Audiovisual Arts
Studying Audiovisual Arts
The program prepares students for careers in television and film. Students experience the full process of production, from concept to completion. They go through the three key stages that take place in the production of any film: pre-production (planning), production (filming), and post-production (editing, color-grading, and visual effects). Students have numerous opportunities to learn from international directors who come to give intensive courses at AUT.
Learning Outcomes
Students who complete the program will be able to:
- Understand the history of film and the various film genres.
- Show the technical skills and the intellectual depth necessary to make a film .
- Handle the latest equipment.
Career Opportunities
Audiovisual Arts graduates work as screenwriters, camera operators, directors of photography, sound engineers, lighting technicians, film editors, producers, and directors,
Crafting Emotion
Credits
To Graduate
General Education Requirements 26 Credits
English Language ENG (200,201,208) 9crs & 1 course BUS 210 3crs = 12crs
(BUS 201 or ENT 301 3crs & HUM 318 3crs & (HUM 212 or BUS 215 or HUM 215) 1cr = 7crs
(ART 205 or ART 206 or HUM 210 or SOC 201 or COM 208 or HUM 211 or PSY 201 or POL 202 OR HIS 200) 3crs = 3crs
(HLT 210 or NLT 201 or CSC 201) = 3crs
PED (201 or 203 or 209) 1cr = 1cr
Core Requirements 18 Credits
The study of ethical and legal principles, case studies, and historical development of mass media regulation local, regional and international. Prereq.: ENG201
Students will learn about the basic techniques of the photographic art (lighting, composition, depth of field, white balance…). Through several studio and outdoor exercises / assignments, they will be invited to put into application the theoretical information they will have acquired in class. This course also aims at preparing the students for more advanced photography and cinematography courses.
The objective of this course is to introduce students to different acting techniques (Relaxation, Concentration, Breathing, Speech…), while exploring dramatic expression and language. Students will learn how to construct a character, and evolve in the acting process through the application of the taught methods, and team interactions.
This course familiarizes students with the basic editing techniques, as well as the fundamental editing theories. At the end of the course, students are expected to be able to fully edit an audiovisual sequence, following a correct editing plan while taking into consideration the aesthetical and rhythmic aspects of the sequence. Prereq.: AVP200
This course introduces students with techniques for conceiving and developing filmable stories. It surveys the history of plot structure and character development in classical myths, heroic epics, folk tales, and other forms, as well as some of the ‘big themes’ in great literature. Students learn how the enduring appeal and success of these literary forms can be adapted to the three-act structure of contemporary screenplays. Prereq.: ENG200
Major Course Requirements 39 Credits
This course introduces students to Principles of lighting provides a comprehensive introduction to the technical and creative use of camera and lights. Students will learn the key techniques, creative approaches and organizational skills involved in camera operation, and lighting. This will cover a range of areas from the technical basics of cinematography, taking full manual control of standard cameras, camera lighting for narrative or pack shots and more. Students will be given the chance to apply these skills in filmed scenarios to enhance their working knowledge of lighting. Prereq.: AVP200, FLM205.
An intensive workshop of design extension from graphic or interior design to the existing world of designing for theater stage and movies. This workshop takes each person’s skills, abilities, and imagination and guides him/her through set design, costume design and a hint of light design. Junior standing required.
The aim of this course is to introduce the tasks of the film director and the choices at his or her disposal in order to visually translate the written word into motion picture. Students will learn to identify and differentiate among different visual techniques which shape the mood and tone of a film, and their effect on the viewer. Moreover, they will learn to recognize and analyze the role of each production department. Coreq.: FLM205
This course introduces students to the theories, practices, and tools used in digital audio production and techniques of non-linear editing, focusing on the fundamental theories and concepts behind various types of digital audio tools. Through lectures and in-class projects, students develop knowledge and skills needed to operate non-linear audio workstations. Prereq.: AVP203
This is an advanced course that allows the students to go further in the technical and artistic aspects of editing. In addition to fully exploring the different possibilities of non-linear editing and getting a deeper understanding of the theories behind the different editing styles, the students will start forming their own editing approach. Prereq.: AVP209
Students are introduced to the equipment, techniques, protocols, and procedures used in on-site recording for film, and TV. Students participate in a location film/video shoot. Topics include power requirements and electrical noise, acoustic isolation and location mixing, audio post-production tools and processes, field and post synchronization, sampling sounds and environments, microphone placement, wireless microphones, communication, and audio processing in the field.
This course aims at introducing students to both the theory and the practice of directing actors for film. The students will have to put into application different approaches to acting as illustrated by the works of great masters of cinema. Prereq.: COM207
Sound Design is the most critical part of audio post production. This course covers the fundamentals of sound design concept development, music selection, selection of sound effects, the whole process of creating, designing, and producing sound content for targeted audiences, and intended delivery systems.
Throughout this course, students will understand the role and responsibilities of being a producer, while establishing a way of judging the artistic merit and economic possibilities of a film project at various stages, from inception to completion. Moreover, students will learn the infrastructures of companies in the Lebanese entertainment industry and understand how to effectively work within the laws and regulations in order to successfully produce content that can legally be distributed. Coreq.: AVP490
In this course, students are required to fulfill an internship in an audiovisual production company, television, etc.
Throughout this course student are expected to submit a fully comprehended script of their final film project, along with a portfolio that contains development and preproduction elements of this film. Prereq.: FLM210, FLM304
In this final major course, students will have to present their final film which will be presented in front of an invited jury of critics and professionals from the film industry. The jury will decide on the success of failure of the student. Prereq.: AVP490
Emphasis for Film 24 Credits
This course cover the development of motion pictures from their beginnings to roughly mid-20th century. It examines some of the major developments — technological, formal, aesthetic, and institutional — in several countries around the world as the cinematic art from took shape in its first half- century. Coreq.: ENG200
This is an introductory course to the basic. Through a theoretical approach (history of cinematographic techniques, image analysis, visual aesthetics) [there is no ‘practical’ aspect to this course]. Prereq.: COM206 Coreq.: ENG200
This course is designed to provide the students with constructed critical thinking about film and filmmaking, from the mid-twentieth century to present day. It includes a historic study of the cinematic art, taking into consideration the social, political and artistic context of each period. Prereq.: FLM203
In this course, students will learn the technical and creative sides of filmmaking. They will write, direct, and edit their own films as well as crew on their classmates’ films. Throughout this course, students will comprehend how the director works collaboratively to achieve his / her vision. Prereq.: AVP225, AVP206, COM207
At its most basic, this course is intended to help students become more sensitive to the visual aspects of motion pictures, from light and lighting to camerawork and composition. The course will help students think about their own visual preferences and the sort of ‘style’ they might begin to develop in their own pursuit of filmmaking. It acquaints them with the work of some of the great cinematographers — those thought to have a distinctive style, and those whose work is often considered ‘style-less,’ and whose major contributions have been to help directors realize their own vision and style. Prereq.: FLM205
This class is intended to help students understand how movies communicate – how they employ aesthetic conventions that are familiar to us, even if we are not aware of them; how they rely on prescriptive rules for us to make sense of them (for communication to occur). The course is mainly, therefore, an examination and analysis of film form — i.e. the formal techniques by which movies are put together and that make them make sense to us. Students will also reflect on the status of motion pictures as Art, and consider whether working within the limits of convention, in a highly industrialized production process, can give rise to art. Coreq.: ENG200
In this course, students will learn the different techniques of writing a screenplay adapted from a famous novel. The course will focus equally on the theoretical and practical aspects of adaptation. At the end of the course, the students are expected to submit a fully adapted short screenplay based on a novel chosen by the professor. Prereq.: AVP225, ENG201
Students who take this course will learn the trajectory of documentary filmmaking through directing their own short documentaries. Moreover, they will be invited to develop a critical understanding of the role of cinematic images in conveying “reality”, whilst comprehending the differences and interconnections between non-fiction and fiction films. Prereq.: AVP225
Major Elective 3 Credits
The course offers different theoretical, methodological, or practical approaches to the study and/or practice of cinema, depending on need, and on faculty availability. This class may be repeated if topics differ. Prereq: Senior Standing or Consent of Instructor.
Studies forms of communication especially mass communication as elements of cultural and social processes.