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Students create innovative new media productions at an advanced level. Through lectures, workshops and labs, students gain an understanding of the contexts within which work is produced and publicly presented. Students are expected to demonstrate professional level abilities of critical thinking, proposal writing, project production, and public presentation strategy. Advanced production methods and techniques as they relate specifically to their projects are studied. In addition, students have the option to pursue more academic research interests.
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Music in Film and Media-A/B
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This is a professionally-related course for Image Arts students that emphasizes the creation, technology and business of scoring for moving images, including television, video games, film and the World Wide Web. Topics include the functions and effects of music in media, new technologies, business and legal issues, and acoustic, psychoacoustic and digital audio theory. The course will develop knowledge of the scoring process to facilitate communication between the composer and the media creator. (Formerly MUS 31A/B)
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101
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Introduction to Media Theory and Practice
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This course provides an introduction to major media and new media theories, art movements and creative practices of the 20th and 21st centuries. Students learn to think critically about artworks, creative experiments and media. The course culminates in a major assignment where each student delves deeply into a specific theory to examine artworks, current creative practice or the audience's relationship to media.
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Creative Processes
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This introductory course focuses on principles, theories and practices of content development for a variety of media genres, formats and distribution platforms. Students explore the development of creative and fact-based content by using processes such as rapid prototyping, iterative design, story-chasing and script writing. Students emerge from the course with an understanding of how to take their creative ideas from inception to the creation of compelling content. (Formerly BDC 102).
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Digital Media Production I
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Through a combination of lecture and hands-on workshops, students will broaden their understanding of digital media, develop a critical understanding of the role of digital media in contemporary life, and become conscious consumers and creators of technology and digital media content. Students will be introduced to principles of visual design and communication, and will learn how to use digital media production software for graphic design, web-native production and time-based media. (Formerly BDC 192).
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Through a combination of lecture and in-studio workshops, students learn foundational skills in digital sound production: recording, editing, and mixing. Students then apply these skills through the creation of soundscapes across a variety of media, including radio, screen, etc., and develop a strong appreciation for the relationship of sound to image and the role of sound in media. (Formerly BDC 191).
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105
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Sport Theory and Practice
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This course will examine the impact of sport in culture. By way of lectures, students will examine issues utilizing social theories to explain the role of sport in society. How has sport infiltrated everyday life and what is the impact of the commercialization of sport by media? Analysis of the socio-negative attributes associated with professional athletes will also be examined.
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106
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Introduction to Video Sport Production
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Students will gain an introductory knowledge of both single camera (EFP) and multicamera (studio and live production) sports broadcasting operational techniques, including hands-on equipment training. Emphasis in this lecture/lab is placed on crew roles and responsibilities. Production planning and control room protocol will be taught as well as organizational skills for program preparation.
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The use of music with film has evolved from early stereotyped borrowing of nineteenth century classical European repertoire to newly created scores that enhance and support the dramatic themes of the film. This course explores the relationship between music and film, the functions and effects of music and how the music supports or plays against the visual images. Analysis of selected film genres will demonstrate how music can strengthen the film's dramatic themes. (Formerly MUS 110)
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Rhythm, Beat and Groove
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Latin America's music spans nightclub salsa, Brazilian samba, Latin jazz, African-derived carnival music, Haitian voodoo, and urban hip-hop, among others, and reflects dynamic cultural fusions of past and present. Through hands-on musical exercises, lecture, and examination of audio-visual media, this course explores the socio-cultural and aesthetic impact of Latin American musical genres, with a particular focus on Latin rhythm, beat and groove. (Formerly MUS 403).
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201
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Video Art and Production
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This studio/lab course approaches video as a unique artistic and standard production medium. Students learn about video art and production through making creative video works. Field trips, screenings, readings and critiques augment hands-on learning. Students will familiarize themselves with the concepts, tools and techniques of basic video making. Project development, production and public presentation strategies are aimed at creating a strong foundation in making moving media for broadcast, narrowcast, and virtual spaces. (Formerly MPM 106).
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This course traces the history of media from the first radio broadcast to today's transmedia storyworlds. Students consider the main forces which shaped our media industry: technological change, commercial imperatives, creative aspirations, demographic trends and government policy and regulation. By looking at the past, students gain a greater appreciation of the current media landscape and, perhaps, the ability to adapt quickly to the future. (Formerly BDC 210).
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211
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Production Theory
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This lecture course will introduce analog and digital audio systems, an overview of visual media technical concepts, and computer hardware and networks with an emphasis on understanding the use of technology in audio and digital media production. The course will be taught at a non-engineering level. Lectures will include samples of technology, demonstrations and application of technical knowledge in production. (Formerly BDC 211).
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Building on RTA 102 (Creative Processes), this courses focuses on writing for the screen and related platforms with an emphasis on fictional storytelling. Students consider major theories and schools of writing which will inform students? work and how they tell stories. Students then build on those theories to write their own script. (Formerly BDC 202).
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213
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Production: Introduction to Multi-Camera
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Students will gain a practical working knowledge of operational techniques, including hands-on equipment training in a multi-camera television studio with cameras, sound and lighting. Emphasis will also be placed on crew roles and responsibilities. Theory lectures will analyze the process of communicating information and emotion through visuals and sound. Production planning techniques and control room protocol will be taught to help students organize and execute their creative ideas.
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220
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New Media Art History
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This course locates contemporary art practices within the historical frameworks of analogue and digital cultures. Students consider the digital movements that underpin current new media art culture. The course also explores the influence of digital cultures on 21st century art practices as well as hybrid forms of aesthetics. The historical, theoretical, and practical aspects of the transformation of author and viewer in new media are also investigated.
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221
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Experiential Media/Interdisciplinary Practice
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The city in all its complexity becomes a classroom, as students are invited to critically examine the physical and virtual forces that shape today's reality. The particular focus of the course is on the function of media in the context of experience design. Using an interdisciplinary approach, students explore topics such as intersecting technologies, social relations, cultural conditions, ?high? and ?low? art forms, robotics, transmedia and remediation as they relate to public spaces. (Formerly MPM 107).
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222
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Intro to Computational Arts
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This studio class introduces students to fundamental concepts, techniques and strategies of computer programming as an art form by teaching how to code interactive programs. The course investigates the interplay between creative expression and technological capability. Emphasis will be placed on computational literacy as well as constructing and evaluating algorithmic creative forms and artefacts. (Formerly second half of MPM16A/B and MPM 206).
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223
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Intro to Experience Design
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This foundational design course will build upon strategies developed in New Media Research Methodologies. Students will gain an understanding of what it means to create interactive experiences and learn that people can be your medium as well as your audience. Working individually and in small groups, students are encouraged to evolve their collaborative methodologies and their own artistic thematic and formal concerns through guided production. Emphasis will be placed on finding and creating structure and meaning in new media experiences. (Formerly second half of MPM17A/B and MPM 207).
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231
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Sport Marketing and Promotion
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This course builds upon marketing fundamentals developed in Media Marketing and Promotion with specific focus on major professional sports marketing as well as for amateur sports and the Olympics. This course will utilize theories and give them practical application.
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232
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Sport, Media and Society
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Building upon the concepts delivered in RTA105 ? Sport Theory and Practice, this course will examine ethical theories and their application to sport, the status of women in sport, corporate citizenship and the connection between sport and the society in which it operates.
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This course combines the history, practice and technique of sport journalism with extensive practice. The theory covers the style and substance of sport journalism, cross-platform reporting, written and visual story-telling, shaping language for the ear, interview techniques and the legal impacts of sport reporting. Students are introduced to various sport journalism roles in order to build a repertoire of practical experiences.
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234
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Intermediate Multi-Camera Sports
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In this lab students will gain a more advanced understanding and practice in multi-camera/studio sport production techniques. Through studio production exercises and a final project, students develop their knowledge of production tools and an understanding of the teamwork and interpersonal skills, both in front of the camera and behind, that are necessary to create successful sport programming.
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Lab: 6 hrs.
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This course examines the history, philosophy and production of sports programming. The relationships between the various players in the sports broadcasting environment will be surveyed. Writing for sports broadcasting, social media and the Web will be explored. The roles and special skills of the on-air talent will be characterized and discussed. The past, present, and future of women in sportscasting will be examined.
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Lect: 3 hrs.
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236
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Sport Presentation
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In this course, students develop on-air presentation skills particular to sports broadcasting: reporter, anchor, sideline, host, play-by-play and analyst. They will write pieces in sports broadcast style and do research into sports teams and statistics, using those pieces during exercises to develop interviewing, stand up and hosting skills. Students will also do research into the performance life of a professional sports broadcaster.
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243
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Production: Introduction to Single Camera
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This course will provide an introduction to the technical and aesthetic elements of electronic field production. Students will learn basic skills in single camera production techniques, and will begin to develop an aesthetic understanding of creative composition, production design, and editing. Working in teams, students will learn about production values and working to deadlines, while becoming familiar with how to use a camera, lights, microphone, and non-linear editing equipment to create video productions.
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310
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Media Aesthetics and Culture
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This course is designed to broaden understanding of the relationship between culture and media. Students tackle theories and ideas of visual studies, gender, fandom, transmedia, heroism and representation in all different media from TV to webisodes to gaming to comics and music. Students will learn about historical and current examples of boundary-breaking storytelling, and analyze and critique the work of storytellers from the past and present. (Formerly BDC 401).
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311
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Production: Intermediate Audio
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Building on the audio skills acquired in RTA 104, BDC 101 or BDC 191, this course continues to introduce students to various audio production practices. Through a series of guided workshops and assignments in a supervised laboratory, students will produce content for a variety of audio delivery systems. Students will develop their knowledge of audio production tools, and gain an understanding of the teamwork and interpersonal skills necessary to create successful audio and radio productions. (Formerly BDC 301).
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312
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Production: Intermediate Digital Media
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This course offers intermediate-level skills in digital content production with a focus on motion graphics, animation, and the web. The course includes group-critiques, in-class workshops, production exercises and tutorials, and requires students to have a basic familiarity with computers and digital tools.
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313
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Production: Intermediate Multicamera
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This course provides students with more advanced understanding and practice in multi-camera/studio production techniques. Through skill-based workshop rotations, studio production exercises and a major project, students develop their knowledge of production tools, operation and care of equipment, and an understanding of the teamwork and interpersonal skills necessary to create successful programming. As well, the skill set and talent necessary to use the visual medium to tell effective and evocative stories is further developed. (Formerly BDC 303).
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314
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Production: Intermediate Single-Camera
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This course advances the student's knowledge and applications of lighting, framing, composition, location constraints, sound, and the power of editing involved in single camera shooting. Students will review the camera/recorder and non-linear edit suites, the planning techniques derived from scripts, lighting techniques and audio recording. Students will develop story, scripts and production planning paperwork for one short and one longer form production, which they will shoot and edit. (Formerly BDC 304).
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315
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Business of Creative Media
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An introduction to business practices and issues within the creative industries. Students are introduced to the business, operational and legal practices of the media in Canada. Students explore how these diverse businesses function within the Canadian regulatory environment and internationally. Students learn about business applications, as well as the legal/regulatory framework that media professionals operate in, and will explore ethical issues for media and business in general. (Formerly BDC 402).
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316
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Introduction to Narrative
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From memory to conversations to scripted stories, narrative is a profound part of the human experience. How and why do we tell stories? This course examines how stories are told through different media and across different technological platforms. We explore how contemporary writers, theorists, artists and media-makers come to terms with narrative in the digital era, as new technologies impact how we communicate and create new narrative forms that transcend traditional media boundaries.
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317
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Digital Media for Evolving Audiences
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As social practice, technologies and media content change in the 21st century, our understanding of the types of stories we can tell and our relationship with an active, participatory audience has radically shifted. This course introduces students to the ideas of transmedia narratives and cross-media projects, discusses the properties of various content-platforms for interaction, and examines the dynamics of participatory audiences.
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320
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Interactive Storytelling
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This studio course introduces students to the fundamental concepts and strategies for creating interactive and nonlinear narratives. Students learn classic theories of storytelling and editing, as the foundation to crafting compelling interactive narratives. Through a series of projects, students are introduced to different methodologies for creating interactive narrative experiences, including the creation of storyworlds and narrative maps, and the use of character, perspective and time to build choice and viewer agency into the narrative experience.
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321
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Intro to Tangible Media
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Using the human body and its senses (vision, acoustic, touch, taste, smell, proprioception - physical sense of self movement) as an organizing model, this course introduces students to Physical Computing practices. Students will learn about digital and analog sensor systems, be introduced to micro-controllers, computer sensor systems and ubiquitous computing. Basic programming skills are an important part of this course. (Formerly MPM 308).
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Technology, Identity and Creativity
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This course examines how media technologies relate to racialized, gendered and sexualized bodies. Students consider scholarly and popular works ranging from the cinematic representation of Frankenstein to current studies of cyborgian bodies in order to produce creative work that responds to modern and postmodern ideas about the body.
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Digital Narratology
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How has digital culture changed the nature of narrative? How have digital narratives changed our perception of the world? Through critical readings, discussion and writing, this course analyzes digital narrative formats including hypertext, micro-texts, wiki-stories, and interactive narratives. As well, students investigate the work of the cultural theorists and artists who are exploring the meaning of digital media in relation to various narrative practices.
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Advanced Live Production
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This course will concentrate on the aesthetic and production values of live production. Students learn advanced cutting edge technologies and the logistics involved in live production. This class will combine lectures with the production of a professional quality remote simulated live event, utilizing remote production equipment.
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Transmedia Sports Marketing
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This course introduces students to the fundamental concepts, principles and strategies utilized in the marketing of sport on multiple platforms. Covering both theoretical and practical aspects of sport marketing, the course will explore new and innovative means by which sports are marketed on television, radio and the Internet.
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Legal and Business Aspects of Sport
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This course will concentrate on the intersection of sports, law and business. Topic areas will include collective bargaining, amateur and professional sports organizations, team and league discipline, drug testing, sports and criminal law, collusion and tampering amongst sports teams.
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Chinese Instrumental Music
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This course explores the traditions and practice of Chinese instrumental music through score study, analysis of instrument technique and historiography, examination of pedagogy and transmission, and ensemble performance. Traditional folk, classical, and contemporary nationalized musical forms will be studied, with a particular emphasis on the stylistic differences of once discrete regions. Instruments studied may include: dizi, xiao, erhu, yanqin, ruan, sanxian, liuqin, guzheng, and Chinese percussion. (Formerly MUS 406).
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430
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Capstone Lecture Series
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This course will combine guest lectures from leaders in the sport media and management fields with a group project.
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Lect: 2 hrs.
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Sport Media Practicum
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Students self-select into groups to produce professional quality audio, television or multimedia sport media projects. Students engage the support of industry mentors as well as RTA faculty and pitch production ideas to a Sport Practicum Management Committee. Sport Practicum ideas must meet professional industry standards. Students must present sixty hours of documented internship or employment in the media industry or a contribution to RTA Productions or the equivalent contribution to the community accumulated during the student's second, third or fourth year fall terms.
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Lab: 6 hrs.
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Internship/Study Abroad
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With faculty support, students will be given the opportunity to find themselves an 80-hour part-time sport media internship position. Students will develop personal contracts with both industry mentors and their faculty advisors to carry out significant research or production work off-campus. In the alternative, a selection of students may apply and be chosen to study abroad. Students will study the sport media and management operations of professional and/or amateur sport broadcasters and organizations hosted by a foreign university. Students will be expected to pay for travel and accommodations.
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Building upon the concepts delivered in RTA 105 Sport Theory and Practice, this course will examine ethical theories and their application to sport, the status of women in sport, corporate citizenship and the connection between sport and the society in which it operates.
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Indian tradition holds that the world was created from a single primordial sound. Music is understood to impact mood, health, environment, and even physical matter. Each musical mode (raga) was traditionally to be performed only at a particular time of day and in a specific season. Examining popular and classical traditions through hands on exploration and traditional lecture, this course surveys the unique and sophisticated melodic, rhythmic and cultural traditions of Indian music. (Formerly MUS 107).
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Gospel Music: Songs for the Spirit
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Evolving from syncopated African spirituals, field hollers, and Christian hymns, gospel singing has influenced musical traditions from the blues, to rock and soul. Through group singing, lecture, and audio-visual examples, this course will explore the vocal tradition of gospel music through a socio-cultural, historical, and aesthetic lens, and in so doing trace the development of one of the most exuberant and exciting vocal genres of North America. (Formerly MUS 108).
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484
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Music of West Africa
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African music has fed and shaped North American popular culture for almost 150 years. Through hands-on drumming and singing, lecture, and study of audio-visual media, this course explores the intersection of drumming, singing and dancing in the exuberant music of West Africa. In so doing, the course investigates the relationships between musical performance, story-telling, community building and African history in a variety of representative genres. (Formerly MUS 109).
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501
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Project Development
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Through workshops, lectures, screenings and seminars, students delve into the creative and practical processes needed to take an idea from inception to script or prototype. This course prepares students to produce their major culminating fourth-year Major Thesis project. Working in small self-selected groups and/or individually, students develop proposals for theses, scripts or production for mid-term critique and final presentation. At term's end faculty may approve certain proposals to go forward as final projects.
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502
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Cultural Theory and Research Studio
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Cultural Theory and Research Studio offers students an opportunity to further develop their understanding of the relationship of cultural theory and research to project design and production. The course examines theories of design practice as they apply to New Media and then applies these theories directly to current practices in the field. Topics include informational objects, network connectivity, and real-time exhibition. (Formerly MPM 504).
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Public practice introduces students to the rigor and demands of the public presentation of creative works, as well as the level of refinement expected of thesis projects. In this hands-on studio course, students will be required to complete an exhibition quality project for the purpose of public presentation. Issues regarding various presentation contexts, gallery timelines, shipping requirements, contracts and artist obligations will be discussed and incorporated into the flow of the term.
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521
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#Activism: Media for Social Change
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This course will focus on the intersection of media technologies with activist movements, as well as specific forms of participatory culture that have transpired since the advent of social media. Moving from the 20th to the 21st century, we will examine such moments as: the ?fax revolution? in the Philippines, uses of community cable TV by artists/ activists in Canada, the role of Facebook and streaming video in international protest movements, Wikileaks, hactivism, and the reconfiguring of social media like Twitter, blogging, YouTube etc. for activist use.
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This course explores a variety of Chinese musical genres including folk, classical, contemporary hybrid and popular forms. Topics may include: the philosophical roots of music in Chinese cosmology; music and meditation; Beijing and Cantonese opera; censorship and propaganda in the Cultural Revolution; Chinese rock in the Tiananmen Square protest; and the growth of Chinese music internationally. Both Chinese instrumental and vocal music will be examined through a socio-historical, political, and stylistic lens. (Formerly MUS 506).
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UL
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602
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Experiential Media and Interdisciplinary Practices
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Experiential Media and Interdisciplinary Practice offers students an opportunity to explore media in the context of experience design and the physical and virtual forces that shape today's reality. In this course the city in all its complexity becomes the classroom. Using an interdisciplinary approach, students are invited to formulate questions and solve problems that significantly impact their world. (Formerly MPM 604).
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710
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Thesis Project I ? Production and Post
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This is the culminating project of the student?s undergraduate academic career. Building on their development work in Project Development and working closely with an assigned faculty member in small groups averaging five, students produce a professional-level media project. Alternatively, Students may choose to work independently with an advisor on a full-length script or a special project. (Formerly BDC 701). (Note: Students may with express Departmental approval before the fall fourth year term take four electives in place of RTA 710 and RTA 810).
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In this course, students analyze and discuss the current and future overarching issues within the creative and cultural industries, placing them in context within the Canadian milieu. Senior representatives of various media and faculty members will present and discuss topics from their respective fields of expertise. Students will gain insights into opportunities and challenges in the workplace, trends and the impact of emerging technologies on all sectors with particular focus on content creation.
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As an alternative to Thesis Project I and II students write a major research paper to refine their scholarship and writing, under close faculty guidance. Included is an advanced library class, an overview of creative approaches to writing a scholarly paper, individual feedback sessions, work-shopping/peer review and discussion of ways of disseminating academic writing. Students create means of making their work available to the RTA community and beyond at the conclusion of the course.
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Lab: 3 hrs.
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810
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Thesis Project II - Exhibition/Reflection
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As the final stage of the student's undergraduate academic career, students publicly exhibit and disseminate their Thesis Project to the RTA community and beyond. The appropriate means and channels of distribution are determined by the nature of the specific projects. Students will use this process to further analyze, reflect upon and hone their own creative work.
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Lab: 6 hrs.
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With faculty support, students find themselves a 240 hour intensive internship in the media, media production and related industries. Internships are subject to faculty approval. Students develop personal contracts with industry mentors to carry out significant research or gain industry work experience off campus. The internship is intended to encourage students to explore their particular career interests. Internships may be completed on a part-time basis throughout 4th year with faculty consent.
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Lect: 6 hrs.
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As an alternative to RTA 811 Internship, students contribute 240 hour of substantive and significant creative work within the RTA community including, for example, RTA Productions, Spiritlive, RUTV, the Tara awards, approved PSAs and the DMZ. RTA Service is meant both as a means for students to contribute back to the RTA community and to explore their particular career interests. Interested students must demonstrate sixty hours of documented internship or employment in the media industry or contribution to RTA Productions or the equivalent contribution to the community accumulated over the student's second and third years and fall term of their fourth year.
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813
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Directed Readings
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Under the guidance of a faculty member, in this course the senior student completes an individualized study and/or directed reading on a research project of mutual interest. The area of research should not duplicate material covered in other RTA courses and should contain an element of originality. Ideally, the course of study should delve into a specific issue associated with a topic rather than simply survey the topic's area.
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821
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Issues in Experiential Media Art History
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This course is an advanced level seminar taught by departmental faculty members or adjunct and special visiting lecturers. Each semester will be devoted to special topics that become relevant due to the changing practices and needs of the department and students.
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893
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Social Justice Media: Innovators, Creators
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Most of us are online most of the time. How do marginalized communities fare in this virtual space? This course will present an exciting roster of media artists/theorists from Aboriginal, LGBT, feminist and racialized communities, who use research and creation to forge alternate discourses and visual/virtual worlds. We will also engage with art and theory on social justice media and activism.
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899
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Media Restoration and Forensics
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This course is an introduction to the theory and practice of audio/video restoration and forensics. Students explore various types of media degradation and examine best practice in restoring media, including the use of specialized digital hardware/software. Students will gain experience in media analysis and restoration techniques using both generic and specialist tools. Also examined are similarities and differences when dealing with restoration intended for commercial media repurposing and forensic evidentiary applications in law enforcement.
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Students follow a commercial production and related campaign from inception to completion and its use on traditional and social media. Aspects of advertising to be reviewed include: competitive bidding by agencies; budgeting for commercial production; relationships with production houses; government regulations and broadcaster advertisement codes; and the role of various personnel involved in the bidding, pre-production, production and post-production stages of a commercial. The sociocultural implications, effectiveness and persuasiveness of commercials are also explored. (Formerly BDC 901).
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Students will learn how to leverage established and emerging social media platforms for specific purposes such as marketing, storytelling, research, branding, collaboration, etc. Through case studies and hands-on practice, students will gain an understanding of social media strategy, metrics, and best practices. The effects of social media on storytelling, media production, audiences and culture will be explored.
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903
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News and Current Affairs Theory
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News as entertainment information, satire, social instructor: audiences interact with the news in many ways. We look critically at ideas like discourse, news value and news filters, and then learn scholarly tools for analyzing news and its audiences. From radio to tabloid journals to E-zines to Twitter, we open up the idea of news in the 21st century, and think about its history, meanings, and future. War news and digital media are a particular focus. (Formerly BDC 903).
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904
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Advanced Media Management
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In this course, students will learn about organizational behavior in the media industry. Topics will include theories of employee motivation, individual behaviour, interpersonal and organizational communication, perception and personality in organizations, work attitudes and values, team dynamics and effectiveness, organizational power and politics, conflict and negotiation, leadership, and stress management. (Formerly BDC 904).
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905
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History and Culture of Popular Music
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This course will examine the history and development of popular music in Canada, the US, and the UK, from the 1950's through to the present. Students will study popular music, along with the performers, labels, and key individuals behind the scenes who made it all happen. The goal of the course is to examine popular music through the decades in musical, cultural, political, and industrial contexts. (Formerly BDC 935)
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906
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Marketing for Media Professionals
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In this course, students learn the basics of marketing including concepts relating to branding, communications plans, pricing and sales. These concepts will be understood in the context of media product. Students learn basic skills, and become familiar with the overall media marketing work thus better appreciating the importance of assuming a marketing mind set while pursuing any aspect of their media work. (Formerly BDC 906).
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From Edison's first recordings and Fessenden's first broadcast of the human voice to contemporary practices of mashup and podcasts, sound media are ubiquitous in our culture. This course explores historic and contemporary practice in sound media, including screen sound, radio, sound art, soundscape, music, sonic branding, sonic interactive design and noise.
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908
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Business of Producing I
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From the vantage point of the independent producer, students study the business and legal aspects of independent productions. Students examine how producers work with broadcasters, content creators, internet channels, interactive and transmedia platforms, funding agencies and financiers. Students also explore the business aspects of pitching (selling), developing, financing, producing, post-production and commercial exploitation/distribution of creative media properties. (Formerly BDC 908).
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909
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Business of Producing II
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This course builds on executive producing skills developed in RTA 908/MP 8908. Students form teams to develop the creative, financing, production, and business materials necessary for a complete series proposal for an independent production. These proposals will be competitively pitched to a panel of broadcasters and producers. This course is hands-on with creative, budgetary and business workshops and is intended for those students interested in creating and executive producing television and related transmedia projects. (Formerly BDC 909).
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910
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Production Management
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This course focuses on the role of the production manager in film and television. Students will become acquainted with all aspects of a production: development; pre-production; production; post-production. Topics will include legal aspects, financing, insurance, script breakdown and scheduling, budgeting, accounting and cost reports, location management, talent and crew unions, contracts, reporting mechanisms and relevant forms and paperwork as well as a review of key production personnel job descriptions and tips on getting hired. (Formerly BDC 910).
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911
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Directing and Performance
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A general introduction to acting and directing theory and practice. Through lectures, workshops, scene deconstructions and screenings, culminating in a final production experience students learn effective strategies to bring the scripted page to the screen. Students also learn how to create and improvise characters within a limited time scale, study principles of voice, movement and basics of script break-down, blocking for actors and cameras and how lighting, audio and music contribute to mise-en-scene.
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What does the audience want? This course introduces a wide range of research techniques and methodologies used in broadcasting and social media to measure audience and evaluate programming success across a range of platforms. This course also examines audience programming strategies of television networks. Students learn about research methods and decision-making processes used in program development, selection, promotion and scheduling.
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913
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Media Entrepreneurship
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In an ever changing industry media graduates must look beyond salaried employment in the corporate or public sector. This course assists media students to develop entrepreneurial options for themselves in the media industry, focusing on growth-oriented business venturing. In the first half of the course, students are introduced to entrepreneurship and business venturing. In the second half of the course, each student develops a business plan for a media startup. (Formerly BDC 913).
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Business Case Studies in Communications
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Students conduct case studies exploring particular aspects of the media industry. They focus on how components of the production industry and broadcasting system function. Areas of study will include government regulation, market fragmentation, corporate consolidation, new technologies, cultural sovereignty, and international media production and distribution. Students present their findings in class and lead discussion on their particular subject. They also explain what makes their individual research important in the broader context. (Formerly BDC 922).
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915
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Legal Issues in Media
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This course will provide students with a deeper understanding of the concepts and legal process inherent in the business of broadcasting and communications. Topics to be covered include copyright, contracts, clearance of program rights, legal issues relating to the Internet and multimedia. Issues in entertainment law and sports law will also be reviewed, as will government regulation of the broadcasting and multimedia industries. (Formerly BDC 915).
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Advanced Media Marketing
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Building on the concepts introduced in RTA 906 this course explores effective marketing and promotion techniques for various specific media products. Specific areas of discussion include brand development strategies and detailed marketing plans which encompasses a strong communications mix across all platforms.
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Broadcasters work in a regulated environment and ultimately rely on public support. Much broadcast content is generated by public relations sources. This course provides a broad understanding of Public Relations concepts and principles and their application in today's complex media world. Students explore the significance of current events and apply practical learning through the development of a launch campaign for a television program. Practitioners from the broadcast industry add expert input. (Formerly BDC 917).
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This course explores ethical and legal case studies in a business context, analyzing problems that arise in typical broadcasting and new media environments. The student's responsibility to society and the ethical choices they will be required to make are compared to the legal framework (both regulatory and statutory) within which they will be working. (Formerly BDC 918).
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The Art of Negotiation
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Negotiation is a learned skill. This course provides students with a comprehensive introduction to negotiation, enhancing students' abilities in preparing for, opening, bargaining and closing any type of negotiation more effectively. Students will learn theories of negotiation, and will apply those concepts during negotiation exercises, using both general and specific entertainment industry, artist management, and agency negotiation exercises.
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920
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Visual Storytelling: Video Production
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This course will introduce the production techniques of single-camera video as used in television and other screen-based media. Students will build skills in designing video pieces from beginning to end: pre-production, on location shooting, and post-production editing and finishing. (Formerly BDC 929).
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Advanced Audio Theory
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This course is an exploration of Audio Theory for advanced applications. The course will cover modern audio practice as it applies to sound recording studios, live sound and sound reinforcement systems, acoustics and room and studio design, electronic and digital circuits and systems, computer applications in audio as well as Digital Signal Processing and compression systems and technology. (Formerly BDC 921).
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922
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Transmedia Writing
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Students explore how to write to extend a story and the audience experience across a variety of platforms. Students write a transmedia bible, create a story world and characters that live for the audience in media including social media, participatory networks, ARG, traditional television and devices and media currently existing and yet undiscovered. Students also research and analyze the meaning and impact of audience-producer relationships.
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Intro to Writing for Video Games
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In this course, students develop the skills and understanding needed to write sophisticated and emotionally involving video games. Students consider the strengths and limitations of the video game form, how to develop a resonant concept and deep characters, how to integrate gameplay into a story, and how to write for more non-linear and abstract games.
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924
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Digital Product Lab
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This course offers a unique opportunity to build a digital project with a full interdisciplinary team. Students from multiple disciplines/programs form teams to develop functional digital prototypes. Projects will be cutting-edge Mixed Reality work including wearable technology, location- and context-aware computing, socially-connected apps, and novel interaction paradigms. Teams work closely with professors and mentors to learn new production-skills in digital creativity, collaborative work, programming, demo videos, documentation, and presentation skills.
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This course will introduce students to basic material practices and physical object production. Students will gain the necessary skills to model, design and build physical entities. Students will be introduced to a variety of fabricating techniques as well as a range of materials. Projects will challenge students to work at a variety of scales and within several contexts. Individual and group projects will require development of personal and team based production skills.
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With a focus on great scripts from a variety of media, each year the course examines how writing in a specific genre enables artists to define and shape their identities within social and cultural contexts. Students will study the genre in depth as it manifests in television, radio and digital media. Areas of study will include the genre's evolution and conventions, sub-genres, and parody. (Formerly BDC 926).
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927
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Business of Music I
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This course explores the history of the music business, music industry organization and the roles of record companies, publishers, songwriters, unions and managers. Topics include A and R, marketing, promotion, sales, business affairs, finance and the use of music in film, TV, and advertising. Formerly BDC 927).
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928
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Gaming Theory and Practice
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Computer games are increasingly recognized as important objects of cultural value. This class looks at how computer and console games are made, why they are made, and how users interpret and respond to them. This course includes discussions of formal game theory, the cultural theory and history surrounding computer games and studies issues regarding 3D modeling, animation, design and development of interactive narratives and storytelling, mobile gaming, and gaming in various online systems. (Formerly BDC 928).
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929
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Multi-platform Narrative
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In this studio course, as students develop interactive, nonlinear and transmedia narratives, they are tasked with finding the best platform(s) for each story, as they explore the interplay of medium and narrative. Students will be given a series of projects and narrative design challenges, wherein they must choose the media with which to best convey the narrative goals. Topics explored include the narrative impact of private versus public content, scale and screens, and the use of social networks, ubiquitous media, and "real" space to tell compelling stories.
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930
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Social Practices in Hybrid Media Spaces
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This course is designed to help students develop awareness of how virtual environments have changed our notions of social life by altering our relationship to time and space. Through research projects that integrate readings, in class discussion and projects in virtual worlds, students will develop experiential design skills to evaluate, repurpose, and otherwise develop virtual environments for social innovation.
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What compromises the "look" of a film, television series or other screen-based work? What theoretical approaches and practical decisions determine how a story is told visually to provide the greatest creative value for the filmmaker and emotional impact on the audience? Students apply theoretical frameworks to classic film and television works to understand how elements of direction, visual composition, mise en scene, cinematography, editing, production design and technological advances can shape our stories. (Formerly BDC 931).
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932
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Hacking, DIY and Open Source Cultures
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This survey course examines the historical role of peer-to-peer practices in western society in order to ascertain the role of informal information economies as sites of cultural and societal change. The course will also examine how networked peer-to-peer practices of the early 21st century have introduced on a mass scale alternate social and cultural changes that mark the beginning of a societal shift similar in scope to the changes that occurred during the Renaissance. Through research projects, students will analyze how these practices have altered contemporary social, cultural and economic practices and norms.
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933
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Hacking, DIY and Open Source Studio
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In this studio course, students will develop projects that exist at the intersection of social media, and/or virtual worlds, and their field of study. The goal is to help students develop expertise in cross-disciplinary methodologies and explore the role of social media in their profession. In this course, students will be asked to develop prototypes of projects that integrate social media design methods.
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934
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Virtual Identities and Communities
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This survey course examines the role of virtual environments in reshaping early 21st century notions of identity, communities and organizations. Through research projects, students analyze how these practices have altered the nature of mainstream society and question the future of western culture.
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935
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Institutional/ Personal Media Platforms
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In this studio course, students will develop projects that develop virtual identities, communities and organizations and learn how to use personal and peer culture in a professional and/or institutional setting. The goal is to help students develop expertise in cross-disciplinary methodologies and explore the role of social media in their profession. In this course, students will be asked to develop prototypes of projects that integrate social media design methods.
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936
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The Business of Art
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Successfully creating art works as an independent artist requires a diverse collection of skills that extend well beyond the conceptualization and making of projects. The Business of Art will provide students a framework for taking that great idea, getting it funded, and making it a reality. This course will introduce students to the fundamentals of successful proposal writing, project management and budgeting. Grounded in cases studies and real world examples the procedures and strategies for applying to art councils, self-funding and private investing will be considered.
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937
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Business of Music II
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Expanding upon the subject matter of Business of Music I, this course continues the examination of the inner workings of the music recording, publishing and management industries. Students concentrate on business models and practices, in-depth analysis of music industry contracts with a focus on emerging marketing and promotion tools and techniques. Students work concurrently with real artists, developing various marketing artifacts, culminating in a term-end public presentation of their selected artist. (Formerly BDC 937).
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938
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Digital Popular Cultures
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A critical look at the defining digital technologies and transmedia content of popular culture: social media; mobile media; online fandom; gaming; pirating/hacking; open source software; new audience practices for online/streaming television. Using a cultural studies approach, students will read a wide range of texts examining the everyday practices and interactive possibilities of digital popular culture, with attention to presencing, archiving, searching, and new forms of community via digital technologies.
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This course explores Aboriginal media art in the context of the major political and social discourses currently informing contemporary First Nations art. Through screenings, readings and guest artists we will examine critically engaged community-based art practices in the context of Aboriginal aesthetics. Two-spirit, gender, class and race issues will be seen through the lens of Aboriginal artists. The course will compare the function of art from an Aboriginal worldview with that of a Western one.
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940
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Canadian Televisual Studies
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This theory-based course comprises a broad-ranging and multi-genre look at Canadian media, with a particular focus on television content from the 1960s to the 21st century, including ways that audiences interact with national broadcasting. We will also examine digital technologies, global discourses of runaway production, and cross-border export /franchise, with a critical look at national myths and practices in the digital era. (Formerly BDC 924).
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This course demystifies the process of writing for the screen and encourages students to find their unique dramatic voice by writing an original script. Students analyze principles of dramatic storytelling and current dramas at the script level. Using story editing exercises, students learn how to structure a story, build dramatic tension and craft moving characters. By the end of the course, students develop an appreciation of the nature and purpose of drama. (Formerly BDC 941).
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Advertising Copywriting
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This course hones the student's abilities in advertising copywriting and commercial writing. Students study and practice copywriting style and mechanics for traditional media such as radio and television and emerging and immersive methods of reaching consumers via Social Media and the Internet. Students learn effective strategies how to evaluate consumer needs and deliver a compelling message to motivate an audience. (Formerly BDC 942).
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This course covers the fundamentals of comedy writing with special focus on the techniques of writing comedy for television and the web with an emphasis on sketches and sitcoms. Students take part in story editing exercises, designed to simulate industry practices. This course's key goal is to develop students' creative and comic voice in their writing. (Formerly BDC 943).
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Writing for Animation
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This course is designed to cover the fundamentals of writing for animated series designed for television and other platforms. Students will learn the language and process of writing for animation and consider the rich creative history of animation. Students will be required to create a fully realized animated script by the end of the semester. (Formerly BDC 944).
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945
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Writing for Factual and Reality Programs
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In this course students learn the story chasing/development, writing techniques and production practices related to lifestyle, current affairs, science, business, entertainment and ?reality? programming. Students learn how to shape their research, found material, interviews, narration, b-roll and stills into coherent and emotionally engaging stories while working within tight constraints of time, genre and format. Students also analyze the ethical dilemmas and social trends that fact-based and reality programming represent. (Formerly BDC 945).
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Issues in New Media Theory/History
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This course, taught by a different professor each year, will take on different historical and critical approaches to technology and creative practice, looking at mechanical, electronic and digital/interactive platforms. Potential topics to be explored: amateur versus professional practices, creative media practice and domestic space, personal history and media memory, software studies, affect theory and technology, social media and social theory.
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Live events are true "multi-media" challenges, incorporating a mix of live performance, live-to-air and streaming multi-camera video, graphic design and animation, live sound mixing and musical performance, set design, single-camera productions and more. A professional live event builds on a foundation of solid writing, content development, and technical direction. In this course, students ultimately plan and execute a cross-media live event, applying and honing their skills in all of these areas.
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Interactive Spaces
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Interactive Spaces builds upon and extends the fundamentals introduced in Intro to Computational Art. In this course, scripting and programming skills will be developed and integrated with interaction design skills. Students will produce a variety of experiences based on several modes of interactivity. Emphasis is placed on the production of interactive systems that engage participants through unique and dynamic experiences. (Formerly MPM 307).
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The Directed Study course makes it possible for a student to work on an independent research project under the supervision of a faculty member. The project should either explore a topic which is not usually covered in the curriculum or propose a more in-depth study of topic covered in an existing course. It is the student's responsibility to identify the topic, develop an appropriate research plan and obtain approval for undertaking a Directed Study.
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Selected Topics in Media
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Topics explored in this course will be determined by available faculty expertise, student interest, and curricular need. Registration may be limited to students in a specific year of the program and may require the Instructor's permission or a prerequisite at the Department's discretion. Enrolment numbers may also be limited. The Department will also consider student proposals for areas of study brought to the Faculty through the Departmental Council. May not be offered every year. (Formerly BDC 950).
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In this course, students develop their on-air presentation skills. They will present stories, news and commentaries both on-camera and behind the microphone, and through a series of exercises develop interviewing, stand up and co-hosting skills. Students will also do research into the performance life of a professional broadcaster. Exercises are supplemented with guest lectures from broadcast professionals. (Formerly BDC 951).
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952
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Advanced Presentation and Field Production
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Students will use the skills they developed in RTA 951 to write and perform a series of video and audio assignments. Assignments will include studio and field interviews, live and taped field reports, editorials and scripted performances using the teleprompter. Students will develop their presentation skills by producing a half-hour co-hosted show. Students will also learn how to market their produced tapes to producers.
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953
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Mobility and Mixed Reality
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This course engages with mobile technologies and their impact on new media art practice through a discussion of contemporary artworks as well as hands-on exercises. This course explores how mobile technologies and mixed reality blur the boundaries between physical and virtual spaces, redefining the relationship we have to interfaces, places and the city. Emphasis will be placed on the production of new participatory experiences focused on specific locations, boundaries and topologies. (Formerly MPM 407).
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Empathy Machines continues upon and extends the fundamentals introduced in Intro to Tangible Media. This course emphasizes the role of the interface as a structure for communication. This course examines how traditional forms of input and output are displaced through the design of physical artistic interfaces. Students will develop, produce and reflect upon works that incorporate elements of traditional, hybridized and physical systems by combining electronics and embedded programming techniques with media machines. (Formerly MPM 408).
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Sports Broadcasting
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This course examines the programming philosophy and production of sports programs. The course explores different types of programming including feature production, sports journalism, live-event coverage and interactive Web-based production. It will discuss the behind the scenes responsibilities of executives, editorial staff and technical crews, as well as on air-performance and visual presentation in both traditional and interactive environments. Using this knowledge, students will produce a sports feature and a live production. (Formerly BDC 955).
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Children's Programming
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Students examine children's developmental stages, interests and needs, and study contemporary children's television techniques and the influence media has on kids' lives. The course explores societal and regulatory forces that influence children's programming with guest speakers addressing current issues in the industry. Students conduct original research into media intended for children and adolescents and, with the instructor's permission, may produce a short creative work to demonstrate their research. (Formerly BDC 956).
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Documentary Production
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This course provides an opportunity for students to produce a documentary short subject, building on key theoretical concepts and storytelling skills developed in Introduction to Documentary. Students work in teams to produce an original 20-minute documentary, previously developed in Introduction to Documentary. Students will develop basic competencies in documentary pre-production, production and post-production practices and create a trans-media strategy to develop the documentary across other media platforms. (Formerly BDC 957).
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958
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Communications within Hybrid Environments
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This advanced studio will encourage students to refine their artistic voice through the application of skills in the context of emerging hybrid environments. Ubiquitous computing, networking and the mobile individual serve as points of departure for collaborative explorations dealing with the communication potentials of emerging media spaces.
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Visualization and Generative Processes
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This advanced studio course will explore the role of generative algorithms and database visualization approaches in new media art works. Processes of randomization, feedback, behavior, mapping and emergence will be related to data and structure through the construction of interactive experiences. Students will deepen their understanding of presentation skills and professional practice through the development of individual works.
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960
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Selected Topics in International Media
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To understand and effectively communicate stories about our world,, storytellers must be able to see beyond their own borders. Students will work with partner universities from around the world to produce live, international current affairs shows that are informative, artistic and entertaining. This involves developing the theme and look of the show from research, to shooting and editing stories, finding interview guests, etc. Learn about the business of international production and co-production through lectures by professors from other universities.
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Lect: 3 hrs.
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961
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2-D and Object Animation
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This course is an introduction to the world of 2-D animation and stop-frame object animation. It will include discussion of the history and aesthetic aspects of animation and also allow students to produce their own pieces. Equipment and software for simple animated projects will be introduced, and film, video, new media and interactive forms of delivery will be discussed. (Formerly BDC 961).
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Lab: 3 hrs.
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962
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Interaction Design
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In this course, students will learn and define modes of interactivity that are available to create experiences and the qualities required to design interesting interactions. The course will examine the history and development of the dialogue surrounding the modern idea of interaction from its influences in theatre, performance, and kinetic sculpture. Students will also explore creative applications of communication paradigms, including the design implications of alternative modalities and practices with the changing cultures of presentation-reception.
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Lect: 3 hrs.
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This course explores graphic and web design from an aesthetic and functional point of view. Students will learn about the software and technology needed to acquire, manipulate and render effective visual images, and will experience the planning, production, and launch of a web site, using the latest web design and management software. Designing for human usability will be discussed as well as limitations of technology in order to maximize the impact of the creative material. (Formerly BDC 963).
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964
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Emerging Technology for Media Makers
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This course covers developing practices, cultures and technologies at the intersection of digital and real-world production. Students will discuss and create within Virtual Worlds, Augmented Reality, virtual characters/sets and location-aware content, analyzing developing trends and creating innovative cross-media content. (Formerly BDC 964).
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965
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Advanced New Media Topics
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This course will allow students to explore leading-edge research, developments and projects in new media. New media practitioners and researchers will be encouraged to submit proposals for this workshop. Collaborative and community-based projects will also be actively sought and encouraged. The particular structure of the workshop will be responsive to the nature of the ongoing projects but the students will be active participants in the design, development and prediction of the accepted projects.
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Lab: 3 hrs.
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966
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Cooperative Internship
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This course gives students the opportunity to work in professional production situations and settings which provide them with professional experience with the medium/media of choice. Internship contacts are the responsibility of the student. All internships are subject to departmental approval in advance. (For senior BFA students only)
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Lect: 3 hrs.
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967
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Interactivity and Net-working
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This course examines the notion of interactivity and networking in establishing an experiential culture in early 21st century western society. Using selected historical and contemporary case studies, students will explore the interrelated cultural phenomena of interactivity and networking and will study how experiential culture influences their profession.
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Lect: 3 hrs.
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Through hands-on, participatory and practice based strategies this course will explore how DIY culture and rapidly changing technology platforms expand, alter and enhance personal practice. By focusing on several strands of this new web, currently being woven, we will examine how new and emerging technologies can be incorporated into daily practice. We will develop strategies for adopting new methods and materials and reflect upon how new practices inspire or challenge us.
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969
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Television Technical Producing
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An advanced course in television technical producing, this course is a continuation of technical production knowledge obtained in previous context and craft courses in television (both multicamera and EFP). Students will explore large live-event coverage (sports, elections, music specials, awards shows), and tours will be arranged to technical production facilities in the Toronto area. The course culminates with a live teleproduction at the end of the semester. (Formerly BDC 972).
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970
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Lighting, Grip and Effects Specialty
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Lighting and special effects technicians work behind the scenes to add realism or dramatic effect to a television production. This course will engage the student in theoretical and practical aspects of this element of production. Emphasis will be on the aesthetics, professionalism, discipline, technical ability, equipment and safety considerations necessary to achieve the desired results. (Formerly BDC 973).
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971
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Audio Post Production and Sound Design
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This course will introduce students to the creative and technical aspects of creating a soundtrack for the moving image. Through a combination of lecture, screenings, discussion, and practical workshop modes, students will learn about the audio post production process, including dialog recording and replacement (ADR), Foley and sound effects editing, music and score, and mixing techniques. (Formerly BDC 974).
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This course will cover practices and principles of analog and digital sound synthesis and their historic origins; related audio equipment and applications; theories of sound samplers; algorithmic composition; synthesizers and sequencers; computer music; digital signal processing; computer synchronization; and MIDI applications in sound synthesis and recording production. Advanced sound synthesis techniques are studied and supplemented with sound synthesis studio laboratory work. (Formerly BDC 975).
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973
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Independent Production
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In this course senior students produce professional level audio, video or new media projects following a carefully designed planning process. This course is for that individual student who wishes to stretch their technical, organizational and, most importantly, creative skills on a project that does not fit within the constraints of the fourth year Master Thesis. (Formerly BDC 976).
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Radio Broadcasting
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The course will explore commercial and public radio programming and production. Radio advertising and formats will be explored. Students will have the opportunity to practice their skills in these areas by planning and producing content that reflects various formats and target demographics. (Formerly BDC 979).
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Lab: 3 hrs.
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975
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Video Compositing and Special Effects
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A large number of images that appear on our TV screens are treated with special effects prior to completion. Students will work with a range of basic image treatment software and will acquire skills on more sophisticated systems both on and off campus. They will learn the why and when for such effects treatments as special effects decisions can involve ethical elements. (Formerly BDC 982)
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Lab: 3 hrs.
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976
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Broadcast Journalism
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In this course, students will learn foundational aspects of broadcast journalism and build hands-on skills in news gathering and reporting for radio and TV. Students will learn what makes a story 'newsworthy,' news ethics, how to write broadcast news stories, researching, fact-checking, gathering actualities and b-roll, and line-up editing. Students will prepare and execute live news reports regularly as part of the course evaluation.
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Lab: 3 hrs.
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977
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Current Affairs Production
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Current affairs stories and programs examine events and issues of social and political interest and importance happening in the world right now. They are detailed and well researched, but also artistic and entertaining. In this course students will learn to create unique and interesting video/audio stories and develop their writing and interviewing skills. Then students will work in small groups to create first, a half-hour radio current affairs show and then a half-hour TV program.
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978
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Editing Specialty
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This is an in-depth course designed to provide a thorough understanding of video editing techniques and processes. Through exercises, the process is followed from the initial planning stages to the final edit session. Topics covered include aesthetics and emotion, the importance of audio in video productions, story structure and the editing different genres. Students apply this knowledge to execute a series of projects in a professional editing environment. (Formerly BDC 988).
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Lect: 3 hrs.
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979
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Advanced Television Editing
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Students learn about advanced editing and finishing. Creative use of special effects, filters, colour correction and advanced audio mixing are among the topics covered. As well, organizational skills, post-production protocol, editing for different genres and advanced workflows including budgeting and scheduling needed to handle large amounts of media will be discussed.
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Lect: 3 hrs.
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981
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Advanced Audio Production
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This course is an advanced master class for students specializing in Audio. Building on the basic and intermediate training in the first and second years of the program, this course will explore the theory and practice of Advanced Audio Production. The course will include discussion of the history of audio and focus on the aesthetics of quality audio, and applying these principles to senior level production assignments. (Formerly BDC 601).
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Lab: 6 hrs.
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Advanced Digital Media Production
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This course is an advanced masterclass for students specializing in interactive digital media. Building on the basic and intermediate training in the first and second years of the program, this course explores the theory and practice of an Advanced Interactive Media Production. It includes in-depth case-studies, with a focus on the design, aesthetics, production and performance of interactive media productions. Students plan, design, create and launch large-scale digital-media productions as part of this course. (Formerly BDC 602).
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Lab: 6 hrs.
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983
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Multi-Camera Production -Advanced
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This course is an advanced master class for students specializing in television studio production and multi-camera productions in the field. Building on knowledge and skills acquired in previous courses, students learn advanced TV studio theory and best current practices and apply these principles to production assignments. (Formerly BDC 603).
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Lab: 6 hrs.
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984
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Single-Camera Production - Advanced
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This course concentrates primarily on the aesthetic and production values of the video image, complemented by the progressive investigation of high definition (HD) and lighting technologies. This class investigates how light, colour and the perception of colour, motion, and the compositional elements of dimensionality, visualization and perspective in high definition production can be used at a sophisticated level to tell a story. (Formerly BDC 604).
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Lab: 6 hrs.
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985
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Sound for Video Producers
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A great video production requires great sound. In this course, designed for students primarily interested in video production, students learn various techniques for capturing sound on set and in the field, as well as post-production editing and mixing techniques for a variety of screen-based media. Creative, technical, and theoretical aspects of sound design are also explored.
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International Development
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Students will learn about international development, and the role that media plays in it, through both classroom work and travel abroad to engage in a community development project. Depending on the proposed project, students may be expected to fund raise, create media productions, plan events, and/or teach others how to use and produce media. Enrolment in the course is strictly by permission of the RTA School of Media only. Course may not be offered every year.
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Emerging Media Markets/Entrepreneurship
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Availability of fast and ubiquitous communications networks and the advent of powerful mobile devices such as mobile phones, tablets and wearable technologies have created new opportunities for media economics and how media is curated and consumed. The next generation of media economics and the effect of crowd sourcing, collective intelligence and role of Data Science will be discussed. Students will be exposed to new business models and will learn the importance on product design, and digital media entrepreneurship, its requirements and best practices.
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990
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Intro to Documentary Theory
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This course provides students with an understanding of and appreciation for the documentary genre. Through lectures, breakouts and workshops, students explore documentary history and theory, deconstruct selected master works, study specific subgenres, and learn about funding and marketing strategies for both mainstream and alternative documentary. Students also discuss and debate topics related to documentary practice and ethics and work in teams to conceive and develop documentary stories and pitches.
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The intention of this course is to introduce students to the particulars of sport writing, building upon the theories and practice first introduced in Sport Journalism. A course in sport writing will involve learning the fundamentals of sport writing for television, radio and digital media. Students learn the language of sport writing and are required to write a number of broadcast scripts across all broadcast media.
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Social and Interactive Media for Sports
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In this course students will be introduced to transmedia platforms and their application to the sport industry. By way of lectures, case studies and in-class workshops, students will learn new modes of story-telling by maintaining the overall narrative through multiple outlets. Social media, gamification techniques, digital media and other cross-platform destinations will be examined. This course will also introduce students to the creation of sports games on multiple platforms.
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In this course, students will explore and create a variety of on-air and online graphics used in sport media. An understanding of and ability to develop graphics for promos, show packages, studio shows, tickers, boards, transitions, as well as digital media for online ads, contests, social and print media. Students will develop design and animation skills as it applies to the fast-paced sport media environment, using still, 2D and 3D software.
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Advanced Sportscasting
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This course builds on the content of RTA 235 - Sportscasting. Students will develop their particular areas of interest and career development within the sport industry and grow in their capacity to recognize and respond creatively to opportunity, and initiate and manage change. The course will focus on statistical information presented on various media, the design and implementation of multi-platform sports presentation, and advanced concepts related to the sport media field.
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Embodied Digital Media: Research/Design
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Few digital technologies make use of the connection between our bodies and minds to support creativity and knowledge production. This new research and design centered course will provide students with the unique opportunity to envision the shape of research-based education in digital and embodied media, while working in collaboration with peers from Georgia Tech?s Synaesthetic Media Lab (Synlab) on cutting edge research projects in Tangible and Embodied Interaction for creativity and expression.
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Beyond the Radio Format
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In this course, students will learn about the role of public broadcasting in Canada and beyond, and produce public-style programming such as Current Affairs, Arts and Entertainment, Drama, etc. Additionally, students will study audio podcasting's asynchronous, subscription-based approach and produce their own pilot podcast.
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Advanced Gaming Theory and Practice
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Building on the theoretical and design concepts covered in Gaming Theory and Practice I, this class affords students the opportunity to continue to expand their knowledge surrounding game design, development, and dissemination. This course will cover a myriad of topics, ranging from the historical foundations of video games, through to the importance of audio in gaming, as a means of innovating modern game creation in the growing transmedia landscape.
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Students are given a window into business, organizational and creative practices of the Los Angeles-based media industry. The focus is on television with significant discussion of transmedia and feature films. The course culminates in an intense two weeks in Los Angeles working in small tutorial groups of lectures/case studies/workshops with current US industry professionals. Spring/Summer course which may not be offered every year. (Note: Students bear additional costs for transportation, food and board.)
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