Narrative Fundamentals

Course open to MFA1 Film Directing students only,
by Permission of Instructor only.

This course is taught by core FDP faculty as a
hands-on, exploratory introduction to narrative
filmmaking. Over the semester, students move
through five modular
block sessions, each several weeks long. In each
block, they will complete a cinematic assignment,
including a 52 second silent "Lumiere" film, a
cinematic landscape project, an observation
exercise, a collaborative narrative work, and the
depiction of an event that provokes an emotional
and visceral response. The final "block" is
the completion of a 3-5 minute film,
which each student prepares and completes
independently. The course explores different
methods and approaches towards making narrative
work, positing the idea that process and form are
inextricably linked. Its intention is to begin
the dialogue about form focused on critique and
exploration of the student's own voice, method
and body of work.