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The books in the CLR are arranged by topic using Library of Congress classification system. Here are a few call number ranges to explore:

TR 860   Digital cinematography

PN 1995.9 P7   Motion pictures Production and direction

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Film

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:

  • Create compelling stories using different narrative styles and devices to relate a series of events, for an audience through a cinematic medium.
  • Discuss milieu, style, and form in global and Filipino cinema, through exploration, criticism, and analysis, to contribute to the discourse of Film as cultural text.
  • Effectively and efficiently manage on one's own, and in collaboration with others, the various development and production tasks geared towards the realization of a common production goal.
  • Leverage on a variety of equipment, tools, and techniques to effectively and creatively execute the technical and aesthetic requirements of a cinematic project.
  • Channel one's imagination or original ideas in the creation of a whole or component of a cinematic work to develop projects that are innovative, insightful, and inspired.
  • Wield cinema’s innate socio-political power as vehicle for the promotion of equality, empowerment, and social good through films that explore, investigate, challenge, and reflect on the human condition.

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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Books on 3D-ANIM - 3D Modeling & Animation

3D Modeling & Animation

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 Modeling & Animation

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.

Books on CINEMAT - Cinematography for Digital Filmmaking

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.

Books on COLREND - Color Theory and Rendering

Color Theory and Rendering

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.

Color Theory and Rendering

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.

Books on COMGRAP - Computer Graphics

Computer Graphics

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.

Computer Graphics

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.

Books on CRITICI - Film Criticism & Theory

Film Criticism & Theory

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.

Film Criticism & Theory

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.

Books on DEMOFES - Demo Reel and Film Festival Production

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.

Books on DGFILM1 - Basic Digital Video Production

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.

Books on DGFILM2 - Advanced Digital Video Production

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.

Books on DOCFILM - Documentary Film Production

Documentary Film Production

A Digital Filmmaking Major Course that introduces students to the rudiments and discipline of non-fiction film production.

Documentary Film Production

A Digital Filmmaking Major Course that introduces students to the rudiments and discipline of non-fiction film production.

Books on ESTHETA - Aesthetics for Design Majors

Aesthetics for Design Majors

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

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.

Books on EXMOPIC - Experimental Cinema

Experimental Cinema

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.

Experimental Cinema

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.

Books on FILM4TV - Video/Film Production for the Small Screen

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.

Books on FILMDES - Film Design

Film Design

Production design for cinema covering film design principles and practices including script breakdown, location hunting and design exercises by genre.

Film Design

Production design for cinema covering film design principles and practices including script breakdown, location hunting and design exercises by genre.

Books on FLMART1 - World Cinema

World Cinema

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.

World Cinema

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.

Books on FLMART2 - The Art of Film

The Art of Film

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.

The Art of Film

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.

Books on FLMPRO1 - Digital Film Production 1

Digital Film Production 1

A Digital Filmmaking Major Course that begins the production process for a student’s major culminating digital film project.

Digital Film Production 1

A Digital Filmmaking Major Course that begins the production process for a student’s major culminating digital film project.

Books on FLMPRO2 - Digital Film Production 2

Digital Film Production 2

A Digital Filmmaking Major Course that completes the production process for a student’s major culminating digital film project.

Digital Film Production 2

A Digital Filmmaking Major Course that completes the production process for a student’s major culminating digital film project.

Books on FOTOGRA - Basic Photography

Basic Photography

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.

Basic Photography

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.

Books on HARTDS1 - History of Art and Design 1

History of Art and Design 1

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.

History of Art and Design 1

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.

Books on HARTDS2 - History of Art and Design 2

History of Art and Design 2

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.

History of Art and Design 2

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.

Books on INDIMKT - Film Finance, Distribution and Exhibition

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.

Books on NLEDITI - Theory and Practice of Editing

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.

Books on PARTDES - Philippine Design History

Philippine Design History

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 Design History

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.

Books on PHLFILM - Filipino Film Appreciation

Filipino Film Appreciation

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.

Filipino Film Appreciation

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.

Books on PRODMGT - Production Fundamentals and Management

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.

Books on PROFES1 - Design, Arts and Law

Design, Arts and Law

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.

Design, Arts and Law

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.

Books on SCRIPT1 - Scriptwriting 1 (Adaptation)

Scriptwriting 1 (Adaptation)

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 1 (Adaptation)

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.

Books on SCRIPT2 - Scriptwriting 2 (Original Screenplay)

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.

Books on SONDESI - Sound Design

Sound Design

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.

Sound Design

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.

Books on VFXDESI - Advanced Visual Effects

Advanced Visual Effects

A Digital Filmmaking Major Course in visual effects generation using modern technology.

Advanced Visual Effects

A Digital Filmmaking Major Course in visual effects generation using modern technology.

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