Fall 2004/Pasadena
WS508A
Adam
WS508A: MINISTRY AND MEDIA: THEORY AND PRODUCTION (Two Units). Scott Adam.
DESCRIPTION:
- This course, the first quarter of a two-quarter sequence, will
provide students with the opportunity to learn the fundamental skills relating
to video production as a tool for ministry, and will introduce them to the use
of various related forms of media (audio production,) in ministry. Students are
expected to enroll in WS508B the following quarter. The student will explore a
theology of media usage and demonstrate its applicability through small group
development of a 3 to 5 minute video for use in a church ministry. Students
will learn basic skills in storyboarding, script development, and planning of
video projects (including computer programs used in production) that can be
used in ministry. The collaborative and relational processes of motion picture
production will be emphasized.
RELEVANCE FOR MINISTRY:
- 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.
COURSE FORMAT:
- 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 eleven two-hour meetings (including a meeting in the exam week) according to
a schedule to be distributed in the course syllabus.
REQUIRED READING AND VIEWING: Chapters relating to production from the
following texts:
- Selected motion pictures, TV shows, and commercials will be viewed
(both inside & outside class).
- Clevé, Bastian. Film Production Management. 2d ed. Boston:
Focal Press, 2000.
- Davis, W. L., Jr. Screenplay Companion: A Workbook for
Screenwriters. Writeside Productions (P.O. Box 5251, Carson, CA, 90749),
1993.
- Honthaner, Eve Light. The Complete Film Production Handbook. 3d ed.
Boston: Focal Press, 2001.
- Rea, Peter W. and David K. Irving. Producing and Directing the Short
Film and Video. 2d ed. Boston: Focal Press, 2001.
- Straczynski, J. Michael. The Complete Book of Scriptwriting.
Cincinnati: Writer's Digest Books, 2002 (1st paperback ed.).
- Turner, Steve. Imagine: A Vision for the Christian in the Arts.
InterVarsity Press, 2001.
- Wheeler, Thomas H. Phototruth or Photofiction: Ethics and Media Imagery
in the Digital Age. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2002.
- Course Reader.
ASSIGNMENTS:
- Complete all assigned reading and viewing.
- Collaborative development of a storyboard, treatment, and script for group
production project.
- One project, a one-minute video demo
PREREQUISITES:
- WS500 OR WS507 OR ST539 and permission of the Academic Director of
the Brehm Center for Worship, Theology and the Arts.
RELATIONSHIP TO CURRICULUM:
- 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.
FINAL EXAMINATION:
- None.