The Art of Filmmaking: Composition and Moving Image

This course is an introduction to composition specifically as it is used in the moving image. There are four modules: Cinematic Thinking, which will serve as an overview of cinematic history, vocabulary, and alternative approaches to filmmaking, Choreography for Camera, a dive into the rules of composition and camera movement, Light Writing, which will explore different kinds of lighting, and Composing, in which all that we’ve learned will be combined and broader aspects of filmmaking such as so

• Describe shot and sequence design in formal and conceptual terms
• Apply visual strategies for composition and camera movement
• Use natural and studio lighting techniques in filmmaking
• Alter moving images with visual effects in post-production