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2009 Summer Session Course Listings
Note: Northwestern day school students need permission from the dean of their school to enroll in School of Continuing Studies courses. SCS courses are indicated by a -CN after the course number (example: ACCOUNT 204-CN Sec. 28). The majority of Summer Session courses do not need dean approval.
Radio/ Television/ Film
School of Communication
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Foundations of Screenwriting
CAESAR Class Number: 42132
6 weeks,
EVAN,
6/22 - 7/29
MW 6:30 - 9:15pm
Scot Abrahamson
This course will be held in 405 Church Street room 104.
An introduction to writing for the screen (film, TV, and/or computer). Topics include format, the writer's process, structure, genre, character, voice, scope, and context. Handouts and clips provide insight into the craft and process of storytelling and the process of writing itself. Students complete writing exercises and produce a 10- to 20-page script.
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Media Topics: Summer at the Movies
CAESAR Class Number: 42134
6 weeks,
CHIC,
6/23 - 7/30
TuTh 6:30 - 9pm
Patricia Erens
This course will be held in Wieboldt Hall room 507.
This course introduces the fundamentals of film language, especially the moving camera, editing, sound, and special effects. Students learn to analyze film techniques and thematic motifs. Using these skills, students are expected to see five new commercial films playing at Chicago-area venues and to write a short critique of each. After the first week the class meets only once a week; on the second evening, Thursday, students see the assigned film on their own.
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RTVF Genre: TV Sitcom
CAESAR Class Number: 42198
6 weeks,
CHIC,
6/23 - 7/30
TuTh 3 - 5:30pm
Kirsten Pike
This course will be held in Wieboldt Hall room 505.
The sitcom has been one of the most durable genres in the history of television. Until 2005-2006, it was the only genre that had been represented in the annual Nielsen Top 10 lists every year since 1950. Due to its popularity, the sitcom has functioned as an especially significant place for the negotiation of social, cultural, and political ideologies. In order to provide at least a passing familiarity with this enormous genre, this course will survey the history of the TV sitcom from the early 1950s to the present-touching on classics such as I Love Lucy, All in the Family, and The Cosby Show as well as obscurities such as Strangers With Candy. We will study the sitcom as an industrial and aesthetic form, paying particular attention to how ideas about gender, sexuality, race, and class have been circulated to audiences at different historical moments. Ultimately, we will examine how the content and form of sitcoms have changed over time, and we will consider why certain programs were popular (or not) with audiences at specific times in U.S. history.This course counts toward the Weinberg College literature and fine arts distribution requirement, Area VI.
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RTVF Genre:Crime Drama in TV and Film
CAESAR Class Number: 42809
6 weeks,
EVAN,
6/23 - 7/30
TuTh 6:30 - 9pm
Robert Cavanagh
This course will be held in Annie May Swift Hall room 109.
This course counts toward the Weinberg College literature and fine arts distribution requirement, Area VI.
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Internship in Radio/Television/Video/Film
CAESAR Class Number: 42136
8 weeks,
EVAN,
6/22 - 8/14
Days and times are TBA
Roberta Stack
Internship in Evanston. For Northwestern University day-school students only; .25 credits.
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Internship in Radio/Television/Video/Film
CAESAR Class Number: 42202
8 weeks,
Off Campus,
6/22 - 8/14
Days and times are TBA
Carey Graeber
Internship in New York. For Northwestern University day-school students only; .25 credits.
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Internship in Radio/Television/Video/Film
CAESAR Class Number: 42214
8 weeks,
Off Campus,
6/22 - 8/14
Days and times are TBA
David Downs and Roberta Stack
Internship in Los Angeles. For Northwestern University day-school students only; .25 credits.
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Internship in Radio/Television/Video/Film
CAESAR Class Number: 42138
8 weeks,
EVAN,
6/23 - 8/11
Tu 7 - 9pm
Roberta Stack
This course will be held in Annie May Swift Hall room 219.
Internship in Evanston/Chicago. For Northwestern University day-school juniors and seniors only; 1-4 credits.
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Internship in Radio/Television/Video/Film
CAESAR Class Number: 42204
8 weeks,
Off Campus,
6/22 - 8/14
Days and times are TBA
Carey Graeber
Internship in New York. For Northwestern University day-school juniors and seniors only; 1-4 credits.
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Internship in Radio/Television/Video/Film
CAESAR Class Number: 42216
8 weeks,
Off Campus,
6/22 - 8/14
Days and times are TBA
David Downs
Internship in Los Angeles. For Northwestern University day-school juniors and seniors only; 1-4 credits.
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Internship in Radio/Television/Video/Film
CAESAR Class Number: 42230
8 weeks,
Off Campus,
6/22 - 8/14
Days and times are TBA
David Stack
Internship in other cities. For Northwestern University day-school juniors and seniors only; 1-4 credits.
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Internship
CAESAR Class Number: 42232
8 weeks,
EVAN,
6/22 - 8/14
Days and times are TBA
Roberta and Carey Graeber Downs
This course will be held in Annie May Swift Hall room 219.
Internship in other cities. For Northwestern University day-school juniors and seniors only; 1-4 credits.
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Topics in RTVF: Writing Science Fiction
CAESAR Class Number: 42286
6 weeks,
EVAN,
6/23 - 7/30
TuTh 6:30 - 9pm
Heather Ash
This course will be held in Louis Hall room 118.
Good science fiction is good drama (or comedy), but to write it well requires an understanding of the unique expectations and requirements of this wide-ranging genre. Through lectures, writing exercises, and clips from television and film (both recent and iconic), we will explore how science fiction uses the different elements of screenwriting to make the fantastic believable.
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Topics in F/V/A Production: Blocking/Directing Actors for the Camera
CAESAR Class Number: 42810
6 weeks,
EVAN,
6/22 - 7/30
TuTh 12:30 - 3pm
Rusty Gorman
This course will be held in Louis Hall room 106.
The course focuses on the relationship between director, actor and camera. Topics covered include acting basics, script analysis and rehearsal, blocking actors for the camera, shot design, and preparation as a director. Students break down scenes, rehearse actors, block scenes, prepare shot lists and storyboards, and execute a shooting plan. Handouts and clips provide insight into the craft of directing. Students direct scenes from existing work. Students work in teams, when not directing they serve as camera and sound crew on classmate's scenes. Students will critique classmate's work.
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Issues in RTVF: Electronic Media Management
CAESAR Class Number: 42226
6 weeks,
EVAN,
6/22 - 7/29
MW 6:30 - 9pm
Rick Morris
This course will be held in Frances Searle room 2370.
Media is a business and this course surveys how media makes money. We will look at the management of a broad spectrum of media industries, including television, network, cable, radio, and Internet and converged media. Topics include: media acquisition, organization and staffing, financial management, sales and operating budgets, program acquisition, general management theories and practices, individual industry practices and techniques, technology management, and business ethics. Emphasis will be placed on transferable management theories, techniques, and problem solving.
Indicates an Evening Course.
Indicates a Study Abroad Course.
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