| DATE | SUBJECT | READINGS |
| Jan 8 | Course Introduction and Overview | |
| Jan 10 |
Lecture topic: What Is Production? |
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| Jan 15 |
Martin Luther King Day holiday- no class |
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| Jan 17,22 |
Lecture topic: Where Is Production? - Production Genres/Settings |
Text: Zettl Chapter 1 |
| Jan 24,29 |
Quiz #1 (Jan 24): Production Genres (from your Jan 17,22 notes) Lecture topic: Who Does Production? |
Text: Zettl Chapters 2,4,15,16 |
| Jan 31 Feb 5,7 |
Quiz #2 (Jan 31): Production People (from your Jan 24,29 notes) Lecture topic: How Do We Make Production? - Video Gear & Video Storage Systems |
Text: Zettl Chapters 5-7,12,13 |
| Feb 12 | EXAM #1 REVIEW PERIOD | |
| Feb 14 | EXAM #1 |
| Feb 19,21 | Lecture topic: The Digital World | |
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Feb 26 |
Lecture topic: How Do We Make Production? - Sound Gear | Text: Zettl Chap.'s 8,9 |
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Feb 28 |
Quiz #3 (Mar 5): From Zettl Chap.'s 8,9 Lecture topic: How Do We Make Production? - Lighting Screening: Visions of Light |
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| Mar 12,14 | SPRING BREAK - no class | |
| Mar 19 | EXAM #2 REVIEW PERIOD | |
| Mar 21 | EXAM #2 (material since Exam #1) | |
| Mar 26,28 April 2 |
Lecture topic: How Do We Make Production? - Pre-production and Post-production Screening: The Cutting Edge |
Text: Zettl Chapter 3,18,19 |
| April 4 | Quiz #4: From Zettl Chapter 18 Lecture Topic: The Physiology of Seeing and Hearing |
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| April 9 | Lecture topic: How Do We Manage The Production Signal? |
Text: Zettl Chapter 17 |
| April 11 | Guest Speaker: Chinkara Singh-Guidry, commercial producer | |
| April 16,18 | Screening: Searching for Sugarman | |
| April 23 | Quiz #5: Group Quiz - Cumulative from class discussions Open Notes - no scantrons necessary -and- FINAL EXAM REVIEW |
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| April 30 | FINAL EXAM (material since Exam #2 plus some cumulative questions) (4:00-6:50 p.m. - regular classroom) |