Fall 2004

500 LEVEL COURSES

DMS 501
Adv. Film & Film Workshop
MW 2-3:50pm
CFA 286
REG#164552
Lab fee: $100. This class is strictly limited in size

DMS 502
Adv. Editing
S. Elder
R 1-4:50
CFA
REG#278786
Permission of Instructor
Why do cuts work or not work? This production seminar looks at essential principals of editing and explores the theoretical, practical, and creative editing concerns of film and video artists. The class is designed for anyone working in narrative or alternative fiction, documentary, or experimental media either in video or film. Students will study advanced editing techniques learning how to fine cut their own work with some practice in creative editing design assignments. We will explore the nature of an edit, and examples of good cutting. Students will read essential editing theory including classics by Murch, Eisenstein, Cancyger, and Hollyn. The class will study and practice pacing, time cuts, rhythm, dramatic arch, multiple audio tracts, continuity and discontinuity, match cuts, story building, layering sound FX, editing room management, dialogue editing, anti-narrative, and the influence of dreaming. Guest editors will also visit and lecture on their work. Students must have previous editing experience and preferably bring raw footage or an edited rough cut project on which they would like to work during the semester. Each student will have different challenges depending on his/her genre-fiction, experimental, or documentary. Students will work on the Media 100, and students who wish to can also work on the 8 plate film Steenbeck. Class size is limited. Lab fee $100.

DMS 515 ANS
Analysis of Interactive Environments in Art and Entertainment
Josephine Anstey
MW 1-2:50
CFA 232
REG#160376
Electronic gaming is pervasive, but not the only locus of interactive environments. In this course we will analyze not only popular games but the wilder reaches of interactive installations and virtual reality constructed by artists and researchers. We will discuss the interdisciplinary nature of a media which depends on art, artificial intelligence, computer graphics, interface design, human-computer interaction, psychology, narrative, networking and technical innovation. We will ask why interactive experiences are popular, and try to understand the social and cultural implications of this new media. Games studied will include Black and White, Seaman, and Deus Ex. Artists/researchers studied will include Brenda Laurel, Char Davies and Jeffrey Shaw.
http://www.ccr.buffalo.edu/anstey

DMS 516
Special Topics
Marc Bohlen
T 5-8:50pm
CFA
REG#178901

DMS 517
Film Speaker Series
Linda Reisman
R 1-4:50
CFA
REG#340192

DMS 523
Programming Graphics I
Dave Pape
TR 10-11:50am
CFA 242
REG#417558
This production course will introduce students to the concepts and practice of programming 3D computer graphics and audio using OpenGL and other libraries. The major focus will be on creating interactive art or games experiences by programming both graphics and sound. The course has three goals: to demystify computer code - we get behind the Graphic User Interface to the machine below; to explore the potential of programming - writing our own code means we can create customized computer tools as well as customized visuals; and to teach the fundamentals of graphics programming. Prerequisites are experience in a programming language such as Python, C, C++, or Java. Lab fee $100. Contact: dave.pape@acm.org

DMS 529
Italian Cinema
Licast
M W 4:10-6:50pm
CFA 252

DMS 531
Seminar in the Image
Sarah Elder
M 3-5:50
CFA
REG#126158

DMS 533 SCH
Advanced Digital Arts Production
Trebor Scholz
MW 11-12:50pm
CFA 244
REG#295481
The objective of this survey-like course is to provide a social framework for the Internet and to point to transient places of resistance within it. Approaching net cultures with both, the due optimism and the necessary doubt, we will then join the love of thinking with the joy of making. We will discuss key issues such as access, privacy, e-letism, history of net art, commodification, identity, Internet standards/ broadband, creation and eradication of public spaces, community building, narration online, and sound. Please note that this is not a web design class. Lab fee $100. Contact: treborscholz@earthlink.net

DMS 537
New Media I
Lecture
T 5-6:50pm
112 CFA
Reg.#xxxxxxxDMS 537 A1

Lab
Thursday 5-6:50pm
244 CFA
REG#415829

DMS 537 A2

Lab
Thursday 7-8:50pm
244 CFA
REG#237629
This course provides an introduction to design and the production of interactive multimedia. The content of the class will focus on the theoretical and practical aspects of creating and integrating digital media with authoring/presentation tools. This class will lay the foundation for creating interactive projects for the web and CD-ROMS, and will integrate art, journalism, and music through hands-on developmental projects in our Mac lab. Students will learn the process and skills necessary to create a web site and an interactive CD-ROM which integrates animation, graphic design, sound, and text, working in Adobe Photoshop, Macromedia Dreamweaver, and Flash animation. Lab fee $100.

DMS 543
Computing for the Arts
Staff
TR 11-12:50
CFA
REG#369208

DMS 546 DEN
Interface Design
Vanessa Dennen
ARR-ARR
CFA ARR
REG#336027
****This is an on-line course****
Why do computer-based products succeed or fail? Many factors play into this equation, but one critical factor is interface of interaction design. Human-computer interaction (HCI) is the study of how humans use computers. Knowledge in this area is essential to producing successful computer programs. This class will explore current topics in HCI and interface design while developing computer-based products in a group environment with a focus on developing a user-friendly interface. Students in this course should have Basic Digital Arts or the equivalent and be familiar with either Web production or Macromedia Director. $100 lab fee. Contact vdennen@mail.sdsu.edu

DMS 553
VR Art Project I
Dave Pape
T 1-3:30pm
CFA 266
REG#062162
This course is designed for students with graphics programming experience and/or experience with 3D modeling packages. Teams of modelers and programmers will collaborate to build immersive virtual reality art experiences over the course of 2 semesters. The course introduces students to Ygdrasil, a high-level VR authoring toolkit and Performer a graphics library. Ygdrasil handles a number of activities common to VR environments, such as assembling 3D models into a world, collision detection, navigation, and detecting events and passing messages in response to them. Modellers will face the challenge of modeling for a real time environment. Prerequisites are graphics programming (DMS 424 or equivalent) and/or advanced experience with 3D modeling packages. Lab fee $100. Contact: dave.pape@acm.org.

DMS 555
Theory of Film
B.Henderson
MW 12-1pm
CFA
REG#127353
DMS 598 (1-6 cr. Variable)
Project Supervision
Permission of Instructor
A student may enroll for this course after completing course requirements and while working on the thesis project. This course is for non-written projects only. One to six credits of the “project supervision” may be applied toward the MAH degree. Course syllabus form should be prepared prior to semester start and one copy should be on file in the Media Study office. Lab fee: $100. For registration information, see Nancy King in 231 CFA.

DMS 599 (4 cr. Variable)
Supervised Teaching
Permission of Instructor
See Nancy King in 231 CFA.
DMS 600 (1-8 cr. Variable)
Independent Study
Permission of Instructor
Students may arrange for special courses of study with faculty through “independent study.” The instructor will set the guideline for the course on an individual basis. It permits the student to study independently in an area where no course is given. Course syllabus form should be prepared prior too semester start and one copy should be on file in the Media Study office. For registration info, see Nancy King in 231 CFA. Lab Fee: $100 For registration information, see Nancy King in 231 CFA.

600 LEVEL COURSES

DMS 602
Europe’s Postmodern
B. Wegenstein
R 9-11:50
CFA
REG#260388

DMS 604
Principles in Media Production
Meg Knowles
F 11-3pm
CFA 286
Reg.#451696

DMS 605
Procedural Poetics
Loss Glazier
TR 3:30-5:10
CFA
REG#393684

DMS 607
Special Topics
B. Jackson
M 3:30-5:10
REG#132894

DMS 610
Special Topics
Tony Conrad
MW 11-12:50
CFA
REG#379302

DMS 611
Novels to Film
Linda Reisman
T 9-12:50
CFA
REG#070355

DMS 627
Supervised Reading
Permission of Instructor
Contact the department
DMS 700 (1-3 cr. Variable)
Thesis Guidance
Permission of Instructor
A student may enroll in this course after completing course requirements and while writing the thesis. This course is for the written thesis only. One to six credits of “Thesis Guidance” may be applied toward an MAH degree. Permission of the instructor is required. Course syllabus form should be completed before the semester’s start, and one copy should be on file with the department. For registration info, see Nancy King in 231 CFA.