Film Music Appreciation

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This is a text by Dr. Christine Gengaro to be used primarily for film music appreciation courses. Some of the materials are applicable to music appreciation, cinema studies, film studies, music history, musicology, and media studies. It attempts to provide a methodology for studying and analyzing film music without requiring the specific study of a particular set of films. It is appropriate for those with musical backgrounds and those who simply love film music. Suggestions are made in the instructor materials for assignments and assessments that empower students to analyze films in multiple ways, drawing upon cultural context, emotional viewing experience, historical milieu, among other lenses.

Material Type: Textbook

Author: Christine Gengaro

Video Production Handbook

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1: Development 1.1: Determining Your Distribution Outlet 1.2: Understanding Your Audience 1.3: Production Styles 1.4: Video Formats 2: Releases and Contracts 2.1: Legal Protections 2.2: Image Licensing 2.3: Music Licensing 3: Scripting and Formats 3.1: Rundowns, Formats and Storyboards 3.2: Single-Column Scripts 3.3: Multi-Column Scripts 3.4: Three-Act Structure 4: Production Preparation 4.1: Planning to Shoot 4.2: The Production Bible 4.3: The Business of Filmmaking 5: Funding 5.1: The Business Plan and The Production Plan 5.2: The Film Proposal 5.3: Grants 5.4: Fellowships 5.5: Other Funding Avenues 5.6: Film Festivals 6: Set Etiquette 6.1: Who Does What 6.2: The Director's Commands 6.3: When the Shooting Stops 7: Camera Functions 7.1: DSLR vs. Mirrorless vs. Camcorders 7.2: Memory Cards 7.2.1: Formatting the SD (Memory) Card 7.3: Manual Mode 7.4: Iris/Aperture 7.5: Depth of Field 7.6: Neutral Density Filters 7.7: Gain and ISO 7.8: Focus 7.9: Frame Rate and Shutter Speed 7.10: White Balance 7.11: Lenses 8: Video Aesthetics 8.1: Basic Shot Sizes 8.2: Camera Position 8.3: Camera Movements 8.4: Lens Movements 8.5: Video Composition 8.6: Critical Focus 9: Lighting 9.1: Measuring Light 9.2: Types of Lamps 9.3: Qualities of Light 9.4: Common Lights 9.5: Light Modification and Control 9.6: Lighting Design 10: Sound 10.1: Elements of Sound 10.2: Microphones 10.2.1: Microphones Used in Video Production 10.2.2: Polar Patterns 10.3: Audio Connectors 10.4: Controlling Sound with a Video Camera 10.5: Location Audio 11: Planning/Organizing for the Edit 11.1: The Art and Craft of Editing 12: Nonlinear Systems and Requirements 12.1: Nonlinear Systems and Requirements 13: Formats/Compression 13.1: Formats/Compression 14: Editing Workflow/Assembly 14.1: Editing Workflow/Assembly 15: Rough Cuts 15.1: Rough Cuts 16: The Finishing Process 16.1: Steps of the Finishing Process 16.2: Fixing Transition Mistakes 16.3: Fixing Titles and Graphics 16.4: Fixing Color and Exposure 16.5: Video scopes for post-production 16.6: Video Tutorials on Color and Audio techniques

Material Type: Activity/Lab

Authors: Christopher Clemens, Jennifer Vaughn, Misha Antonich, Sshlisky Peralta Edu, Steve Shlisky, Vina Cera

LACC Writing Handbook

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1: Chapter 1 Reading Skills 1.1: Use Pre-reading Strategies 1.2: Annotate and Take Notes 1.3: The Reading-Writing Connection 1.4: Critical Reading and Rhetorical Context 1.5: Reading Strategies - Previewing 1.5.1: 3.4 Annotation Basics 1.6: Questioning Strategies 1.7: Inferences 1.8: Vocabulary 1.9: Reading Strategies - Taking Notes 1.10: Main Ideas and Supporting Details 1.11: Paraphrazing and Summarizing 1.12: How to Read Like a Writer 1.13: Key Takeaways 2: Chapter 2 Writing Process 2.1: Apply Prewriting Models 2.1.1: Outlining 2.1.2: Outlining 2.1.3: Drafting 2.2: The Writing Process - How Do I Begin? (Exercises) 2.3: The Reading-Writing Process 2.4: Steps in the Reading-Writing Process 2.5: The College Essay Assignment- Analysis, Rubrics, and Critical Thinking 2.6: Argument 2.7: Purpose, Tone, Audience, Content in an Assignment 2.8: Prewriting Strategies 2.9: Outlining 2.10: Key Takeaways 2.11: Revising and Editing 2.12: Chapter 4 Revising 2.12.1: Revising and Editing 3: Chapter 3 Essay Essentials 3.1: Writing a Thesis 3.2: Working Thesis 3.3: Elements of a thesis 3.4: Where is the thesis? 3.5: Tips for writing a thesis statement 3.6: Resources 4: Chapter 4 Writing Basics 4.1: Moving Beyond the Five-paragraph Theme 4.1.1: The Three-story Thesis- From the Ground Up 4.2: The Three-story Thesis- From the Ground Up 4.3: Three-story Theses and the Organically Structured Argument 4.4: Exercises 4.5: Verb tense 4.6: Passive and active voice 4.7: Run-ons, fragments, comma splices 5: Sentence Clarity 5.1: Chapter 5 Sentence Clarity 5.1.1: Sentence Variety 5.1.2: Coordination and Subordination 5.1.3: Parallelism 5.1.4: Writing Introductions 5.1.5: Writing Conclusions 5.1.6: Writing Summaries 5.1.7: Paraphrasing 5.1.8: Quoting

Material Type: Textbook

Author: Wendy Witherspoon