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Offered at The Art Institute of Charlotte, The Art Institute of Dallas, and The Art Institute of Raleigh-Durham

Program Description

New tools for content creation are continually rising on the digital landscape. Today's content developer must be able to navigate this world with confidence. This bachelor's program will provide the student with the knowledge, critical thinking and

organizational skills necessary for a safe, creative, and productive journey. Advances in high definition video, storage area networks, and software toolsets have brought about new competencies, enhanced quality, and improved workflow within the digital filmmaking and video production field. With this in mind, the Digital Filmmaking & Video Production bachelor's program will offer the student a relevant curricula to meet the needs of industry, while creating an environment conducive to helping students grow intellectually and creatively to meet the demands of tomorrow's marketplace. Students will learn to formulate, construct, and deliver digital audio, video and motion graphics. Media production industries need employees who have the talent for creative design, the abilities to use new technology, and the skills to effectively present content. Graduates of the Digital Filmmaking & Video Production program will apply the emerging digital production techniques to the changing world of mass communication while maintaining high standards of artistic expression.

Program Student Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of the program, graduates should be able to:

• Producing & Directing: demonstrate the ability to conceptualize, plan and execute different styles of media productions. Graduates will demonstrate an understanding of their leadership and collaborative responsibilities in relationship to artistic partners, crews, clients, the wider community and their own personal development

• Writing & Critical Thinking: demonstrate the ability to effectively communicate ideas, stories and expectations in written work. Graduates will have an understanding of the historical, cultural and social contexts for moving images

• Cinematography & Lighting: demonstrate control of camera, cinematic and lighting equipment in relation to a given subject

• Sound: demonstrate control of audio recording and sound equipment in a variety of applications. Graduates will show ability to create a meaningful relationship between image and sound

• Editing & Post-Production: demonstrate appropriate skill in editing with attention to duration, shot to shot relation, shot to scene and relation to the whole. Demonstrate a basic understanding of design principles in use of typography, motion graphics and animation, as well as compositing and image processing skills (where applicable)

• Professionalism: present and conduct themselves professionally and demonstrate an understanding of specific career paths, job responsibilities, and industry expectations

Requirements for Graduation

Credit Hours: 180

Number of Weeks: 132 (12 quarters) Contact Hours: 2,464

Program-Specific Credits: 132

• AUDA101 Fundamentals of Audio 3 credit hours

• DFVA102 Introduction to Filmmaking Applications and Design 3 credit hours

• DFVA103 Fundamentals of Video Production 3 credit hours

• DFVA105 Conceptual Storytelling 3 credit hours

• DFVA107 Fundamentals of Producing and Directing 3 credit hours

• DFVA111 Principles of Cinematography 3 credit hours

• DFVA113 Fundamentals of Editing 3 credit hours

• DFVA123 Intermediate Video Production 3 credit hours

• DFVA133 Lighting for Digital Film 3 credit hours

• DFVA201 Fundamentals of Scriptwriting 3 credit hours

• DFVA202 Digital Cinematography 3 credit hours

• DFVA203 Intermediate Editing 3 credit hours

• DFVA204 Acting and Directing 3 credit hours

• DFVA205 History of Film and Media 3 credit hours

• DFVA208 Media Business Practices 3 credit hours

• DFVA212 Broadcast Graphics I 3 credit hours

• DFVA213 Studio Production 3 credit hours

• DFVA214 Advanced Scriptwriting 3 credit hours

• DFVA222 Broadcast Graphics II 3 credit hours

• DFVA223 Intermediate Audio 3 credit hours

• DFVA233 Electronic Field Production 3 credit hours

• DFVA303 Multi-Camera Production 3 credit hours

• DFVA306 Internship 3 credit hours *

• DFVA307 Media Theory and Criticism 3 credit hours

• DFVA308 Media Delivery Systems and Distribution 3 credit hours

• DFVA309 Portfolio I 3 credit hours

• DFVA313 Sound Design 3 credit hours

• DFVA323 Short Media Production 3 credit hours

• DFVA332 Senior Project Preparation 3 credit hours

• DFVA333 Senior Project Production 3 credit hours

• DFVA343 Advanced Editing 3 credit hours

• DFVA353 Compositing for Digital Film 3 credit hours

• DFVA403 Senior Project Post Production 3 credit hours

• DFVA409 Portfolio II 3 credit hours

• FND135 Image Manipulation 3 credit hours

• FND150 Digital Color Theory 3 credit hours *Minimum of 88 internship hours for the quarter.

Program-Related Electives: Select Three

All BFA Digital Filmmaking & Video Production students should meet with the Academic Director/Program Coordinator for selection of Program-Related Electives based on students' area of interest.

General Program Electives: Select Four

• FND105 Design Fundamentals 3 credit hours

• FND110 Observational Drawing 3 credit hours

• GWDA133 Fundamentals of Web Design 3 credit hours

• GWDA204 Introduction to Writing for Interactive Media 3 credit hours

• PHOA101 Principles of Photography 3 credit hours

General Education Credits: 48

• MAT100 College Mathematics 4 credit hours

• COM101 Oral Communications 4 credit hours

• PSY101 Psychology 4 credit hours

• HUM101 Introduction to Humanities 4 credit hours

• ENG104 Composition 4 credit hours

• GE2084 Writing II 4 credit hours

• GE2024 Art History I 4 credit hours

• GE3004 Art History II 4 credit hours

• GE3014 Perspectives in Global Economics 4 credit hours

• GE3024 Environmental Science 4 credit hours

Humanities/Fine Arts Electives: (Select 1)

• ENG307 Twentieth Century Poetry 4 credit hours

• ENG310 Topics in American Literature 4 credit hours

• ENG311 Topics in British Literature 4 credit hours

• ENG312 Women in Literature 4 credit hours

• GE3034 Transformations & Adaptations 4 credit hours

• GE3054 Myths & Mythology 4 credit hours

• GE3084 Creative Writing 4 credit hours

• GE3114 Film Appreciation 4 credit hours

• GE4014 Survey of World Religions 4 credit hours

• GE4024 Western Civilization 4 credit hours

• GE4044 Southern Fiction 4 credit hours

• GE4064 Spanish 4 credit hours

Social/Behavioral Sciences Electives: (Select 1)

• SOC101 Sociology 4 credit hours

• GE2054 Social Psychology 4 credit hours

• GE3074 Principles of American Politics 4 credit hours