Dept Of Media Study Graduate Fall 2004 course descriptions |
| 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 Lab Lab |
| 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. |
| 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 DMS 611 DMS 627 |
| 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. |