Film Urban Experience
Professor Jing Wang
Email:jing.wang@qc.cuny.edu
Class: 2pm-4:40pm M,T,W,Th
June 3, 2019 – June 28, 2019
Location: PH 206 (Thursday, June 6 meeting in PH 212)
June 3, 2019 – June 28, 2019
Location: PH 206 (Thursday, June 6 meeting in PH 212)
Course Description:
Downtown Flushing has been in the center of an affordable housing crisis. In this class, you will join a team of community organizers and Flushing rent-stabilized tenants/activists to help preserve and protect rent stabilization in Flushing and NYC.
This class is designed to arm you with media production tools; therefore, your research can reach broader audiences with powerful visual storytelling methods. In this introductory course, students will learn the basics of video production skills: camera operation, sound, lighting, and editing. Through hands-on workshops, screenings, lectures, and readings, students will explore the conventional approaches to non-fiction video, students will learn to use moving images and sound for effective communication
Course Objectives:
• pre-produce, using the methods of brainstorming, researching, reaching out to potential interview subjects and plan the production strategies.
• demonstrate the ability to use portable video cameras, tripods, microphones, to conduct interviews and observational footage.
• use advanced post-production techniques and non-linear editing systems to create a short documentary.
• tell a story and show research result by using visual language
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• Responsible journalism practices to create multi-media content that is socially engaged and reflects the diverse culture of the Flushing community.
REQUIRED READINGS AND COURSE MATERIALS:
All reading materials will be provided via PDF / web links
Required Supplies (see guidelines on class website):
1. An SD card with at least 32GB Capacity, Class 10 / UHS-II, UHS Speed Class 3
2. AA Battery 4, each /person.
3. PORTABLE USB 3.0 HARD DRIVE (at least 1TB) per group.
4. A pair of headphones
Each team need purchase the above items for this class.
Archiving and Backing up your work, save all of your notes and written work. Make sure you save and backup all of your projects. Deadlines will not be relaxed for technical difficulties.
Equipment
It is your responsibility to make equipment reservations in class, test all equipment, and to take care of the equipment. Equipment must be returned on time. When equipment is not returned on time, other students are unable to complete their work. Failure to take care of equipment or return equipment on time will result in the loss of equipment check out privileges.
Grade Breakdown:
Participation & Attendance 25% of the final grade
Writing Assignment(pitch, quiz，interview questions） 25% of the final grade
Film the Assignment 25% of the final grade
Final Project ` 25% of the final grade
Assignments:
1, Every Week write 1 blog post. Can be a film review, article review, Production blogs…
2, Every week have a production meeting. During the meeting, each team updates their production notes and sharing selection.
3, Group effort Project:
Proposal
Production Plan
Postproduction script.
4, Final personal Project. A Multi-media Article (At least 3 media forms, such as video, photo, data, writing…)
Agenda:
Week 1
Day 1,
1, Find your teammates
2, Introduction to the class.
3, What is your Flushing
4, Meet Bobby Nathan and Sandford Ave.
4, Screening
Why He’s Holding Out in East Harlem, Despite the Gentrification | Times Documentaries
This is a short video about the impacts of Industry City's proposed rezoning proposal on the Sunset Park neighborhood. It was created by a group of concerned neighborhood residents.
Day 2- story structure. Pre-production
1, script writing, pitching
2, Pre production planning
3, How to write a proposal
Screening: My Brooklyn
Day 3- Video production 1,
1, set up a camera
2 Basic documentary production
Day4- video production 2
1, Film an event-what to capture
2, How to conduct an interview
3, sound
4, Prepare for the rally
Friday Night: Film the Moral Rally For housing-June 7 St. George's Church
HW
Write: each group write a proposal
Week2
D1, proposal is due,
First Production meeting
D2, Craft interview, camera, POV
D3. Filing in Downtown Flushing
D4, visit minkwon center
Interview Minkwon stuff , flushing residence and activist, seanea
A House Divided
Inequality in Housing in New York City
Week 3
1, neighborhood walk with Bobby
2, case study Jackson Heights/ Production meeting 2
3, interview residence and B-roll shooting.
4, editing workshop
Film:
In Jackson Heights
Week4,
1, additional observational shooting,
2, join a “Door Knocking session” with lawyer and Minkwon stuff
3, voice over narrative and editing story.
4, Final Presentation.
Screening “24 City”
Lateness and Absences:
Attendance is mandatory. Medical emergencies must be documented to be excused. Being late to class negatively impacts your attendance record and will damage your grade. Three missed classes will result in the reduction of your grade by one full letter grade on top of the 10% for attendance! Medical emergencies must be documented to be excused.
Being late to class negatively impacts your attendance record and will damage your grade.
Late assignments that are not excused by your teacher will have their grades reduced at the rate of one letter grade per week.
Please note that you must notify your instructor ahead of time if you cannot attend class on the day of filming, so we can arrange an alternate time for you. This will only be done in cases where there is a well-documented reason for missing the filming date.
Academic Integrity: Each student is responsible for being aware of what constitutes cheating and plagiarism and for avoiding both. The complete text of the CUNY Academic Integrity Policy and the Queens College procedure for implementing that policy can be found at this site link.If a faculty member suspects a violation of academic integrity and, upon investigation, confirms that violation, or if the student admits the violation, the faculty member MUST report the violation.
Center for Student Disability Services:
In order to receive disability-related academic accommodations students must first be registered with the Center for Student Disability Services. Students who have a documented disability or suspect they may have a disability are invited to set up an appointment with the Director of the Center for Student Disability Services. If you have already registered with the Center for Student Disability Services please provide your professor with the course accommodation form and discuss your specific accommodation with him/her.
Classroom Etiquette
OMG! NO PERSONAL ELECTRONIC NETWORKING DURING CLASS(incl. cell phones, web surfing, email, tweeting, texting, instagram or any new networking technology yet to be discovered.) Use of laptops is allowed only to follow the class lectures or to take notes. Show respect for yourself and your classmates – you are all here to learn.
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