H68.2135.901       6 Credits

The semester is divided into two halves, a Master Class, then individual directing sections.

The first half of the semester is concurrent with the editing of the second year film. The entire class convenes, with all the directing teachers, and occasional guests, to screen dailies, rough cuts, and fine cuts of the work

The purpose of this Master Class is to explore, as a class, what each director is attempting in their work. Master Class considers the work that has been shot, and early cuts of the material. Specifically, how camera, blocking, design and performance work toward the director's goal for the film.

Directing sections begin half way through the semester, and in this period, the student will explore, through digital exercises, more developed methods of storytelling. These exercises are designed to ask questions about style, performance, and the various ways that more complex meaning and experience can be brought forth in cinema. This work should help as the thesis film is being addressed seriously.

Additional sections of the same course (H68.2135.902, .903, etc.) may be offered.