Biola University 2014–15 Catalog
CNMA 320 - Advanced Studies in Criticism A detailed critical study of a particular auteur, genre, era, nation or theme. The course will be offered with a rotating series of subjects and professors focused upon film or broadcast history. Restriction(s): Must be a Cinema and Media Arts (CNMA, MCFT) major. Note(s): May be repeated. Fee: $40. Grade Mode: A. Credit(s): 3. CNMA 350 - Advanced Studies in Media Production Aspects of theory and practice in media production. Restriction(s): Must be a Cinema and Media Arts (CNMA, MCFT) major. Note(s): May be repeated with different course content. Fee: $40. Grade Mode: A. Credit(s): 1–3. CNMA 351 - Writing the Scene This course will take students through the study of story premise, outline, treatment and draft as it pertains to both feature motion pictures and television plays. Students will write each of these various elements in the process of screenplay development. There will be thirteen writing assignments during the semester. Each student’s material will be reviewed and critiqued by the instructor and the students in the class one week later. Several of the assignments will be rewritten after notes have been given. Prerequisite(s): 203. Restriction(s): Must be a Cinema and An exploration of characters and dialogue in film and television formats. Scenes and sequences will be written by students during the course. Prerequisite(s): 203. Restriction(s): Must be a Cinema and Media Arts (CNMA) major. Grade Mode: A. Credit(s): 3. CNMA 353 - Media Literacy This course will cover the effect of visual media on society and the noticeable absence of learning the grammar of visual language within the educational process. Instead of relegating the study of media to a simple inoculation against negative images, this course seeks to understand and celebrate the quite human process of media creation and consumption with the hope of restoring agency to the audience and accountability to the creator. Prerequisite(s): CNMA 101. Restriction(s): Must be a Cinema and Media Arts (CNMA) major. Grade Mode: A. Credit(s): 3. CNMA 354 - The TV Writer’s Room Re-creating the format and method of the television “writer’s room,” students will collaborate to pitch, develop, outline, and – as a group – write (and then re-write) episodes of an existing television show. TV story structure, scene writing, note-taking, and collaboration will all be addressed. Prerequisite(s): 351. Restriction(s): Must be a Cinema and Media Arts (CNMA) major. Fee: $50. Grade Mode: A. Credit(s): 3. CNMA 355 - History of Television Programming A study of the history of the television business from a programming perspective. Students learn how programming of each season reflects the socio-economic trends of the times. A variety of sitcoms, dramas and variety shows are viewed and students learn to look at how current programming has developed from formats that were successful in the 1950s through the 1990s. Prerequisite(s): 101. Restriction(s): Must be a Cinema and Media Arts (CNMA, MCFT) major. Grade Mode: A. Credit(s): 3. CNMA 358 - Motion Picture Pre-Production Media Arts (CNMA) major. Grade Mode: A. Credit(s): 3. CNMA 352 - Character Development and Dialogue The first course of a three-course sequence (358, 359, 452) in which a dramatic film will be produced. This course emphasizes the essential pre-production aspects including script development, budgeting, casting, set construction, location surveys, and develops skills in using production equipment. Prerequisite(s): 302. Corequisite(s): CNMA 359. Restriction(s): Must be a Cinema and Media Arts (CNMA, MCFT) major. Fee: $50. Grade Mode: A. Credit(s): 3. CNMA 359 - Motion Picture Production Principal photography will be done for the film project begun in 358. Emphasizes lighting, camera operation, sound recording and directing. Prerequisite(s): 251, 262, 303, 315. Corequisite(s): CNMA 358. Restriction(s): Must be a Cinema and Media Arts (CNMA, MCFT) major. Fee: $50. Grade Mode: A. Credit(s): 3. CNMA 361 - Intermediate Production: Narrative The planning and creation of a short fiction film or TV project with a special emphasis upon collaboration. Students will form crews, practicing the crafts of writing, directing, cinematography, editing and sound design. Restriction(s): Must be a Cinema and Media Arts (CNMA, MCFT) major. Fee: $100. Grade Mode: A. Credit(s): 3.
CNMA 362 - Intermediate Production: Documentary The planning and creation of short documentary projects with a special emphasis upon collaboration. Students will form crews, practicing the crafts of writing, directing, cinematography, editing and sound design. Restriction(s): Must be a Cinema and Media Arts (CNMA, MCFT) major. Fee: $100. Grade Mode: A. Credit(s): 3. CNMA 364 - Media Performance Use of acting skills in front of television cameras using scenes from actual television and film scripts. Includes critiques of acting methods. Restriction(s): Must be a Cinema and Media Arts (CNMA, MCFT) major. Grade Mode: A. Credit(s): 3. CNMA 365 - Digital Audio Editing and Post Production Exploration of digital audio editing. Entirely computer-based exploration of developing, composing, recording, mixing and posting audio for film, television and recording arts. Prerequisite(s): 251. Restriction(s): Must be a Cinema and Media Arts (CNMA, MCFT) major. Fee: $50. Grade Mode: A. Credit(s): 3. CNMA 375 - Expansive Media An introduction to the fundraising, creating and producing, promoting, branding, and distribution of documentaries, music videos, commercials, mobisodes, webisodes, and industrial films. Restriction(s): Must be a Cinema and Media Arts (CNMA, MCFT) major. Grade Mode: A. Credit(s): 3. CNMA 392 - Principles of Advertising Advertising principles and techniques. The study of effective and ineffective forms of advertising. Applications linked to public relations, media events, marketing, and communication encounters. Cross-listed: BUSN/JOUR 392. Restriction(s): Must be a Cinema and Media Arts (CNMA, MCFT) major. Fee: $25. Grade Mode: A. Credit(s): 3. CNMA 405 - Understanding Representation This course will involve learning the importance of representation for the writer, how to get representation, and how to develop this relationship to one’s best advantage. In addition, this will include packaging and pitching of projects, which students will learn to reduce ideas to basic components enhancing verbal presentation skills. Restriction(s): Must be a Cinema and Media Arts (CNMA) major. Grade Mode: A. Credit(s): 2. CNMA 420 - Coverages and Rewrites A course in learning to perform coverage of scripts and in rewriting and polishing dramatic scripts for television and motion pictures. An emphasis will be placed on critical analysis of story structure from classic films to contemporary works. Includes identification of key story concepts and elements of three-act structure. Prerequisite(s): 312. Restriction(s): Must be a Cinema and Media Arts (CNMA) major. Grade Mode: A. Credit(s): 2. CNMA 425 - Advanced Audio Recording Development of advanced aesthetics and techniques in miking, mixing, recording, editing and processing audio for music production. Includes both studio and live recording of musical performances. Developing a master CD is the final project of the class. Prerequisite(s): 365. Restriction(s): Must be a Cinema and Media Arts (CNMA, MCFT) major. Fee: $50. Grade Mode: A. Credit(s): 3. CNMA 433 - Mass Media Law and Ethics Study of theoretical approaches to the First Amendment as well as specific areas of concern to professional journalists such as defamation, privacy, fair trial, obscenity, copyright, shield laws, sunshine laws, etc. Exploration of applied professional ethics and contemporary professional issues of ethics for media professionals. Cross-listed: JOUR 433. Restriction(s): Must be a Cinema and Media Arts (CNMA, MCFT) major. Grade Mode: A. Credit(s): 3. CNMA 440 - Cinema and Media Arts Internship A real-world learning experience beyond the university classroom. The focus is working in a media-related organization such as a production company, network, studio or media ministry. This course will test students’ commitment, aptitude and stamina for work within the entertainment industry. Includes on-campus sessions designed to strengthen and expand professional skills. Restriction(s): Must be a Cinema and Media Arts (CNMA, MCFT) major. Note(s): Sixty hours of internship is required for each academic credit. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credits. Grade Mode: A. Credit(s): 1–3. CNMA 446 - Media Career Management A capstone class for junior and senior students preparing to enter the entertainment business. Students create cover letters, resumes, and do practice interviews. Students also do reader coverage and study the careers of various people in the entertainment business. The class culminates with a pitch meeting with visiting entertainment executives. Restriction(s): Must be a Cinema and Media Arts (CNMA, MCFT) major. Grade Mode: A. Credit(s): 3.
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