Provides fundamentals in academic theories surrounding visual culture. Topics include representation, spectatorship, mass media and popular culture, new media, and scientific images. Student participation is through discussion, creative projects, reading, and written response.

Grading Basis: Letter Grade

Additional Information: Denver Core Requirement, Arts.

Typically Offered: Fall.

The purpose of this course is to acquire basic competence with all film/video production equipment. The course acts as an introductory look at maintaining professionalism, efficiency, and safety in film/video sets for cast and crew.

Grading Basis: Letter Grade

Restriction: Restricted to TFTV-BFA majors with the subplan FIT or FTPM minors within the College of Arts and Media.

Typically Offered: Fall.

Learn the fundamentals of video production including idea creation, videography, composing a professional image, cinematic lighting, sound track recording and construction, non-linear software. Individual and collaborative productions for film, video, and TV will be created.

Grading Basis: Letter Grade

Restricted to TFTV-BFA majors and FTPM minors (production) within the College of Arts Media.

This design research class explores the creative skills, technical knowledge and scholarly engagement employed by production designers. The students will understand how design elements enhance a production and create a production design for a video, film or play.

Grading Basis: Letter Grade

Restriction: Restricted to TFTV-BFA majors within the College of Arts Media.

This course is designed to analyze the history, practice and production of the horror film. By examining the horror genre students analyze how cinema is both a reflection of the time it was produced as well as it impacts on art and society.

Grading Basis: Letter Grade

Additional Information: Denver Core Requirement, Arts.

This course will examine representative examples of films from around the world to understand the current interest and concerns of world cinema, as well as discern what concerns various countries around the world, and how those concerns are expressed.

Grading Basis: Letter Grade

Additional Information: Denver Core Requirement, International Perspectives.

The course will combine viewing of television programs with reading, writing and discussing television as students begin to understand intellectually, and learn to take an analytical view of this remarkable phenomenon.

Grading Basis: Letter Grade

Typically Offered: Spring.

Provides the study, skill development and workshop experience for the actor in various media – including film, television, commercial, and voice-over work. Students do physical exercises, vocal training, develop vocabulary, and scene exercises.

Grading Basis: Letter Grade

Restricted to TFTV-BFA majors, FTPM minors and FIPR minors in the College of Arts Media.

Typically Offered: Fall.

Critical exploration of dramatic writing for stage and screen. Understand how imagery, character, story, narrative structure, literary conventions, and more, impact compelling writing. Utilize effective writing and critiquing strategies focused on drafting and writing an original film/TV script.

Grading Basis: Letter Grade

Restriction: Restricted to TFTV-BFA majors with the subplan FIT or FTPM minors within the College of Arts and Media.

Typically Offered: Fall.

Students study basic writing elements such as idea generation, character building, and scene setting while writing short non-fiction screenplays or teleplays for production.

Grading Basis: Letter Grade

Restricted to TFTV-BFA majors and FTWM minors.

This course introduces the art of editing and post-production for film and television practices. Students will use various software applications; Adobe Premiere, Adobe After Effects and Photoshop as the platform to explore the fundamentals of visual storytelling, graphics, visual effects, compositing, color correction, compression concepts, input, output and software integration, and how that work can be integrated into varying film and television projects.

Grading Basis: Letter Grade

Prereq: FITV 1040. Restriction: Restricted to TFTV-BFA majors FTPM minors (production) within the College of Arts Media.

Through a series of assigned film and TV projects students will be introduced to various genres of filmmaking, while building upon the skills of preproduction, production, and post-production.

Grading Basis: Letter Grade

Requires prerequisite course of FITV 1050 (minimum grade D-). Restricted to TFTV-BFA and FTPM minors.

Typically Offered: Spring.

Students produce non-fiction film/TV productions in collaboration with non-profit organizations while exploring and experiencing industry practices.

Grading Basis: Letter Grade

Requires prerequisite courses of FITV 1050 and FITV 1600 (all minimum grade D-). Restricted to TFTV-BFA majors within the College of Arts and Media.

This course focuses on the illumination of dialogue in film and television scripts. Through a process of exploration, actors will gain awareness of their vocal range, pitch, volume, and expression through physical and vocal exercises. They will also build the skills necessary to produce general American speech, as well as regional accents and dialects. Particular attention is paid to the skills necessary to work in film and television.

Grading Basis: Letter Grade

Repeatable. Max Credits: 6.

Requires prerequisite course of FITV 1220 (minimum grade D-).

Typically Offered: Spring.

Students will learn the various aspects of planning, scheduling, budgeting, and managing both television and film productions. Students will develop skills for conceptualizing projects from script to screen.

Grading Basis: Letter Grade

Prereq: FITV 1040 Restriction: Restricted to TFTV-BFA majors within the College of Arts and Media.

Students will explore physical techniques that will help broaden their physical expression and kinesthetic responses. They will learn to devise and apply unique physical choices to the characters they create.

Grading Basis: Letter Grade

Requires prerequisite course of FITV 1220 (minimum grade D-).

Through a series of assigned video projects, students will practice the art of directing several film and television projects. Applying communication skills and directing techniques to the process.

Grading Basis: Letter Grade

Requires prerequisite course of FITV 1220 (minimum grade D-). Restricted to TFTV-BFA majors or FITV minors.

Typically Offered: Fall.

This class will be dedicated to exploring the art and craft of developing powerful performances. We will regularly divide into groups of three (one director & two actors) so that at least two-thirds of your time will be devoted to acting.

Grading Basis: Letter Grade

Requires prerequisite course of FITV 2570 (minimum grade D-). Restricted to TFTV-BFA majors within the College of Arts and Media.

Typically Offered: Fall.

Building upon basic understandings of audio for film and television techniques, students will get intermediate instruction and experience with field audio recording and audio post-production practices. Students will work with digital audio editing software to gain knowledge and skills in sweetening, mixing, and sound design.

Grading Basis: Letter Grade

Prereq: FITV 1040 Restriction: Restricted to TFTV-BFA majors within the College of Arts and Media.

Typically Offered: Fall.

Students create film and TV projects that exhibit effective use of light, composition, depth of field, focal length. Student directors will learn how to collaborate with cinematographers and understand the science of photography, lenses, and lighting.

Grading Basis: Letter Grade

Requires prerequisite course of FITV 1050 (minimum grade D-). Restricted to TFTV-BFA majors within the College of Arts and Media.

Typically Offered: Spring.

Working in a multi-camera television studio environment, students in this course will experience each aspect of creating multiple live-to-tape television programs. Students will work in teams to create a television pilot as well as individual projects.

Grading Basis: Letter Grade

Requires prerequisite course of FITV 1050 (minimum grade D-). Restricted TFTV-BFA and FTPM minors within the College of Arts and Media.

Typically Offered: Spring.

Students will refine their knowledge of single-camera film and TV techniques in this hands-on, collaborative course. Students will conceptualize, develop, and shoot a short film or television project throughout the semester. Emphasis on storytelling, production design, production management, and cinematography.

Grading Basis: Letter Grade

Requires prerequisite courses of FITV 2050 and FITV 2090 and FITV 2570 (all minimum grade D-). Restricted to TFTV-BFA majors within the College of Arts and Media.

Students will apply post-production skills learned in previous courses to edit projects produced in Prod 3/Jr Project. This course will emphasize the completion of a professional broadcast-quality production with full audio and visual sweetening. Students will attain advanced editing skills through a longer format project. This course is a continuation of FITV 3050 Junior Project Production.

Grading Basis: Letter Grade

Requires prerequisite course of FITV 2570 (minimum grade D-). Restricted to TFTV-BFA majors within the College of Arts and Media.

Students explore and develop skills in the collective practices necessary for the full production of an episodic television series. Students will actively participate in various aspects of episodic television production including preproduction, production, and post-production. This course is a continuation of FITV 3500 Writing for Episodic Television.

Grading Basis: Letter Grade

Requires prerequisite course of FITV 2090 (minimum grade D-). Restricted to TFTV-BFA majors within the College of Arts and Media.

Voice Acting is the art of using a voice to represent characters, provide narration, or present information to an audience. This workshop trains students in the skills necessary to work on a range of projects, including animated television series, audiobooks, movies, documentary television and film, commercials, and video games.

Grading Basis: Letter Grade

Requires prerequisite course of FITV 1220 (minimum grade C).

Typically Offered: Spring.

The development of cinema in the early 1880s brought with it a wealth of techniques still used today, from the close-up to crosscutting and montage. In this course students will view, analyze, research, and critique the beauty and sophistication of silent film from its beginnings through the late 1930s.

Grading Basis: Letter Grade

Typically Offered: Fall.

Take a journey through the many genres of film, from the introduction of sound to the present. Students will trace the development of various Hollywood genres and examine films that represent major developments in American cinema. In this course students will view, analyze, research, and critique films from 1938 to the present.

Grading Basis: Letter Grade

Typically Offered: Spring.

A historical, theoretical, and practical hands-on approach to deconstructing and utilizing editing aesthetics. Students will consider the theory behind editing strategies that elicit an emotional or response from viewers, and put those theories to practice through demonstrative production exercises as well as analytical writing.

Grading Basis: Letter Grade

Requires prerequisite course of FITV 2040 (minimum grade D-). Restricted to TFTV-BFA majors.

Explores the constructive and critical process of writing prime-time dramatic television and alternative broadcast platforms. Each student is guided through a series of viewings, readings, and writing exercises culminating with the written completion of television episodes for an original series.

Grading Basis: Letter Grade

Requires prerequisite courses of FITV 1220 and FITV 1550 (all minimum grade D-). Restricted to TFTV-BFA majors and FTWM-MIN minors.

Critical exploration of dramatic writing for the screen with a focus on advanced short narrative screenplays. The course serves as a precursor to the FITV thesis project. Students will utilize intensive workshop and writing techniques to develop original screenplays in preparation for the Department of Film and Television’s senior thesis course.

Grading Basis: Letter Grade

Restricted to TFTV-BFA majors and FTWM-MIN minors.

Typically Offered: Fall, Spring.

Critical exploration of advanced screenwriting techniques with a focus on mastering sequence structure for longform projects. Students will utilize intensive workshop and writing strategies to develop original content and a fundamental understanding of industry workflows. Students will read, analyze and discuss works-in-progress by all workshop participants and present their work for peer review. Topics related to working as a professional writer will also be explored.

Grading Basis: Letter Grade

Requires prerequisite course of FITV 1550 (minimum grade D-). Restricted to TFTV-BFA majors and FTWM minors.

Discussion, workshops and lectures designed to discover, analyze and evaluate the world theatre experience from countries outside of the United States. The course will explore theatre and its precedents in Asia, Africa, Eastern Europe and Latin America.

Grading Basis: Letter Grade

Additional Information: Denver Core Requirement, International Perspectives.

Investigates the creation and reinforcement of gender, ethnic, and racial stereotypes in theatre, film, and television in the United States. The course explores how popular images are created by writers, directors, and performers, and become "reality" for the audiences for which they are intended.

Grading Basis: Letter Grade

Additional Information: Denver Core Requirement, Cultural Diversity.

This course is designed to provide FITV students with a systematic overview of the modern day filmed entertainment business. The analysis will not only cover the traditional “Hollywood System” operating out of Los Angeles but will examine the independent film model as well. This course will take a critical look at the financing, production, marketing, and distribution of filmed entertainment with particular attention paid to both the financing models at a range of budgetary levels and the various revenue streams inherent in the exploitation of such product, in both the domestic marketplace and international arena.

Grading Basis: Letter Grade

For FITV students, requires prerequisite courses of FITV 2090 and FITV 3060 (all minimum grade C); For MEIS students, requires prerequisite courses of MUSC 2700 OR MUSC 2750 (all minimum grade C).

Typically Offered: Fall, Spring.

Explore the core elements of comedy performance and writing, including improv, sketch comedy, and late-night television writing. Develop the necessary skills for full-scale production, culminating in the creation and performance of an original final show.

Grading Basis: Letter Grade

Requires prerequisite course of FITV 1220 (minimum grade D-). Restricted to Theatre, Film and Television (TFTV) majors and minors with Sophomore standing or higher.

Typically Offered: Spring.

Students with further explore design elements found in film and television, and utilize class projects in conjunction with other student film projects.

Grading Basis: Letter Grade

Requires prerequisite course of FITV 1110 (minimum grade D-). Restricted to TFTV-BFA majors within the College of Arts and Media.

Typically Offered: Fall.

The first course of a two-part capstone experience in which students collaborate, plan, cast, budget, and produce a professional quality film/TV project or script. Projects/scripts will be completed in FITV 4010.

Grading Basis: Letter Grade

Requires prerequisite course of FITV 3050 (minimum grade D-). Restriction: Restricted to TFTV-BFA majors within in the College of Arts and Media.

Typically Offered: Fall.

This elective course is a continuation of FITV 4000 Senior Thesis Production: Narrative, in which students collaborate on post-production to complete the film/TV/script project. Emphasis will be on editing, color-correcting, audio sweetening, graphics, finishing a fine-cut of their project; students will seek distribution and exhibition.

Grading Basis: Letter Grade

Prereq: FITV 4000 Restriction: Restricted to TFTV-BFA majors within the College of Arts and Media

Typically Offered: Spring.

Under the supervision of a faculty member, this class works together as a group to create broadcast quality television projects. Projects will be designed for a PBS television market and may be aired as such. Repeatable.

Grading Basis: Letter Grade

Repeatable. Max Credits: 9.

Prereq: FITV 2050 Restriction: Restricted to TFTV-BFA majors within the College of Arts and Media

This course will explore the constructive and critical process of writing a ½ hour TV pilot for cable, streaming or network television. Each student is guided through the TV pilot writing process through a series of viewings, readings and writing exercises culminating with the written completion of a draft for a half-hour TV pilot.

Grading Basis: Letter Grade

Requires prerequisite course of FITV 3500 (minimum grade C). Restricted to Film and Television (FITV) majors and minors only.

Typically Offered: Spring.

In this production workshop, students will analyze films and storyboards, and shoot projects created for specific action and special effects outcomes. In addition, students will examine a variety of techniques used to create action scenes in preparation for the edit.

Grading Basis: Letter Grade

Prereq: FITV 2670 Restriction: Restricted to TFTV-BFA majors within the College of Arts and Media

Typically Offered: Fall.

This is a capstone course designed to equip students with the skills and knowledge necessary to produce professional-quality documentary films. Students will apply their understanding of documentary filmmaking techniques, storytelling, and ethical considerations to create original documentary projects. Through hands-on experience and mentorship, students will develop their ability to research, interview, shoot documentary films.

Grading Basis: Letter Grade

Repeatable. Max Credits: 6.

Requires prerequisite courses of FITV 1050, FITV 2040, FITV 2050, and FITV 2055 (minimum grade D-). Restricted to FITV-BFA majors within the College of Arts and Media.

Typically Offered: Fall.

This is a follow-up course to FITV 4060: Senior Thesis Documentary Production, focusing on the advanced techniques and tools used in the post-production process. Students will refine their skills in editing, sound design, color grading, and visual effects to create polished documentary films. They will also learn about distribution strategies, film festivals, and potential career paths in the documentary industry.

Grading Basis: Letter Grade

Repeatable. Max Credits: 6.

Requires prerequisite courses of FITV 2040 and FITV 4060 (minimum grade D-). Restricted to FITV-BA majors within the College of Arts Media.

Typically Offered: Spring.

This course will develop your ability to connect and combine managerial, economic and business-related skills with the craft of acting. Topics to be covered include headshots and demo reels, booking with self-tapes, identifying type, getting agents and managers, writing the perfect cover letter, professional and eye-catching resumes, networking, moving from co-star to series regular roles, understanding on set terms and culture, and much more. The course consists of lectures, discussions, group exercises, at-home assignments, and individualized assessments, and will culminate in a talent showcase to which agents and casting directors will be invited.

Grading Basis: Letter Grade

Requires prerequisite course of FITV 2070 (formerly FITV 3070) (minimum grade D-).

Typically Offered: Fall.

Students will further explore techniques and practices in the performing for film and television projects. This is an intense workshop designed to better prepare students to perform for a variety of on-camera projects.

Grading Basis: Letter Grade

Repeatable. Max Credits: 6.

Requires prerequisite course of FITV 1220 (minimum grade D-). Restricted to TFTV-BFA and FIPR-MIN students only.

Typically Offered: Spring.

This course is designed to teach students the process of color grading and film finishing techniques. This includes use of industry standard color correction software and methods of providing deliverables for film and television distribution and exhibition.

Grading Basis: Letter Grade

Prereq: FITV 2040. Restriction: Restricted to TFTV-BFA majors and FTPM minors.

Specialized topics in film and video. Repeatable.

Grading Basis: Letter Grade

Repeatable. Max Credits: 12.

Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.

Repeatable.

Grading Basis: Letter Grade

Repeatable. Max Credits: 12.

Repeatable.

Grading Basis: Letter Grade

Repeatable. Max Credits: 12.