Week 1 — Introduction
January 12
Overview of digital cinema, course structure, and core ideas.
Weekly Modules
Week 2 — Sculpting Space
January 26
Framing, movement, continuity, and defining cinematic space.
Week 3 — Time Frames
February 2
Duration, montage, rhythm, loops, and subjective time.
Week 4 — Color: Mood and Palette
February 9
Color correction, grading, and expressive color design.
Week 5 — Sound Design
February 23
Voice, ambience, rhythm, and sound as cinematic structure.
Week 6 — Studio Interview Lab
March 2
Lighting, framing, microphones, and recording cinematic presence.
Week 7 — Post-Production Lab
March 9
Editing workflows, sound mixing, color, and montage strategies.
Week 8 — The Video Essay
March 23
Video essays as a cinematic and networked form.
Week 9 — Composing the Video Essay
March 30
Structure, pacing, voice, and audiovisual argument.
Week 10 — Networked Video
April 6
Online circulation, trailers, platforms, and context.
Week 11 — Video Essay Editing Lab
April 13
Refinement, critique, pacing, and final polish.
Week 12 — Submitting to Festivals
April 20
Festivals, submissions, presentation, and distribution.
Week 13 — Showcase
April 27
Screening, reflection, and closing discussion.