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TR 860 Digital cinematography
PN 1995.9 P7 Motion pictures Production and direction
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Immersive and practical, AB Film is designed to to produce dynamic and versatile graduates with first-hand experience in the production of cinema and film media.
Graduates of AB Film will be exposed to every facet of the industry but, by their third year, will specialize in their chosen field; be it scriptwriting, cinematography, production management, postproduction, and documentary & non-fiction filmmaking.
The program utilizes various storytelling techniques from all over the world but with an emphasis in leading the students to telling Filipino stories to a global audience. Film is constantly evolving and the program honors tradition while encouraging innovation and fresh ideas. To publics and external partners, the program is branded and recognized by the name BenildeFilm.
Upon completing the Film Program, the graduate should:
This subject guide gathers in one place carefully evaluated and selected resources on Film available and accessible at the CLR and its subscribed databases. Books (both print and electronic) are categorized per course; while journals, magazines and online databases are recommended for the entire Film program.
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3D graphics & animation can take your projects to the next level and Maya is the 3D solution the vast majority of professionals turn to. An Academy Award®-winning software, Maya is the most comprehensive package for producing 3D and 2D graphics. Its’ intuitive, customizable user interface and artist-friendly brush-based tools make Maya’s industry-standard 3D features easy to learn and easy to use.
3D graphics & animation can take your projects to the next level and Maya is the 3D solution the vast majority of professionals turn to. An Academy Award®-winning software, Maya is the most comprehensive package for producing 3D and 2D graphics. Its’ intuitive, customizable user interface and artist-friendly brush-based tools make Maya’s industry-standard 3D features easy to learn and easy to use.
Cinematography for Digital Filmmaking
A Digital Filmmaking Major Course that trains students in more advanced and dedicated lighting for digital film projects; the course goes beyond simple lighting but into advanced design elements.
Cinematography for Digital Filmmaking
A Digital Filmmaking Major Course that trains students in more advanced and dedicated lighting for digital film projects; the course goes beyond simple lighting but into advanced design elements.
Exploring further the basic skills necessary for designers and artists, COLREND will focus on the vital role of color in the conceptualization and actualization of design and arts ideas. Taking off from the basics of color theory, the class will advance further into the various rendering and presentation techniques, using a variety of materials, both traditional and computer-based.
Exploring further the basic skills necessary for designers and artists, COLREND will focus on the vital role of color in the conceptualization and actualization of design and arts ideas. Taking off from the basics of color theory, the class will advance further into the various rendering and presentation techniques, using a variety of materials, both traditional and computer-based.
A computer based course using graphics software (AutoCAD, Photoshop, Ilustra, CorelDraw, Flash, Maya, etc.) which aims to develop skills in creating basic 2D and 3D drawings and designs applying the same concepts and principles of sketching, drafting and rendering. Students will likewise be introduced to Image editing programs as it is being used for image manipulation, enhancement, and retracing small resolution visuals. COMGRAP is also an ideal course with its use of graphic layout for publication wherein the concepts of design, typography and visual communication are applied.
A computer based course using graphics software (AutoCAD, Photoshop, Ilustra, CorelDraw, Flash, Maya, etc.) which aims to develop skills in creating basic 2D and 3D drawings and designs applying the same concepts and principles of sketching, drafting and rendering. Students will likewise be introduced to Image editing programs as it is being used for image manipulation, enhancement, and retracing small resolution visuals. COMGRAP is also an ideal course with its use of graphic layout for publication wherein the concepts of design, typography and visual communication are applied.
This course develops an advanced understanding of film as a complex cultural medium through the discussion of key theoretical and critical approaches. Theoretical and critical approaches discussed may include: Marxist theory, realist theory, genre criticism, auteur theory, structuralism, feminist theory, and journalistic criticism.
The course combines weekly feature-length viewings with lectures, group discussions, and written assignments.
This course develops an advanced understanding of film as a complex cultural medium through the discussion of key theoretical and critical approaches. Theoretical and critical approaches discussed may include: Marxist theory, realist theory, genre criticism, auteur theory, structuralism, feminist theory, and journalistic criticism.
The course combines weekly feature-length viewings with lectures, group discussions, and written assignments.
Demo Reel and Film Festival Production
A Digital Filmmaking Major Course that prepares students for their graduation and eventual entry into the industry. Students produce a demo reel and learn the processes involved in staging a festival where their works can be showcased.
Demo Reel and Film Festival Production
A Digital Filmmaking Major Course that prepares students for their graduation and eventual entry into the industry. Students produce a demo reel and learn the processes involved in staging a festival where their works can be showcased.
Basic Digital Video Production
A Digital Filmmaking Major Course that seeks to train the students in the fundamentals of digital video production with an emphasis in visualization and storytelling by means of a motion picture medium.
Basic Digital Video Production
A Digital Filmmaking Major Course that seeks to train the students in the fundamentals of digital video production with an emphasis in visualization and storytelling by means of a motion picture medium.
Advanced Digital Video Production
A Digital Filmmaking Major Course that takes previous training in basic techniques and uses these in a more intensive and applied environment; with focus being on the creation of higher-quality outputs and applications rather than the familiarization of fundamentals.
Advanced Digital Video Production
A Digital Filmmaking Major Course that takes previous training in basic techniques and uses these in a more intensive and applied environment; with focus being on the creation of higher-quality outputs and applications rather than the familiarization of fundamentals.
A Digital Filmmaking Major Course that introduces students to the rudiments and discipline of non-fiction film production.
A Digital Filmmaking Major Course that introduces students to the rudiments and discipline of non-fiction film production.
Aesthetics for Design Majors provide students a more in depth opportunity to engage with the fundamentals of the arts and design traditions across the globe. It correlates design and artistic outputs with the processes, principles, and intentions as an artist, as a person, or as a collective people.
Aesthetics for Design Majors provide students a more in depth opportunity to engage with the fundamentals of the arts and design traditions across the globe. It correlates design and artistic outputs with the processes, principles, and intentions as an artist, as a person, or as a collective people.
This course facilitates the expression and development of the students’ own unique artistic identity, cinematic voice and point of view through an exploration of personal experience, interests, concerns, values and inherent taste using video/film as a medium.
This course facilitates the expression and development of the students’ own unique artistic identity, cinematic voice and point of view through an exploration of personal experience, interests, concerns, values and inherent taste using video/film as a medium.
Video/Film Production for the Small Screen
A Digital Filmmaking Major Course that introduces and exposes students to the production of made-for-TV-movies and similar small screen productions.
Video/Film Production for the Small Screen
A Digital Filmmaking Major Course that introduces and exposes students to the production of made-for-TV-movies and similar small screen productions.
Production design for cinema covering film design principles and practices including script breakdown, location hunting and design exercises by genre.
Production design for cinema covering film design principles and practices including script breakdown, location hunting and design exercises by genre.
This course surveys the historical study of FILM as a commercial product and a cultural form – from the early years surrounding the technological advent of moving images (silent era) to the addition of synchronous sound. Discussions on aesthetic movements and traditions of the period as they pertain to social and cultural context of cinema.
Opportunity to explore films from other regions like Asia, Africa, South America or the Middle East will also serve as a focus of this course.
This course surveys the historical study of FILM as a commercial product and a cultural form – from the early years surrounding the technological advent of moving images (silent era) to the addition of synchronous sound. Discussions on aesthetic movements and traditions of the period as they pertain to social and cultural context of cinema.
Opportunity to explore films from other regions like Asia, Africa, South America or the Middle East will also serve as a focus of this course.
A study of FILM as an art form, with an emphasis on how watching films are influenced by the particular ways in which films are made, the characteristics of the medium, and the style and structure of particular films. It provides some familiarity with the artistic, economic, technological and social factors that placed forth an influence on the development of the medium and the industry to its present influential role in cultures today.
A study of FILM as an art form, with an emphasis on how watching films are influenced by the particular ways in which films are made, the characteristics of the medium, and the style and structure of particular films. It provides some familiarity with the artistic, economic, technological and social factors that placed forth an influence on the development of the medium and the industry to its present influential role in cultures today.
A Digital Filmmaking Major Course that begins the production process for a student’s major culminating digital film project.
A Digital Filmmaking Major Course that begins the production process for a student’s major culminating digital film project.
A Digital Filmmaking Major Course that completes the production process for a student’s major culminating digital film project.
A Digital Filmmaking Major Course that completes the production process for a student’s major culminating digital film project.
FOTOGRA introduces the concepts and the body of knowledge that forms the foundation for the professional practice of photography.
This course lays the groundwork for a study and/or career in the field of photography and in the field of multimedia, wherein lessons learned in the classroom can be utilized. The aim of this introductory course is to develop the students’ interest and understanding of the craft of traditional and digital photography as an art form, with the camera and lighting equipment as image making tools, a process that is a merger of both aesthetics and technology.
FOTOGRA introduces the concepts and the body of knowledge that forms the foundation for the professional practice of photography.
This course lays the groundwork for a study and/or career in the field of photography and in the field of multimedia, wherein lessons learned in the classroom can be utilized. The aim of this introductory course is to develop the students’ interest and understanding of the craft of traditional and digital photography as an art form, with the camera and lighting equipment as image making tools, a process that is a merger of both aesthetics and technology.
A chronological and multi-national survey of the design and artistic traditions of the worlds’ people, from the beginning of history, through the classical periods and the renaissance. It enables students to appreciate and see historic product of artists and artisans in the context of time, period of style, and culture.
A chronological and multi-national survey of the design and artistic traditions of the worlds’ people, from the beginning of history, through the classical periods and the renaissance. It enables students to appreciate and see historic product of artists and artisans in the context of time, period of style, and culture.
A continuation of the survey in HARTDES 1 that includes design and artistic traditions of the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries all the way to the Modern and Post Modern styles of the 20th and 21st century including the latest trends and technological advances that affect the designs of today.
A continuation of the survey in HARTDES 1 that includes design and artistic traditions of the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries all the way to the Modern and Post Modern styles of the 20th and 21st century including the latest trends and technological advances that affect the designs of today.
Film Finance, Distribution and Exhibition
This course intends to use business school marketing principles and methodology to the film industry as well as provide meticulous and analytical analysis of why films succeed or fail. Emphasis is largely on strategy and positioning rather than script development.
The course will also cover strategies used by international as well as local studio executives in tracking the competitiveness of the films being released in the marketplace.
Film Finance, Distribution and Exhibition
This course intends to use business school marketing principles and methodology to the film industry as well as provide meticulous and analytical analysis of why films succeed or fail. Emphasis is largely on strategy and positioning rather than script development.
The course will also cover strategies used by international as well as local studio executives in tracking the competitiveness of the films being released in the marketplace.
Theory and Practice of Editing
A Digital Filmmaking Major Course designed to introduce the student to video production based on the capabilities of computer-based applications.
Theory and Practice of Editing
A Digital Filmmaking Major Course designed to introduce the student to video production based on the capabilities of computer-based applications.
An introductory survey of the different art forms and design traditions of the Philippines aimed to promote awareness and appreciation of our artistic and design heritage both indigenous and influenced by other cultures including modern manifestations from the Colonial periods to the present.
Philippine cinema is distinct from best known as escapist entertainment, identified by a film’s approximation to genre, or stylistic norm. The course will screen several internationally acclaimed Filipino films made by renowned and awarded Filipino filmmakers.
Philippine cinema is distinct from best known as escapist entertainment, identified by a film’s approximation to genre, or stylistic norm. The course will screen several internationally acclaimed Filipino films made by renowned and awarded Filipino filmmakers.
Production Fundamentals and Management
This course provides a pragmatic and comprehensive overview of the major elements involved in the creation, planning and management of a diverse range of short productions. The lessons aim to establish a firm foundation of business and management skills for specialized career training in the film industry. Emphasis will be placed on adapting the methods and practices of independent filmmakers in the Philippines to low-budget short student projects. The roles and skills of a film producer, production managers, etc. are examined, and the proper procedures for production management from project initiation to completion are analyzed in detail.
Production Fundamentals and Management
This course provides a pragmatic and comprehensive overview of the major elements involved in the creation, planning and management of a diverse range of short productions. The lessons aim to establish a firm foundation of business and management skills for specialized career training in the film industry. Emphasis will be placed on adapting the methods and practices of independent filmmakers in the Philippines to low-budget short student projects. The roles and skills of a film producer, production managers, etc. are examined, and the proper procedures for production management from project initiation to completion are analyzed in detail.
This 3-unit course opens the students’ eyes to the wide spectrum of the design professional world. This is where a student begins to choose vis-à-vis with their own strengths and interests which areas in the design practice they would like to specialize, whether in industrial, production, or fashion design.
This 3-unit course opens the students’ eyes to the wide spectrum of the design professional world. This is where a student begins to choose vis-à-vis with their own strengths and interests which areas in the design practice they would like to specialize, whether in industrial, production, or fashion design.
This course is an introduction to the art and craft of writing for the short film. A range of possible literary pieces will be presented and discussed: novels, graphic novels, works of non-fiction, short stories, etc. Through reading works and films adapted from them, students will have a better understanding of the tools and the dictates of film writing.
This course is an introduction to the art and craft of writing for the short film. A range of possible literary pieces will be presented and discussed: novels, graphic novels, works of non-fiction, short stories, etc. Through reading works and films adapted from them, students will have a better understanding of the tools and the dictates of film writing.
Scriptwriting 2 (Original Screenplay)
This course is a follow-on course in the art and craft of writing for the short film. With the skills learned during SCRIPT1, the student will be challenged to develop an original narrative screenplay in a workshop environment. Students will be guided in conceptualizing a storyline, developing the plot and creating a cohesive screenplay from this.
Scriptwriting 2 (Original Screenplay)
This course is a follow-on course in the art and craft of writing for the short film. With the skills learned during SCRIPT1, the student will be challenged to develop an original narrative screenplay in a workshop environment. Students will be guided in conceptualizing a storyline, developing the plot and creating a cohesive screenplay from this.
The SOUND DESIGN course is the first building block in the move to professionalize the way students think about, and work with, audio. It introduces recording and editing techniques on a non-linear system (digital workstations). It will introduce as well the basic concepts of sound, acoustics, the different equipment one uses to capture audio, and the sound design process and then apply all this learning to simple projects that bring together both visual art and sound art.
The SOUND DESIGN course is the first building block in the move to professionalize the way students think about, and work with, audio. It introduces recording and editing techniques on a non-linear system (digital workstations). It will introduce as well the basic concepts of sound, acoustics, the different equipment one uses to capture audio, and the sound design process and then apply all this learning to simple projects that bring together both visual art and sound art.
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