CORES112 4D: Time Based Narrative
SPRING 2012

Digital media and communication technology shape our experiences and perceptions of time, ourselves, and the larger world. Working in the fourth dimension, students investigate interactive media, storytelling, diverse cultural contributions, personal and public actions, and social connections. Students explore collaboration, digital tools, and sequence structure in varied interdisciplinary forms. All 4D courses emphasize designating roles in team projects and time management. Formal concepts include sound and image relationships, composition in frame, appropriation, image transformation, editing, interactivity, performance, and presentation strategies. Students choose one 4D course from the selection offered. Each option focuses on specific skills such as digital video, the web and interactive media, and participatory projects. All 4D courses emphasize media literacy and digital literacy, professional file management skills, and an orientation to CCA's digital labs and equipment.

This course introduces students to the skills and techniques used in creating short digital videos, installations, and events. Emphasis is on collaboration, digital tools, film production, narrative structures (such as documentary, cinema, and the Public Service Announcement), and presentation strategies. Skills include storyboarding, set design, shooting, editing, sound, digital color, projections, and interactive environments. Software may include Final Cut Pro, GarageBand, Adobe Photoshop.