School of Film Fall 2020 Academic Plan

ANIMATION

All Animation classes are scheduled to be in person for the Fall 2020 semester.
Newly reconfigured classrooms and labs are large enough to allow students to work while properly social distancing.
Classes are easily adaptable to virtual learning should the need arise due to the digital nature of our art form.
Media Resources will be implementing new social distancing and cleaning procedures, including mandatory online reservations and pick-ups by appointment.
Students will be expected to "gel-in" and "gel-out" of computer labs and classrooms with provided hand sanitizer, and wipe down their desks, computers and Cintiqs both before and after use with provided wipes.

FILM

We are committed to offering an enriching and exciting fall semester and to do so in a safe and healthy manner.
We will implement a hybrid approach that blends in-person and virtual learning. Production-based studio courses will utilize a hybrid model whereas lecture courses, like History of Narrative Cinema, will be taught in a virtual environment.
Courses that require larger groups to gather in small spaces, such as Cinematography, will be postponed until spring. In its place we are offering Intro to Documentary, a class that emphasizes individual practice.
Our classes are small, averaging 14 students per section, and our labs, classrooms and studios are large enough to allow for students to edit and shoot while properly social distancing. Recent renovations include some new technologies that enable faculty and students to collaborate on the same project, in real time, without ever leaving their desks.
Media Resources will be implementing new social distancing and cleaning procedures, including mandatory online reservations and pick-ups by appointment.
Students will be expected to "gel-in" and "gel-out" of computer labs and classrooms with provided hand sanitizer, and wipe down their desks and computers both before and after use with provided wipes.
The pandemic provides us with an opportunity: the hybrid in-person and virtual approach reflects the dominant professional practice across the industry. Filmmaking is a collaborative process - directors, cinematographers, sound recordists and editors (to just name a few) converge around a single project to make it better than the sum of its parts. And now more and more of these collaborations are virtual. While our preference is to be in person, this hybrid experience will be vital in developing the technical skills and communication practices used across the industry.

FILM + ANIMATION

Students in this major take half their classes in Film and half in Animation.
All Animation classes are scheduled to be in-person and film studio courses will take a hybrid approach.
Due to the digital nature of our art form, our classes are easily adaptable to virtual learning should the need arise
Courses that require larger groups to gather in small spaces, such as Cinematography, will be postponed until spring. Students can take other requirements to replace these courses.
Our classes are small, averaging 14 students per section, and our labs, classrooms and studios are large enough to allow for students to work while properly social distancing. Recent renovations include some new technologies that enable faculty and students to collaborate on the same project, in real time, without ever leaving their desks.
Media Resources will be implementing new social distancing and cleaning procedures, including mandatory online reservations and pick-ups by appointment.
Students will be expected to "gel-in" and "gel-out" of computer labs and classrooms with provided hand sanitizer, and wipe down their desks, computers and Cintiqs both before and after use with provided wipes.

FILM DESIGN

Film Design is a cross-college major that encourages students to explore the creative and artistic areas of production design involved in filmmaking. The program develops film artists such as Production Designers, Art Directors, and designers of costumes, sets, lighting, and sound.
Nearly half the courses in Film Design are in the Film program and half in Theater Design + Technology.
A hybrid approach will be implemented that blends in-person and virtual learning. Film and Theater studio courses are in-person or hybrid; practicums and history discipline courses are remote.
Intro to Film Design is scheduled to be taught in person.
Media Resources will be implementing new social distancing and cleaning procedures, including mandatory online reservations and pick-ups by appointment.
Students will be expected to "gel-in" and "gel-out" of computer labs and classrooms with provided hand sanitizer, and wipe down their desks, computers and Cintiqs both before and after use with provided wipes.

GAME ART

Almost all Game Art classes are scheduled to be in person or hybrid for fall 2020.
Classes are readily adaptable to virtual learning should the need arise as we are a computer art program, and our medium is digital.
Media Resources will be implementing new social distancing and cleaning procedures, including mandatory online reservations and pick-ups by appointment.
Students will be expected to "gel-in" and "gel-out" of computer labs and classrooms with provided hand sanitizer, and wipe down their desks, computers and Cintiqs both before and after use with provided wipes.
Now more than ever, it’s time to study Game and VR development. With so many jobs going remote, the market for immersive media and game talent is slated to get even bigger.

SCREENWRITING

An immersive, conservatory-style curriculum with a robust array of workshop and lecture courses are offered in the fall of 2020.
Writing workshop courses are mostly in person. If hybrid, lectures will be conducted synchronously online, with selected dates for in-person meetings where students present creative material for feedback from instructors and other students.
Lecture courses may be hybrid or virtual.
The newly renovated Writer’s Room is fully equipped to foster lively discussions and workshops, while ensuring everyone is able to practice social distancing.
Students will be expected to "gel-in" and "gel-out" of computer labs and classrooms with provided hand sanitizer, and wipe down their desks and computers both before and after use with provided wipes.