Unpack the Components that Make Movies “Great” with a Professional Filmmaker.
Overview
Syllabus
- By This Professor
- 01: The Art of the Silver Screen
- 02: We All Need Another Hero: Universal Stories
- 03: Movie Genre: It’s Not What You Think
- 04: Genre Layers and Audience Expectations
- 05: Popcorn Can Wait: Story Shape and Tension
- 06: Themes on Screen
- 07: Paradigm Shift: Citizen Kane and Casablanca
- 08: The Language of Visual Storytelling
- 09: Building Screen Space: Blocking and Framing
- 10: The Cutting Room Floor: Powerful Editing
- 11: Sound Design and Acoustic Illusion
- 12: Setting the Scene: Masterful Set Design
- 13: Special Effects in the 20th Century
- 14: Special Effects in the 21st Century
- 15: Scoring the Story: Music in Film
- 16: Color and Light: Elements of Atmosphere
- 17: Knowing Characters from the Inside Out
- 18: Knowing Characters from the Outside In
- 19: Secondary Characters and Supporting Actors
- 20: Star Power: Lead Actors and Their Roles
- 21: Character Relationships and Audience Empathy
- 22: Pathways to Great Antagonists
- 23: Point of View in Script and on Screen
- 24: Filmmaker’s Voice and Audience Choice
Taught by
Eric R. Williams
