RTF 366K Experimental Film Foundations

Unique No. 07347

Faculty: Smith

Class Time: TH 2-5P

Room: CMA 5.131

Lab Time: W 5-8P

Room: CMA 5.131

Writing Comp: No

Comm/Culture Req: No

Closing Limit: 20

Cross-listed: No

Prerequisites

Must be an RTF major with a UT GPA of at least a 2.25 and have upper-division standing. May not be taken concurrently with RTF 340 or 366. The following prerequisites: RTF 305 and 3 additional semester hours of lower-division coursework in RTF with a grade of at least C in each course; and RTF 317 and 318 with a grade of at least B in each.

Consent requirements

This course does not require consent. Registration is open via the online registration system to all RTF majors.

First class day policy

Students must attend the first class day or make prior arrangements with the instructor.

Course description

This class integrates history, theory and practice of avant garde filmmaking. The immersion into both the history and practice of experimental filmmaking encourages filmmakers to think of their practice of filmmaking as an alive and evolving process. Risk is encouraged. The class is designed to build practical, conceptual and critical filmmaking knowledge. The discoveries students make about cinematic technique will serve them with the realm of narrative and experimental filmmaking. Students will shoot on Super8 Film and edit digitally.