DESCRIPTION:

This course, the second of a two-quarter sequence, will provide students with the opportunity to continue to learn the fundamental skills relating to video production as a tool for ministry. Students must have been enrolled in WS508A the preceding quarter. The student will explore a theology of media usage and demonstrate its applicability through small group production of a 3 to 5 minute video for use in a church ministry. Students will continue to learn basic skills in storyboarding, script development, planning, production, editing, and presentation of video projects (including computer programs used in editing) that can be used in ministry. The collaborative and relational processes of motion picture production will be emphasized. There will be participation by guest instructors in various video media specialties.

The twenty-first century church is evolving into a multi-media ministry model that requires ministers to understand and appreciate how to utilize technology as a ministry and outreach tool. This course will provide familiarity with and basic skills relating to the use of media and technology as ministry tools.

The format is designed to allow for the creative time to develop a theologically driven media project as well as to acquire the technical competence to carry the project to completion. The class will meet for a total of ten two-hour meetings, according to a schedule to be distributed in the course syllabus. The last three weeks will be for presentation and evaluation of group projects.

Fowler, J. Editing Digital Film: Integrating Final Cut Pro, Avid, and Media 100. Focal Press, 2001.

Long, B., & S. Schenk. The Digital Filmmaking Handbook with DVD. Charles River Media, 2002.

Muggeridge, Malcolm. Christ and the Media. Regent College Publishing, 1977.

Course Reader.

Viewing: Selected motion pictures, TV shows, and commercials will be viewed (both inside and outside class; these are different from assigned viewing in WS508A).

Chapman, N. and J. Chapman. Digital Media Tools. Wiley Technology Publishing, 2003.

Liestol, G., T. Rasmussen, and A. Morrison, eds. Digital Media Revisited: Theoretical and Conceptual Innovation in Digital Domains. MIT Press, 2003.

Pakstas, A. and R. Komiya, eds. Digital Media and Broadcasting: Virtual Reality Technologies: for Future Telecommunications Systems. John Wiley & Sons, 2002.

Schmitz, B., N. Neubert, and C. Plikat. Navigation for the Internet and Other Digital Media. Ava Publishing, 2002.

Schultze, Quentin W. Internet for Christians. Gospel Films Publications, 1996.

(1) Collaborative production, editing, and presentation of a 3 to 5 minute moving image project (video). (2) Critical evaluations (both oral and written) of the projects developed by the other groups (2 pages each). (3) A 3-5 page paper critically evaluating computer hardware and software used in the production of group project.

The two-quarter course fulfills the Worship, Theology, and Arts specialized course requirements for the M.A. in WTA and the M.Div. concentration in WTA.