Class Audiovisual Direction Workshop

This curricular unit is an introduction to audiovisual filmmaking, based on video recording and editing, which seeks to go beyond the technical aspects of video production to explore its role in personal discovery, artistic expression and social criticism. The focus will be on self-exploration, critical analysis of society and the transformation of raw experiences into aesthetic creations, whether in fictional narrative, video art, documentary, music videos or essay. Students will embark on a creative journey where they will complete different tasks to learn and master the fundamentals of video capture and editing, culminating in a final project that communicates a personal narrative.

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1. Introduction to Audiovisual Language 2. Brief history of audiovisual media 3. Audiovisual project: Development, pre-production, production, post-production 4. Executive Production: Budget and resource planning 5. Project Presentation and Pitching 6. Planning: production schedule, script, shooting map 7. The use of image in the construction of the narrative 8. Art direction and cinematography 9. Sound design in creating atmospheres 10. Montage theory: cut, continuity and rhythm 11. Advanced editing techniques 12. Post-production 13. Manipulation, Ethics and Copyright 14. Distribution and Circulation 15. Reception and Criticism

The curricular unit has a double aspect: the theoretical aspect, which will expose and demonstrate the different historical and contemporary approaches to the creative audiovisual universe, and the practical aspect, in which students will be encouraged to explore image and sound capture and editing tools to aesthetically communicate a story.

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