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CTV4083 Hong Kong and Taiwanese Cinema
港台电影
This course is designed to investigate histories, aesthetics, genres, directors and modes of production of Hong Kong and Taiwan cinema. Students need to have a basic understanding of cinema as an artistic medium as well as a cultural product subject to market economy and cultural policy of nation-states. Lectures focus on the idea of cinema as a never-ending process of struggles among filmmakers, film languages, the film industry, official cultural agendas, the audiences, and film culture. Each class meeting consists of screening, lectures, and discussion.
Check DetailsCTV4093 Television Studies
电视学
This course aims to broaden the ability of the student to explain different aspects of television with an emphasis on forms of knowledge, audiences and methodologies that comprise television studies. Students completing this course will acquire recent and relevant experience of the television environment and the television profession, as well as practical skills relating to television programming.
Check DetailsCTV4103 Advanced Scriptwriting
高级剧本写作
This course builds upon the concepts and methods presented in CTV2023 (Scriptwriting), as students will explore the challenging process of writing an original feature length film and TV series. Advanced techniques for creating full-length drama scripts for movie and television will be introduced and practised, and they will better prepare students for future scriptwriting for the Final Year Project, TV and Film Internships, and the transition to professional work. Apart from expanding on the process of individual creative writing, we will also explore several other common professional collaborative writing scenarios, such as writing for another director, a producer, or team writing for TV.
Check DetailsCTV4113 Studies in Asian Cinema: India, Korea, Japan
亚洲电影研习：印度、韩国与日本
The subject matter covered in this course concerns the major film production centres of Japan, South Korea, and India. The course aims to develop insight into the concept of National Cinema, the contemporary transnational cinema, and the relationship between cinema and the cultures and societies of South and East Asia. The course will also provide students with knowledge concerning the relation between cinemas in Asia, cinemas of the West, and cinemas within the Asia region, and will consider the related industry of Anime in the Japanese context. Marginal cinemas such as Singapore and the Philippines; feminist, diasporic and independent filmmaking may also be included as topics. The specific objectives of the course are to engage students with this unique cluster of cinemas, particularly their respective industrial, directorial and stylistic features, and to develop critical thinking skills and attitudes relating to engagement with Asian Cinemas.
Check DetailsCTV4123 Studies in European Cinema
欧洲电影研习
The course centres on various European Cinemas such as France, Italy, Germany, the United Kingdom, and Russia. Concentration will focus on moments in the history of the European cinema regarded as productive cinematically and theoretically.
Check DetailsCTV4133 Television Studio Production
电视厂棚制作
The course introduces basic techniques of multi-camera television studio production. The equipment, personnel, and their varying roles will be explained. Fundamental aesthetics of shot composition, continuity, shot variation, shot arrangement, lighting, sound and music recording, will all be discussed. The satisfaction and ethics of teamwork will be imparted through joint and individual production of various genres of programme in the class.
Check DetailsCTV4143 Special Topics in Film and Television Subjects
影视专题
Different subjects are designed to give students a range of current ideas and respond to new interests of the faculty. Some topics include: corporate video; non-fiction video; web-series design; etc.
Check DetailsCTV4163 Digital Special Effects Workshop
数字特效实务
This course introduces the basic principles behind each process among the spectrum of special effects that are being practised in the film and video industry. Hands-on experience is provided in workshops in order to assist students in expanding their visual vocabularies.
Check DetailsCTV4173 Multiple Media Narrative Writing
多媒体叙事
This course will examine and compare different media narrative patterns following three interwoven thematic streams. Students will explore creative possibilities of different media, such as Music Videos, Experimental Film, Animation and Video Games; they will investigate different narrative traditions such as Myths, Poetry, Theatre and Dance, in search of semiotic patterns that transcend form; and they will practise several forms of writing that are useful in the industry, from Treatments to Grant Proposals. In the end, they will deepen their reservoir of cultural references and increase their effectiveness in developing and presenting creative concepts for a range of media formats.
Check DetailsCTV4183 Advanced Directing
高级影视导演
This course will help advance the student’s understanding and appreciation for the craft of acting as a director. First, the course will focus on examining the history and theory behind various acting methods. Then, students will focus on learning the fundamental skills and concepts related to one of those methods. They will work through a series of exercises – as actors - culminating in the performance of scenes and/or monologues. In the last part of the course, students will refine their skills in directing actors. Topics covered will include casting, script analysis, actor communication, rehearsal strategies and techniques, and working in different genres. This will culminate in the presentation of short, directed scenes.
Check DetailsCTV4193 Electronic Media Management
电子媒介管理
This course explores management and business operations of television and radio stations at the local, national and global levels. Electronic Media Management provides theories and cases of how television stations operate successfully within the new information environment. Emphasis is placed on management theories, broadcast policy and regulations, organisational structure, and financial and personnel management. The course will also cover strategic management, marketing and distribution, human resource management of television and radio stations, and cable systems. It is designed to give students a basic understanding of electronic media management. The intersections of broadcasting, cable television, and the internet will be examined. The issues of across different regions, media, and industries operations will be analysed in the course.
Check DetailsMAD1003 Studio Art Practices: Drawing Fundamentals
工作室艺术实践：素描基础
This course is aimed at teaching drawing as a skill that can be applied across a wide variety of disciplines in the art and design field. The course focus will be on developing perceptual skills to produce drawings of merit from direct observation while gaining proficiency using the materials and tools of dry-media. Students will be taught the process of seeing, hand-eye coordination and the technical skills of handling the medium. In addition, the terminology of drawing will be introduced and utilized during discussions and critiques. Students will gain an understanding of how drawing fits into the Media Arts profession as a fundamental skill. Students will be expected to view their work critically through class critiques and discussions.
Check DetailsMAD2003 Design Fundamentals
设计基础
This course is aimed at introducing the conceptual, aesthetic and technical skills of design through experiential studio practice. The focus is on design principles and fundamentals as they apply to static media, time-based media, interactive media and relevant software.
Check DetailsMAD2013 Art Media Fundamentals
艺术媒材基础
The technical aspects of various traditional media are introduced and practiced in this course through studio application. Within individual mediums, various techniques will be demonstrated and explained. Through the experience of viewing and creating art work in different mediums, students will be made aware of the intrinsic advantages and disadvantages of individual media on a technical and communicative level. Students will also gain an awareness of the inherent meaning certain mediums possess. Another defining goal of the course is to encourage the integration of traditional and digital media.
Check DetailsMAD2023 Appreciation of the Arts
当代艺术赏析
The primary objective of this course is to expose students to a wide variety of visual art and design from multiple perspectives to build a comprehensive knowledge for lifelong learning. This includes but is not limited to cultural and historical perspectives and the various functions art and design has had and has as part of a universal human experience. By the end of the course students should be able to clearly define art by medium, origin in time and place and have an emerging ability to analyse a piece of art as well as distinguish the difference between types of artistic production. Students’ pre-existing ideas of how art is defined should be challenged by being confronted with alternative viewpoints of various peoples, cultures and time eras. The institutions that surround the preservation, business and transmission of artistic and creative work will also be introduced with the idea of exposing students to art and design as a profession.
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