Home > Academics > School of Film, TV & Multimedia Department of Film Making  |  Department of Cinema Studies  |  Department of Multimedia  |  Department of Animation  |  Department of Broadcasting  |  Course Description Course Description Understanding Cinema I101080 This is a basic introductory course of cinema. It provides an overview of the historical development of cinema, and acqaints the students with cinematic languages, styles, directors, and genres. Korean Film History I172070 From the birth of a Korean film to the contemporary ones, this course overviews the aesthetical, political, and economical history of Korean cinema. Understanding TV Media I143051 This is an introductory course designed to demonstrate the historical development of TV as the mass media and to understand the transforming relationship between TV and other media. Central Problems in Modern Art I101170 This course is offered to provide the basic knowledge on aesthetics and history of arts. Understanding of arts will be the first step to understand aesthetics of cinema. Image and Text I133040 Several professors from various departments of the School of Film, TV & Multimedia will offer lectures on the interdependent or independent relationship of image and text. Each professor will discuss this relationship of image and text in the specific context of painting, film, or TV. History of Photography I133040 This class chronicles the history of photography's complex relationship to the other visual arts such as painting and wood printing. Beginning with the medium's invention at the beginning of the 19th century, photography fought to replace the previous image-processing mechanism and as a result, established itself as the finest art that produce images. However, this course focuses on the unique relationship between photography and other image-processing arts, rather than focusing on the aesthetic history of photography as one independent art genre. This course will also consider the change of the function of photography in different social contexts. Reading Cinema for Creation I101180 Free from all the critical analysis and language, this course encourages students to meet with a film with their utmost subjectivities and feelings. A series of film texts will be presented according to the director, era, and theme. Korean Culture and Space I10200 What is a Korean image and how can we read it in a productive way? Also, what is the special characteristic of the space structure in Korea? Beginning with these basic questions, students will search for a way to make creative film images which picture Korean culture and space. Workshop for Urban Studies I101210 Life and space in urban cities can be read differently from person to person. By participating in various reading workshops with different viewpoints, students will understand the relationship between story and space in cinema. Understanding Animation I101240 This course is an introductory course designed to demonstrate the main principles of classical animation techniques in the 20th century such as cell animation and clay animation. The course will deal with some important animation works of the 20th century, and analyze the industrial, aesthetical, popular and legal aspects of animation. This course also traces back the historical development of animation. It will pay attention to the reduction of producing hours and the modification of aesthetical principles of animation during its development to digital animation as well as the interdependent relationship between a documentary film and animation. Cinematography Fundamentals I112092-I112093 This course overviews the process and the basic elements of filmmaking. The mechanism of a camera, a film, light exposure, film developing, and composition will be studied by actual shooting of 16mm films. Editing Analysis Workshop I172030 Editing is a fundamental language of a film. Throughout a series of studies on different film texts and scenarios, students will be able to organize space and time on screen. Basic Film Workshop I112130 In filmmaking, it is very important to transmit one's cinematic ideas into screen. Every student taking this course is expected to finish a short film of three to five minutes, which has a story (narrative) in it. Basic Video Workshop I112180 Like Basic Film Workshop, each and every student in this class is expected to complete one short film of 3~5 minutes. The short film should be recorded on location as well as in a studio, and have a story (narrative). Narrative Production Workshop/ Pre-Production I172080 Each student participating in this class should complete one 10-minute 16mm film with synchronous recording at the end of the semester. Each student will direct one's own film while rotating in crew positions like cinematographer, editor, and production designer. This will help students understand the mechanism of filmmaking as a cooperative work. Advanced Production Workshop I172241-I172242 Each and every student should submit a 16 mm film of 15 minutes as his or her graduation performance. A degree will not be conferred on the student who does not show a certain level of achievement with his or her final film. Intermediate Cinematography I I172121 This course is designed for the intermediate cinematography student. This is a practical application course where students have the opportunity to take their theoretical knowledge and apply it to practical shooting exercises both interior and exterior. The course will especially focus on the special cinematography practices such as classical visual effects (half mirror, double exposure, low-speed photography, high-speed photography, and micro shooting) blue mat shooting, Inovision-lens shooting, underwater shooting, and aerial shooting. Students will visit several outer places for the proper practices of some special skills. The rushes produced in the Production Workshop class will be used as good class materials. Intermediate Cinematography II I172122 The 16mm camera ?its mechanism, maintenance, loading, operation, and use in the field?will be examined from theoretical and practical point of view. This course includes the instructions in movement and lighting through exposure and filters. Kodak Cinematography Workshop and Kodak Workshop in Advanced Cinematography will be used as class materials. Advanced Cinematography I172131-I172132 This course covers the unlimited capabilities of camera lens in obtaining effect that reflects the content of a scene and the viewpoint of a camera. Students examine and discuss problems facing the cinematographers by analyzing scenes from major motion pictures in which cinematography played a significant role. Private lessons on lighting and cinematographic design will be given according to students' performance in Production Workshop classes. Intermediate Sound I I172141 The goal of this course is to provide professional and theoretical skills and attitudes of sound production. Specific production techniques such as live recording, mixing, and editing are stressed, and the practices and theories of acoustics and audio electronics, the development of critical listening skills, and aesthetics of the sound medium are also studied. Intermediate Sound II I172142 Students experience the limitless world of sound for the moving image by practicing ADR, Foley recording, sound mixing and sound editing. Intermediate Screenplay I172181-I172182 This course covers the writing of a full-length screenplay. All students taking this course should complete the first draft of a screenplay during the term. Advanced Screenplay Production Workshop I172251-I172252 This course concentrates on perfecting the screenwriter's craft. The student should prepare a draft of a screenplay for their graduation requirements. Film Narrative Fundamentals I162013 This course surveys narrative forms and representative works of cinema. It examines the various strategies of cinematic structures and signifying mechanisms with an attempt to compare cinema with the traditional form of literary narratives. Senior Production I1A2011-I1A2012 Students should submit a multimedia work for their graduation performance. Students should follow the rules and regulations of the Department of Multimedia for the film production. Illustration I152022-I152023 Illustration has different effects and functions from drawing. Illustration is the art of communication through painting. Various contemporary illustration styles, techniques, and compositions will be introduced in this course. Drawings on Human Body I152181-I152184 Images of animation are inherently figurative, and thus, drawing of human body is very important for students who major in Animation. The class will deal with human anatomy in depth. Basic Animation I152041-I152042 Students will be trained in all types of animated film production from cell hand animation to computer-based animation. Students will also study music and film as animation is a correlative work of arts. Basic Storyboard I152061-I152062 This course is designed to create an animation of a good structure and message while examining the similarity between film and animation techniques. In the class Basic Storyboard II, students will study how to harmonize the story with visual images. Mass Communication and Society I182220 This course overviews social, political, economical, and cultural aspects of the media environment in chronicle order. Documentary Workshop I182130 The class covers all the stages of documentary production from development, planning, shooting, editing, and postproduction. Students will be able to understand the concept of 'truth and documentary' at the end of workshop. Programming Broadcasting I182140 What is a broadcasting programming? What determines the broadcasting program? A broadcasting program reflects the life pattern, age, and gender of the viewer as well as political, social, and economical environments of the society. This course examines the fundamental essence and concepts of broadcasting programming through theoretical and practical analyses of actual programs. Drama Workshop I182150 This course offers students an opportunity to understand the structure and characteristics of a narrative. Students will learn the whole process of drama production from planning, directing, shooting, and recording through actual production of a 15-minute drama. Directing the Actor I514080 This course explores the working relationship between actor and director. The focus lies in the director's work of analyzing a script and communicating its meaning and action to actors. Work is done on film scenes with fellow student actors, and review of actor's tools and discussion of their exploration is also included in this course. Advanced Production Planning I182290 This course aims at helping students prepare and complete their final portfolio upon their graduation. Students will go through planning, writing, scheduling, and shooting of 6mm camera or beta cam production step by step. Seminar on Script Analysis I442050 This course is designed to help students analyze a film script. Plot development, character dialogue, foreground, background, and story are examined. Using feature films, the course highlight the integrated experience of the script, performance, directing, and editing elements of the film. Psychoanalysis and Film I463020 This course investigates the way in which film theory and criticism have been influenced by the theory and method of psychoanalysis and explores the ways in which psychoanalytic theories of the mind have informed cinema, either through film form or through plotting and characterization. The course explores a variety of works in the medium including Hitchcock, horror, and the work of a number of European auteurs.