Basics of Motion Picture Production

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 CINE 301

Basics of Screen writing

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 CINE 302

The History & Development of Cinema

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 CINE 303

Film Directing I

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 CINE 304

Basics of Film Sound

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 CINE 305

Traditional Film Editing

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 CINE 306

Make-up for Filming

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 CINE 307

Basics of Cinema Photography

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Elective Specialisation Courses (8 courses):

 CINE 308

Film Theory

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 CINE 309

Cinema and The Global Market

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 CINE 310

Documentary Film-style Production

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 CINE311

Production Design

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 CINE 312

Film Production Management

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 CINE 313

Music of Films

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ART 112

 CINE 314

Set Design

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2

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 CINE 315

Internship I

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Cine 301 Basics of screenwriting

Contents : Understanding the word “Drama” – How the dramatic situation is developed – struggle – personality – the plot – wags of writing a script – sonrses of cinematic stories – treatment – the film script practical training .

Cine 302 The history and development of cinema

Contents: Introduction – the invention of the cinema – illusion of motion pictures – persistence of vision phenomenon – Thomas Edison – Lumeire brothers  - George melies’s  Magician of the cinema – Edwith’s porter inventing editing as we know – griffih’s importance in the development of film style : “Birth of the nation” . soviet Cinema: Kuleshove effect , Pulaski, Eisenstein – Introduction of sound – the most important directors : Chaplin – Orson wells – Hitchcock …..

Contents: Fundamentals of film directing – Imaginary line – angles of the camera – change of size – examples – Direction of the movement – cutting  rule – personality – examples – Dramatic effect – of angles lenses and sizes – the relationship between the director and : director of photography the set designer and of her key artists – the director and the script – the directors role in writing and rewriting the script . practical training   .

Cine 304  Basics of film Sound 

Contents: Introduction to sound history – steps of sound track recording (pre production stage) – steps of sound track recording (production stage) and (post production stage) – sound track elements: dialogue– music – sound effects – audio cinema systems – non linear systems – audio development into stereo sound– analog and digital  system  – dramatic sound.

Cine 305 Traditional film editing    

Contents: Introduction to the topic – selection – Juxtapositen – elements of transition – training – timing – pacing – rhythm – practical training .

Contents: What is make – up ? historical introduction – developing of make up  in films – the difference between make – up in every day life and film’s make – up the role of make – up in supporting the dramatic effect of the character – normal make – up in films – special effects in make – up : scince fiction finlms – transforming the character from young to old and vice- versa – disguise – burnings – accidents - wounds ……..

Cine 307 Basics of cinema photography

Contents: Technique of cinematography: Introduction to : cinematography - the camera – different equipment used in shooting film – practical training – film lighting : introduction to lighting equipments and materials – the use and the effect of each of them – practical training – composition : introduction – basic aspects – composition in cinematography -  practical training .

Contents: Main principles of film theory – major film  schools : school of action – Editing school – school of signs - aesthetics of the expressionistic school – aesthetics of the realistic school – aesthetics of the school of the new wave - the anther’s cinema – trends of criticism in the international cinema - main currents in Egyptian cinema film and the community

Contents: The major studies – the way the majors oprates ,financing and distributing films by the majors independent production companies-  independent  distributors– foreign distribution for the American film- foreign distribution for the Egyptian  film – the effects of the new T.V windows on the  films – industry finance and production .

Contents: What is the documentary film ? – the importance of the documentary film – the difference between the production of the documentary film and narrative film – methods of directing  and photographing the documentary film – tools used by the directors (real characters – real places – music - commentary–dialogue…) types of the documentary film: cultural films – guiding films – social films – educational films – scientific films – tourism films – artistic films – sports films – children films – news films .

Contents: Composition of scene and out direction: the difference between art direction and designing – schools of art direction plan of script story board design movement and space in the scene – set color plan personals color plan (personal custom -  accessories props) art direction of special effects – scene processing with applicant programs practical training.

Contents: The production crew : the producer the executive producer – the production manager – the production assistants – the role of the executive producer and the production manager in different film stages – the production crew and other film crews – the importance of the relationships between the production manager and the director’s first assistant analyzing the budget – documents and contracts used in the film production – financing and distributing the film practical training .

Cine 312 Music of films

Contents: Music associated with the character – music associated to the Situation – the role of music to prepare for to the incident – mood music – realistic music – the musical film – various examples.

Cine 314 Set Design

Contents: The difference between cinema design and theatre design, set design and scene design – the design process – perspective drawing – drawing a floor plan of a set style, composition and design – colors- scenic design – tools and materials – scenic production techniques.

Contents: students are divided into groups that represent differents brunches in the production of a film. Student will prepare and shoot a short film under guidance of specialized professors .

Core Specialisation Courses (7 courses):

 CINE 400

Lighting & Cinematography

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 CINE 401

Film Workshop

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 CINE 402

Film Directing II

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CINE 303

 CINE 403

Digital Audio Post- Production

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CINE 304

 CINE 404

Telecine and Color Correction

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 CINE 405

Film Analysis and Criticism

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II

 CINE 406

Graduation I)roject

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 CINE 407

Independent Study in Cinema

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 CINE 408

Animation Design for Film

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 CINE 409

Drama Production

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 CINE 410

Film Post Production

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 CINE 411

Film Restoration

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 CINE 412

Film Digital Editing

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CINE 305

 CINE 413

Modern Trends in Motion Pictures

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 CINE 414

Science Fiction and Fantasy Films

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 CINE 415-

Internship II

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CINE 315

Cine 400 Lighting and cinematography

Contents: The camera and the way it operates – the difference between the film camera and TV camera – Lenses and there effects – shot size relating to the focal depth of the lenses – Raw films used in cinema: structure – types – sensitivity – color temperature – lighting: lighting aspects- Exposure meters - artificial light and daylight (the difference between them) – technical and artistic  aspects of lighting – kinds of lighting: source- main – fill light – back light ……  light filters .light and shadows .

Cine 401 Film Workshop

Contents: Students are divided into groups each group is supervised by a professor and 2 teaching assistants Each group introduces and idea which is developed to a script. Then the students shoot it under the guidance and supervision of the supervising staff.

Cine 402 Film Directing ( 2)

Contents: Planning the movement : actors and camera – fundamentals of composition in the cinematic frame: traditional basics – centre of attention – Balance – Superiority – similarity – the director and the sound track: silence – dialogue – music – effects . Aesthetics of the frame – visual transition – dramatic lighting – practical training .

Cine 403 Digital Audio Post Production 

Contents: What is “audio post- production- illustrating the digital system- practical training using the new technology in sound Editing- the transformation from the analogue system to the digital system .

Contents: Basics of film laboratory –  methods  of colour correction – transformation from film to video – correction during transformation form the negative – co lour  correction during copying from the final print .

Cine 405 Film analysis and criticism 

Contents: Different critical schools in filmmaking – different film genre – famous directors and there works that shows their ways of expressing their excellence – viewing films that represents different artistic schools and analyzing it according to: the script – Directing – cinematography set. designing – Music ….. emphasizing an the artistic and dramatic aspects – the master scene of the film is analyzed shot by shot .

Contents: Forth year students are divided into groups. Each group consists of: script writer – director – cinematographer  Production manager _ Editor – Sound engineer. Groups are supervised by staff of professors starting from planning the production till the production is finished After all films are finished and ready, they will be viewed by a committee of professors .

Contents: Story – story board – layout – character design– animation 2D and 3D– visual effects– computer soft-wore .

Cine 409 Drama production  

Contents: How to deal with a  script – types of film script – developing the literary property to a script from the director’s point of view – script canalizing constructing the dramatic personality -  ways of telling the story – practical training .

Contents: Choosing the elements of the sound track- the effect of the film genre on the elements of the sound track- the final print mixing – old and new ways in editing – negative editing – standard print .

Cine 411 Film Restoration  

Contents: Different sizes of films and the differences – Ways to overcome the defects in the film’s negative and the loss of frames – ways to restore the original negative and making a new negative- best ways to store films.

Contents: Processing the film- collecting the negative- Telecine: transforming the negative into vides tape- steps of digital sound – editing stage- sound mixing stage – cutting the negative- printing the standard print .

Cine 413 Modern trends in Motion Pictures

Contents: New currents in the Contemporary cinema – makers in contemporary cinema- similarity and differences in different film elements .

Contents: Metaphysics – elements of effects in science   fiction films – techniques used in science fiction films- historical developing of fantasy and science fiction films – viewing variety of films represents all scools .

Cine 415 Internship