3 courses with the subject FIDE, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
FIDE 101Introduction to Film Design and Production3
45.0 hours 100 level undergraduate course This course introduces students in the Film Design and Production program to the creative and artistic techniques used by production designers working in Film. The course familiarizes students with the development and history of film-based art and production design roles, including those of Production Designer, Art Director, and film designers in Costume, Set, Lighting, and Sound. Registration priority for Film Design & Production majors. This course is not repeatable for credit.
45.0 hours 100 level undergraduate course This course teaches students to analyze screenplays from the perspective of various designers, including Art Directors, and Set, Costume, Lighting, and Sound Designers. Students will examine the techniques and methods designers have employed historically to assess the creative art and production design opportunities afforded by film scripts. Students will study how production designers have interpreted screenplays over time and will compare movie remakes to identify the underpinnings for the practical and conceptual choices production designers have made. Screenings, readings, script analyses, discussions, writing assignments and examination of primary production design materials (notes, sketches, storyboards) will provide a critical framework for students to understand the aesthetic, technical, historical, and theoretical issues that arise when designers and filmmakers interpret and realize scripts. Registration priority for Film Design & Production majors. This course is not repeatable for credit. This course can fulfill a discipline history elective, critical studies elective, or general elective requirement.
45.0 hours 200 level undergraduate course This course will explore the role and responsibilities of the production designer in film work, building on student design skills developed in introductory-level design coursework in Film Design or Theater Design. The course will examine and model the process of production design through the stages of screenplay analysis, research, generation of design concepts and approaches, collaborative problem-solving, and the creation of appropriate design documentation for realizing a film project. Students will complete an increasingly challenging series of production design projects to practice and enhance their design and presentation skills. Prerequisites THST*131 and THEA*152 or FIDE*101 and FIDE*102 or THST*132 This course is not repeatable for credit.
