ClassInfo

DC 461 Production Workshop

Ronald Eltanal

Office: CDM 501
Winter 2015-2016
Class number: 22918
Section number: 802
Th 5:45PM - 9:00PM
CDM 00708 Loop Campus

Summary

Students work in teams to produce a completed project every two weeks. Each team will be assigned a specific genre or medium of cinema/media production. Students will be exposed to every aspect of media production from live action shooting to visual effects. Students will also learn how to work well in a team environment and be forced to adhere to deadlines, time constraints and medium limitations.



Texts

None

Course Management System: CDM's COLWeb


Grading

Grading Breakdown

Class Participation 10%
Project One 15%
Project Two 15%
Project Three 15%
Mid-term 15%
Project Four 15%
Project Five 15%

Grading Scale
A: 93-100, A-: 90-92, B+: 87-89, B: 83-86, B-: 80-82, C+: 77-79, C: 73-76, C-: 70-72, D+: 67-69, D: 63-66, D-: 60-62

All grading is final (assignments may not be resubmitted for new grades). Unless otherwise noted, all assignments are due the class after which they are assigned. Late assignments will not be accepted (if you anticipate you will miss class, the assignment must be delivered to my door before the start of the class in which it is due), unless the absence for the class is excused (documented illness, death in the family, etc.).

For group projects, grades will be uniform across the entire group, unless negative written evaluations are received from fellow group members for the assignment.


Prerequisites

DC 409


Assignments

Students will be broken into teams of three or four students. Each team will be assigned a specific genre or medium of cinema/media production. Detailed parameters for each assignment will be distributed via COLWeb. For some projects, director and other crew roles will be assigned for each team. For other projects, roles and collaboration will be determined by the team as a whole. All teams will be given the same topic. Each team will be required to produce a finished project for screening every one or two week(s). A total of six projects will be produced.

Each project must be exactly the length the project requires, not a second over or a second under. If you do a project that is supposed to be two minutes in length and it runs 2 minutes 5 seconds, your group will be penalized.

Every group will be assigned a type or genre of cinema/media their project must be based on, such as:

Comedy
Dogme 95
Science Fiction
Music Video
Documentary
Remake

All projects must be turned in on an authored DVD, playable on a consumer DVD deck.

Each student must also write an evaluation of each of the other group members. The evaluation should run about a paragraph long for each group member, totaling a page of double-spaced typing for all three. It is not sufficient to write a one sentence evaluation like, Dana was great. Insufficient evaluations will result in a grade penalty.

Project 1: One minute.

Project 2: Two minutes.

Project 3: Three minutes.

Project 4: Four minutes.

Project 5: Five minutes.

Projects will be due at the beginning of the class on which they will be screened and critiqued. They will be graded AS IS, meaning projects with technical issues (camera, sound, export, download from the file-sharing site) will not get extensions, and could result in grade deductions. Late projects will not be accepted (you may not come to class a couple hours late, thereby missing the critiques of your classmates' projects, in order to complete your own). Needless to say, leave time before the deadline to dummy check everything, especially the playability of your DVD on a consumer DVD deck.


School policies:

Changes to Syllabus

This syllabus is subject to change as necessary during the quarter. If a change occurs, it will be thoroughly addressed during class, posted under Announcements in D2L and sent via email.

Online Course Evaluations

Evaluations are a way for students to provide valuable feedback regarding their instructor and the course. Detailed feedback will enable the instructor to continuously tailor teaching methods and course content to meet the learning goals of the course and the academic needs of the students. They are a requirement of the course and are key to continue to provide you with the highest quality of teaching. The evaluations are anonymous; the instructor and administration do not track who entered what responses. A program is used to check if the student completed the evaluations, but the evaluation is completely separate from the student’s identity. Since 100% participation is our goal, students are sent periodic reminders over three weeks. Students do not receive reminders once they complete the evaluation. Students complete the evaluation online in CampusConnect.

Academic Integrity and Plagiarism

This course will be subject to the university's academic integrity policy. More information can be found at http://academicintegrity.depaul.edu/ If you have any questions be sure to consult with your professor.

All students are expected to abide by the University's Academic Integrity Policy which prohibits cheating and other misconduct in student coursework. Publicly sharing or posting online any prior or current materials from this course (including exam questions or answers), is considered to be providing unauthorized assistance prohibited by the policy. Both students who share/post and students who access or use such materials are considered to be cheating under the Policy and will be subject to sanctions for violations of Academic Integrity.

Academic Policies

All students are required to manage their class schedules each term in accordance with the deadlines for enrolling and withdrawing as indicated in the University Academic Calendar. Information on enrollment, withdrawal, grading and incompletes can be found at http://www.cdm.depaul.edu/Current%20Students/Pages/PoliciesandProcedures.aspx.

Students with Disabilities

Students who feel they may need an accommodation based on the impact of a disability should contact the instructor privately to discuss their specific needs. All discussions will remain confidential.
To ensure that you receive the most appropriate accommodation based on your needs, contact the instructor as early as possible in the quarter (preferably within the first week of class), and make sure that you have contacted the Center for Students with Disabilities (CSD) at:
Lewis Center 1420, 25 East Jackson Blvd.
Phone number: (312)362-8002
Fax: (312)362-6544
TTY: (773)325.7296