ARTS PRODUCTION & PERFOMANCE
ARTS PRODUCTION & PERFOMANCE (81 hours)
This course is intended for students wishing to pursue their studies in the fields of Photography, Digital Media, and Film & TV Studies. It further caters for students in Drama, Performing Arts, Music and Dance. Students are closely guided and supervised in order to be able to complete their portfolios in their relevant disciplines.
Course content:
- Basic Sketch Drills (the importance of drawing, improving the basic idea, from creative thought to image creation)
- Basic Composition Theory (Simplify the scene, Avoid the middle, Space to move, Creative with colours, Breaking the rules)
- Story Board (Story board preparation based on sketches, collage etc)
- Inspiration Sources (How to find inspiration sources) Inspiration – Story board – final project
- Photography Basics (Image, composition, scenario)
- Photography Technical Guides (How to use photography equipment)
- Photoshop (From basics to advanced)
- Image Manipulation (Process to transform an image to the desired one)
- Stop Motion (make stories from still images)
- Video Basics (Equipment analysis)
- Video Editing (Various techniques, transformations, blue box, sound, voice)
- Film Making (Composition, movement, scenario, story)
- Software Guides (Adobe premiere, Sony Vegas, Power Director)
- History of Art (Renaissance, impressionism, modern art, expressionism)
- History of Art Projects (Presentations in various history of art themes)
- Portfolio Preparation (Artwork portfolio contents according to chosen courses)
Resources and Booklist Suggestions
Alan Parsons, Liz Macfarlane, Louise Arnould, Cambridge International AS & A Level Art & Design Student’s Book, Collins, London, 2018
David Dandner, Sheena Calvert and Anoki Casey, A Foundation Course for Graphic Designers Working in Print, Moving Image and Digital Media, Thames & Hudson, London, 2010
H.W. Janson and Anthony F. Janson, A basic History of Art, Fourth Edition, Prentice Hall – Abrams, New York, 1992
