all but a select elite, and as a result,
what we see on television, and increasingly on the internet, is for the
most part banal, insipid and uninspired. It is the natural end of turning
over our primary means of communication to a handful of people, no matter
how well intentioned." Leading the drive for video literacy, and the complete
rethinking of how television is made and controlled, Rosenblum has been
on the leading edge of the digital video revolution for more than a decade.
His work has included: the creation of 'VJ' units for BBC and Oxygen , the
complete conversion of The Voice of America, the United States Government's
broadcasting agency (and the largest broadcaster in the world), from short
wave radio to television broadcasting and webcasting using the 'VJ' paradigm
(1998-present), as well as the construction of NYT Television, a New York
Times Company, and currently the largest producer of non-fiction television
in the U.S. Rosenblum was both the Founder and President of NYT TV (based
on the 'VJ' paradigm, 1996-1998). He was also the President and Founder
of Video News International , a global, VJ-driven news gathering company,
with more than 100 journalists around the world (1993-1996). Michael has
also designed, built and implemented VJ-driven news channels around the
world, including Time/Warner's New York 1, Associated Newspapers (UK) London-based
Channel 1 , Switzerland's largest commercial TV broadcaster, TeleZuri ,
as well as a host of smaller projects such as Eritrea's ERI-TV and Sri Lanka's
SLBC . His consulting clients include The BBC, TV-24/Germany, TV4/Sweden,
Oxygen Media, National Public Radio, Danmarks Radio (DK), TV-3 Sweden, Norway
& Denmark, Tokyo Broadcasting, Korea Broadcasting. He has conducted his
unique VJ training classes all over the world, from Thailand to Marakech,
and has lectured extensively both oversees and in the US. He is an adjunct
professor of communication at New York University , where he teaches "Television
and the Information Revolution," a course of his own design. Instructor:
Alex Meillier is an independent producer/director of commercials, music
videos, narrative and documentary subjects in nearly all formats. He is
currently co-director of the downtown filmmaker's boutique, DV Dojo. Alex
is the former Deputy Director of the New York Film Academy, and he is a
graduate of NYU Tisch School of the Arts Department of Film and Television.
Inside
Editing with Final Cut Pro VIDEO
ON THE WEB (VHS) TEXTBOOKS
FOR THE PROGRAM
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Program Info Semester Schedule 12 weeks Weeks 1-3 Pre-Production 3 weeks of online instruction and trip preparation begin Weeks 4-9 Production On-location to 7 destinations around the world Depart from New York Destination 1 Arrive in Accra, Ghana to videotape master drummers Destination 2 Fly to Johannesburg, South Africa to go on Safari Destination 3 Fly to Bangkok, Thailand to discover asian culture Destination 4 Fly to Bali, Indonesia to experience magical arts & music Destination 5 Fly to Auckland, New Zealand to interview Maori Tattoo Artists Destination 6 Fly to Tahiti, French Polynesia to edit movies Destination 7 Fly to San Jose, Costa Rica & film dolphins, volcano and cloud forest Arrive back in New York Weeks 10-12 Post-Production 3 weeks of online post-production instruction and development begins Last day of semester Web premiere of all student films. APPLY HERE |
The
Inside Editing CD-ROMs for learning Final Cut Pro, instruct users on both
the fundamentals of FCP editing, in addition to professional editing techniques
within FCP. Inside Editing covers topics such as: project set-up; logging
and capturing media; basic editing techniques; applying motion effects;
compositing title, graphics, and video; outputting to tape; and media
management, among other topics. With the "Inside Editing with Final
Cut Pro" training program, you'll learn everything you need to know
about FCP. From logging and digitizing to building special effects. Footage
files included. 
"The
new technology gives us the ability to do feature and broadcast-level
work on relatively high-end systems for lower cost. This really defines
whole new opportunities for filmmaking, media-making and television,"
says Inside Editing instructor, Zak Tucker
Learning
Photoshop with Bruce Heavin is a series of CD-ROM-based workshops that
include video clip tutorials developed for beginning Photoshop users and
returning Photoshop users who want to understand the newest capabilities
and features. This CD-ROM program focuses on imaging techniques in Photoshop
and does not address Web or Print publishing. You'll learn essential and
basic features of Photoshop imaging tools, including Drawing Tools, Color
Pickers, Selections, Cloning, Layers, Layer Sets, Liquify, Filters, Layer
Effects, History and much much more. 
Cleaner
5 is the leading application for video compression in any standard: Real
Video, Windows Media, Quicktime, Sorenson, you name it. If you need to
distribute or present attractive video for the web, CD-ROM or the desktop,
Video Compression with Cleaner 5 is the program for you. You'll learn
the fundamentals of streaming media and compression from the preeminent
expert in the field, Evan Schectman. Then Evan will walk you through compressing
an actual short movie. Video footage files included.
Flash
MX is Macromedia's latest, revolutionary animation and interactivity tool
designed to radically redefine your web pages. Now you can get up and
running in Flash MX with world-renowned Flash instructor, MD Dundon. MD
was one of the first Flash instructors in the world and is a leading interface
designer for companies such as Macromedia. She will teach you everything
you need to know to start creating interactive animations in Flash MX,
including various techniques for tweening and useful tips on keeping your
file size low. Training files included.
Instructor:
MD Dundon was one of the first teachers of Macromedia Flash. In 1999 she
developed and began teaching the first college level Flash courses online
(www.sfsuonline.org). She has presented for user groups and for Macromedia
at their user's conference and also for their Beginning Flash seminar
series.
