| Course Title: Intermediate Courses in Production and Practice: 'Fundamentals of Video Production' |
| Start Date: 09/03/2025 End Date: 12/16/2025 |
| Term: Fall Semester 2025 |
| Description: This course provides a foundation in the principles, techniques, and equipment involved in video production. Students will make several short videos over the course of the term as well as one final piece. We will develop our own voices while learning the vocabulary of moving images and gaining production and post-production skills. In addition to technical training, classes will include critiques, screenings, readings, and discussion. |
| Distribution(s): I - Humanities , TP - Topics Course |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate | Credits:4.00 |
| Faculty | Phone | Email address |
| Dien Vo | dienvo@mtholyoke.edu |
| Meeting Dates | Method | Meeting days | Meeting times | Building name | Room | Frequency |
| 09/03/2025 - 12/16/2025 | Seminar | Wednesday | 01:30PM - 04:20PM | TBA | TBA | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses | ||
| Prereq: FMT-102 or FMT-103. | Take previously | Required |
| Comments |
| Additional Comments |
| A lab fee may be charged. Five College students: Open to Five College Film majors. Others majors require instructor permission. |
| Course Tags | ||
| FMT0003 | FMT-PR: Production/Performance | This course has been approved to count towards the Film, Media, Theater major in the Production/Performance area. |
| Cross-listed Sections |
| None |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Open | Capacity: 12 | Enrollment: 10 | Available: 2 | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List | Required | Publisher Full Price |
| No book purchases are required/recommended for this class. |
| Additional Book Comments |
| Instructor's comments about the book list: I have no required purchases. Students can read the following online: Making Media: Foundations of Sound & Image Production, Jan Roberts-Breslin. 5th edition, ISBN-13: 978-0367638306. NOTE: this text is available free as a 3-at-a-time-user ebook or 3 on physical reserves |