TOPICS: FILMMAKING I in Fall 2026 (FM1091B)

This course is designed to give you strong technical and creative abilities in filmmaking. In addition to preparing you for future work in film and video production, students will develop skills that are useful in many other fields, including journalism, media and communications, and studio art. Filmmaking I will also allow you to go on to take more advanced film production courses at AUP. Through group and individual projects, you will become proficient in camera operating, sound recording, and video editing. You will learn to develop a film project from start to finish, including pre-production planning, working collaboratively on set, and the post-production stages of editing, sound mixing, and color grading. Each project will challenge you to explore new skills, techniques, and forms related to documentary, fiction, and experimental filmmaking. Class time will be made up of technical demonstrations, in-class exercises, editing labs, screenings, and discussions. You will regularly use AUP cameras and sound equipment to shoot projects and exercises outside of class.