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FILM 450 — CINEMATOGRAPHY (CUR-086)

FILM 450 — CINEMATOGRAPHY is a DePaul University catalog course in Jarvis College of Computing and Digital Media. In this course, students visually translate narrative scripts into meaningful and engaging imagery for cinema. Each week, students will visualize, block and shoot short sequences. Skills-building instruction will include the use of waveform monitors, light meters, cameras, optics, grip equipment, dollies, electricity, and lighting instruments. This class is a hands-on and experiential class with an emphasis on the cinematographer's practical and aesthetic visual choices.

Summary 🟡 ✓

  • Resource type: course
  • College / school: Film and Television Production
  • College/School: Jarvis College of Computing and Digital Media
  • Curriculum section: Art, Media, and Design
  • Catalog: FILM 450
  • Last Verified: 2026-05-28

Access (availability): 🟢 Green — open or routine · 🟡 Yellow — appointment or affiliation · 🔴 Red — restricted · ⚪/⚫ White/Black — not yet classified

Verification: ✓ confirmed · ~ likely · ? needs review · ✕ archived

Course access

  • Access: 🟡 Yellow — Needs an appointment or affiliation
  • Rationale: Catalog lists formal prerequisites, co-requisites, or program-status requirements.
  • Prerequisites:
  • FILM 401 or FILM 410 is a prerequisite
  • FILM 410 is a prerequisite

Verification

Catalog description

In this course, students visually translate narrative scripts into meaningful and engaging imagery for cinema. Each week, students will visualize, block and shoot short sequences. Skills-building instruction will include the use of waveform monitors, light meters, cameras, optics, grip equipment, dollies, electricity, and lighting instruments. This class is a hands-on and experiential class with an emphasis on the cinematographer's practical and aesthetic visual choices. FILM 401 or FILM 410 is a prerequisite for this class.

Resource relevance

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

Notes

Catalog course key: FILM 450. Course offerings and schedules are not verified in this pass.