This class is designed to introduce students to the production processes of visual/aural, time-based, creative work. Students will work on numerous creative projects: performed, written, photographed and created digitally. With an emphasis on low-budget, independent film and video making, we will study all aspects of production from idea generation, conceptualization and scripting through post-production. Assignments, both written and creative, will emphasize creativity, visualization, research and production organization. Presentation of ideas in both the written word and visual media are integral to the production of creative media and form the basis of the assignments for this class. Course Objectives: •To demystify the creative process so that you can develop your own and/or become more aware of your own creative processes • To develop creative adeptness at translating ideas into well designed and competently executed visual works. • To develop a more sophisticated level of media literacy in creating and seeing,i.e., learning how to constructively critique. • To foster the collaborative sense necessary for the production of film, video, and digital media. •To develop an understanding and appreciation of production aesthetics, techniques, and technologies.