10 courses with the subject VF, 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.
This course will introduce students to basic video production techniques. Students will learn how the camera acts as a storyteller. In addition to learning basic procedures and techniques of video productions, students will dissect various print, video, and film projects to analyze details and tricks of emotional augmentation. This course is offered on ground with an online component.
PREREQUISITE VF 101 This class is designed to describe the history of filmmaking and the equipment and techniques that have evolved into modern motion picture creation. As technology and business practices advance, so does the sophistication and expectations of the audience. Throughout the twentieth century, film has established itself as the most popular and profitable form of entertainment, changing the 56
PREREQUISITE VF 101 This course will examine the visual storytelling techniques and tools of video editing. Students will dissect editing styles, experiment with video projects, and learn terms and tricks. The overall pacing of scenes and sequences will be discussed, as well as the importance of drawing visual and timing cues from the story itself. Going beyond just the basics of storage, timelines, shot choices, inserts, montage, series of shots, transitions, and fades, this course will examine how to draw an audience in and how to make an audience identify with the characters’ perspectives for the sake of the overall scene and story arc. This course is offered on ground with an online component.
PREREQUISITE SL 130 This course is an advanced study of lighting, specifically for commercial digital video projects. Students will be expected to show competency in basic lighting techniques as well as advanced understanding of how light can be manipulated to produce a specific result. This course is offered on ground with an online component.
PREREQUISITE VF 102 This course explores preproduction planning from concept to completion, including communication and pitching. Students learn basic screenwriting, designing lighting charts, budget management, storyboarding, scheduling, location scouting and roles of the director and crew. This course is offered on ground with an online component.
PREREQUISITE VF 125 Students will learn basic audio recording, mixing, and editing techniques for video production using industry hardware and editing software. Using various recording and editing exercises, students will get hands-on training exploring the technical and theoretical aspects of audio engineering. This course is offered on ground with an online component.
This course will define and display the various roles that producers and directors play in film, television and videography and throughout all the major phases of the filmmaking process. Students will use this knowledge to produce two projects and direct one project from preproduction, to production, to postproduction. This course is offered on ground with an online component
Students will study and learn methods and procedures for shooting and preparing video for news, with some focus on live events as well. Students will be trained in story and preproduction, field work, interviewing, lighting and shooting, logging, editing, sound and music mixing for overall tone and delivery. This course is offered on ground with an online component. 2025-26 Nossi Academic Catalog
This course will guide students through the preproduction, production and postproduction 2025-26 Nossi Academic Catalog process of documentary videography. Preproduction work will including planning pitches, stories, pre-interviews, motifs, budgets, schedules and personnel for documentary and guerrilla videography. Production will include camera and audio set ups, working with nonactors and executing coverage. Postproduction will include footage logging and editing, sound design and reforming your story. Discussions of what the documentary has become, the ethics of documentary and the mocumentary (sister-genre) will also inform the class. Long form, short form, commercial, behind-the-scenes, how-to and educational aspects of documentary will all be involved in class debate and assignments. . This course is offered on ground with an online component.
This course walks students through the commercial process from start to finish. The class will examine commercials from a production standpoint with a focus on investors, sales, demographics, slogan, color palette, product and brand history, casting and the pitch process. Preproduction planning, idea, pitch techniques and look books will play a large role early in this course. Mixing art and business, creating eye- catching visuals and defining a clear message will be discussed and exemplified in commercial planning, shooting and editing. Students will also dissect professional commercials for television and web markets and discuss the future of sales, persuasion, archetypes and ethics within the field. This course is offered on ground with an online component.
Source: Nossi College of Art and Design's catalog, linked per course · table learning_unit · CourseShelf publish 59
