FILM 250 — CINEMATOGRAPHY I (CUR-078)

Summary 🟡 ✓

• Resource type: course
• Owner Unit: Film and Television Production
• College/School: Jarvis College of Computing and Digital Media
• Curriculum section: Art, Media, and Design
• Catalog: FILM 250
• Last Verified: 2026-05-28

Course access

• Level: yellow (Prerequisites Required)
• Rationale: Catalog lists formal prerequisites, co-requisites, or program-status requirements.
• Prerequisites:
• FILM 110 is a prerequisite

Verification

• Status: verified_catalog_course (✓)
• Rationale: Appears in the current official DePaul course catalog search.
• Source URL: catalog.depaul.edu/course-descriptions/film
• Last verified: 2026-05-28

Catalog description

This course is an overview of the technologies and aesthetic principles of cinematography. The concepts covered will include digital formats, measurement and control of exposure, basic lens properties, camera support and movement, rules of composition and the placement and control of light. Class sessions will consist of lectures, demonstrations, hands-on exercises and screenings of selected film clips which demonstrate specific cinematography techniques. FILM 110 is a prerequisite for this class.

Hardware relevance

Hands-on labs, fabrication, instrumentation, or physical production technology described in the official catalog course description.

Notes

Catalog course key: FILM 250. Course offerings and schedules are not verified in this pass.