Hi everybody. 
Look at me, it's your professor!

I'm not just a faceless set of text 
on a screen. I'm actually a real person.

I'm Professor Keller and I'm going to be
your instructor for Cinema 120

Film Aesthetics, this fall semester.

So, a little bit about me and a little bit
about the course.

I actually grew up in the Santa Clarita
Valley.

I went to Meadows Elementary School,
Placerita Jr. High, Hart High School

And COC. I'm actually an alumnus in
addition to being a professor here

A member of the faculty. After my time at 
COC, I went to UC Berkeley, where I got a

B.A. in Film Studies and then I went to
Chapman University, down in Orange County

to get an M.F.A. in Film and Television
Producing. So what do those degrees mean?

Well, the B.A. is in the analytical side
of filmmaking and the M.F.A. is in

the production side of filmmaking,
so I have background in both

But what we're really going to focus on
today, this semester, not today, is the

analytical side because that's what film
aesthetics is. We're going to spend the

next sixteen weeks looking at the various
parts of the filmmaking process

both individually and how they come
together to create a final product.

These include narrative, which is the
writing process.

Mise-en-scene, which is essentially a
fancy term for production design.

Cinematography, the lighting, the
camerawork, all of that sort of stuff.

Acting, pretty self explanatory.

Editing, how do you take all that raw 
material you've shot and cut it together

in such a way that it creates mood,
emotion, and tone, etc.

And lastly, sound, which, to most, seems
like a fairly simple process but is

actually, potentially, the most
complicated and complex part

of the filmmaking process.

The goal is, by the end of the semester
for you to have a better understanding

of these individual processes and elements
and how they come together and, in the end

what I really want is for you to become
a more active viewer, somebody who tries

to understand the intent of the artist,
to understand their meaning, and interact

with the art itself, because that's what
it's there for. You're meant to interact

with it, in addition to enjoying it.

So, we've got a lot of fun movies ahead.
We've got a lot of interesting ground to

cover, and I hope you're as excited as I 
am for all of it.

Alright, let's get going. It's going to be
a good semester.