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Cinema andMedia Arts

CEED 482 - Advance Studies in Children’s Ministries In-depth analysis of issues related to leadership roles in children’s ministry. Topics to include integration with family ministries, event planning, staff supervision, training volunteers, budget management, scheduling, counseling, and parent relations, etc. Students are required to be serving in a children’s ministry location during the semester for a minimum of 10 hours per week. When Offered: Spring. Prerequisite(s): 465. Grade Mode: A. Credit(s): 2. CEED 484 - Advanced Studies in Youth Ministries In-depth analysis of issues related to leadership roles in youth ministry. Topics to include integration with family ministries, event planning, staff supervision, training volunteers, budget management, scheduling, counseling, and parent relations, etc. Students are required to be serving in a youth ministry location during the semester for a minimum of 10 hours per week. When Offered: By arrangement. Prerequisite(s): 465. Grade Mode: A. Credit(s): 2. CEED 486 - Advanced Studies in Family Ministry In-depth analysis of issues related to leadership roles in family ministry. Topics to include event planning, staff supervision, training volunteers, budget management, scheduling, counseling, and parent relations, etc. Students are required to be serving in a family ministry location during the semester for a minimum of 10 hours per week. When Offered: Spring. Prerequisite(s): 465. Grade Mode: A. Credit(s): 2.

CNMA 203 - Screenwriting I An introductory course to the art of writing for film and television. Includes emphasis on structure, especially the hero’s journey, archetypes, genre and story outline. Students will develop a detailed treatment before creating a feature screenplay. Prerequisite(s): 101. Restriction(s): Must be a Cinema and Media Arts (CNMA) major. Fee: $20. Grade Mode: A. Credit(s): 3. CNMA 204 - The Entertainment Business A survey of current industry practices and careers in film, television, music and emerging technologies. Students will learn to research and analyze the career and business choices of current professionals in the industry and create long-term strategies for entering into and succeeding in the entertainment business. Special emphasis will be given to the unique ethical questions and biblical applications that arise within the Hollywood context. Restriction(s): Must be a Cinema and Media Arts (CNMA, MCFT) major. Fee: $40. Grade Mode: A. Credit(s): 3. CNMA 251 - Audio Recording An introduction to field and studio audio recording, multitrack mixing and editing and audio effects as applied to film, television and the recording arts. Prerequisite(s): 101, 102. Restriction(s): Must be a Cinema and Media Arts (CNMA, MCFT) major. Fee: $100. Grade Mode: A. Credit(s): 2. CNMA 262 - Directing for TV and Film Covers all aspects of directing for motion pictures and television. Includes emphasis on the director’s role and responsibility in the following stages: script, casting, actors, pre-production, camera, post-production. Also covers the director’s spiritual preparation and integration into the craft. Students complete one short film. Prerequisite(s): 101, 102. Restriction(s): Must be a Cinema and Media Arts (CNMA, MCFT) major. Fee: $40. Grade Mode: A. Credit(s): 2. CNMA 301 - New Media Introduction to the use of computer technology in the field of media production. Topics include: web design, media streaming and other Internet delivery systems, small screen production for iPod and cell phone; graphic design, audio production and video production for new media; computer hardware, operating systems, networking and server systems for new media. Prerequisite(s): CNMA 101 or BUSN 211; and CNMA 102 or BUSN 212. Restriction(s): Must be a Cinema and Media Arts (CNMA, MCFT) major. Fee: $100. Grade Mode: A. Credit(s): 2. CNMA 302 - Production Management Covers the budgeting and scheduling necessary for film, television, audio and Internet production. Students learn the parameters considered in making decisions to balance the creative goals and logistical demands of production. Matters of insurance; deal negotiation; travel; contracts; union rules (including, but not limited to SAG, DGA, WGA, IATSE, AFTRA); copyright; music license and clearance issues; management of crew; liaison difficulties with studios, clients and outside publics; managing the demands of volatile talent; and other issues will be covered. Evaluation of students’ understanding will be based on a budget and schedule for a feature length film they will be required to complete as well as pertinent tests and quizzes. Restriction(s): Must be a Cinema and Media Arts (CNMA, MCFT) major. Fee: $50. Grade Mode: A. Credit(s): 3. CNMA 303 - Cinematography Explores the aesthetics of the film image. Students gain the ability to talk and write about the aesthetics of an image and the practical business of image capture. Students will understand basic composition, lighting and exposure and what makes an image attractive to the human eye. Prerequisite(s): 101, 102. Corequisite(s): CNMA 315. Restriction(s): Must be a Cinema and Media Arts (CNMA, MCFT) major. Fee: $100. Grade Mode: A. Credit(s): 2. CNMA 310 - Visual Effects An introduction to digital visual effects for film and television. The class covers basic 2-D, 3-D and motion graphics. Participants should have extensive computer experience. Restriction(s): Must be a Cinema and Media Arts (CNMA, MCFT) major. Fee: $100. Grade Mode: A. Credit(s): 3. CNMA 312 - Screenwriting II Advanced work in writing an original feature-length screenplay. Prerequisite(s): 203. Restriction(s): Must be a Cinema and Media Arts (CNMA) major. Fee: $20. Grade Mode: A. Credit(s): 3. CNMA 315 - Editing for Film and Television Instruction and application in the art of digital editing with emphasis on Final Cut Pro HD. An intense study of the craft and role of the editor as storyteller. Covers various genres and formats (e.g., features, documentaries, short films, trailers). Emphasis on the editor’s role in other aspects of post-production, including audio, music, color correction, digital effects, DVD authoring. Several individual projects allow hands-on practical learning. Prerequisite(s): 101, 102, 104. Corequisite(s): CNMA 303. Restriction(s): Must be a Cinema and Media Arts (CNMA, MCFT) major. Fee: $100. Grade Mode: A. Credit(s): 2.

Cinema and Media Arts Faculty Program Director:

Jack Hafer

Chair:

Michael Gonzales, Ph.D.

Professors:

Fisher, Gonzales

Associate Professors:

Medberry, Schmidt, Swain, Yamada

Assistant Professors:

Hafer

Courses CNMA 101 - The Art of Storytelling

Creating poets via an introduction to the building blocks of storytelling: character, setting, plot. Students will read, analyze and create poetry, short fiction, non-fiction, drama, and film ideas. Special emphasis will be given to the history, art and aesthetics of storytelling. Restriction(s): Must be a Cinema and Media Arts (CNMA, MCFT) major. Fee: $40. Grade Mode: A. Credit(s): 3. CNMA 102 - Visual Aesthetics Creating painters via an introduction to the building blocks of visual storytelling: camera and lighting. Students will learn how to light and photograph on set and on location, indoors and outdoors, through the use of various cameras and film stocks. Special emphasis will be given to production design and the use of color/contrast/movement. Restriction(s): Must be a Cinema and Media Arts (CNMA, MCFT) major. Fee: $60. Grade Mode: A. Credit(s): 3. CNMA 103 - Introduction to TV and Film Production Creating sculptors via the building blocks of moving images: the editing of pictures and sound. Students will form groups to write, direct, shoot and edit short film and video projects. Restriction(s): Must be a Cinema and Media Arts (CNMA, MCFT) major. Fee: $60. Grade Mode: A. Credit(s): 3. CNMA 104 - History of Cinema Creating historians via a survey of the development of the motion picture. Films screened in the course will be analyzed from perspectives of auteur theory, genre theory and thematic criticism. Special emphasis will be given to cultural criticism locating films in their unique time and place. Restriction(s): Must be a Cinema and Media Arts (CNMA, MCFT)

major. Fee: $40. Grade Mode: A. Credit(s): 3. CNMA 202 - Introduction to Mass Media

An introductory approach to the major mass media: film, television, music, print, radio and Internet. Includes history, growth, business practices and technological aspects of each. Explores a Christian response, strategy for witness and influence, and integration into the field. Restriction(s): Must be a Cinema and Media Arts (CNMA, MCFT) major. Fee: $40. Grade Mode: A. Credit(s): 3.

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