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THE UNIVERSITY OF BAMENDA

FACULTY OF ARTS

FACULTY OF ARTS COURSE DESCRIPTION FOR MA THEATRE, TELEVISION AND FILM

STUDIES

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MA in Theatre, Television and Film Studies (four semesters) TTFS 601: Research Methodology

Researching and writing an article or dissertation or thesis is predicated by a number of parameters including

the choice of a subject, library and field research, the collection, classification and analyses of data, the research

project, bibliography, etc. The actual process of writing in good scientific language including cross-references,

quotations and the overall presentation of the finished work constitute the point of focus.

Key words: Research, methodology, topic, problem, hypothesis, data collection, data classification, data

analysis, bibliography, etc.

TTFS 602: Cameroon Theatre Production

The student will study the phenomenon of theatre production in Cameroon. Is it possible to talk of theatre

production where there are no theatre halls? The student will go on internship with a theatre company of his/her

choice and will write a twenty page report.

TTFS 603: Advanced Acting and Directing for the Stage

This practical course provides an investigation of various approaches to acting on stage designed to give

students the skills required to act in professional theatre. It is combined with directing in order to enable

students work on acting and directing as in a full production. The directing is also practical with particular

attention on play directing, script analysis, blocking, auditions, casting, design concepts, scheduling and

conducting rehearsals, communication techniques for artistic collaboration, and ends with a presentation of

scene work.

TTFS 604: Practicum in Theatre Production

Design projects in areas of scenery, costume, lighting, sound, or make up

TTFS 605: Script Writing

Workshop in planning, preparing, and writing manuscripts for stage; emphasis on handle materials, play

structure, characterization, and dialogue.

TTFS 606: Creative Drama and Language Arts

Advanced techniques in using creative drama to teach literature and language. Emphasis on use of drama in

teaching of reading and world literature. Practical experience through fieldwork in primary or secondary school

classrooms.

TTFS 607: Entrepreneuship

This course seeks to expose students to the principles and concepts of entrepreneurship. Students will be trained

on developing an entrepreneurial mind, developing a competitive business plan, carrying out feasibility studies

and developing a successful marketing plan. At the end of the course, students will be expected to be able to

develop a business plan and be able to carry out feasibility studies for the business.

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TTFS 608: Seminar

This course expects students to learn about proposal writing and present their seminars to a departmental

commission. Students will be trained on what constitutes a proposal. At the end of the course, students will

present seminars on their MA project dissertation to a departmental jury.

TTFS 609: Set Design

History of set design and application of contemporary styles to various types of dramatic production.

TTFS 610: Voice for Performers

The gradual accumulation of voice exercises from relaxation and breathing to a fully realised vocal warm up

to prepare actors for performing. Emphasis on breathing, relaxation, resonation, articulation, diction, and

pronunciation; diction and dialects.

TTFS 611: Costume and Make-up for Theatre

This course focuses on Make-up for theatre and Current materials and practices of costume technology:

advanced construction techniques, fabric selection and use, period pattern drafting, draping, and cutting.

TTFS 612: Movements for Performers

Ballet and the introduction of special skills from the Western tradition including workshops on fencing, social

dance, fans, bows and curtsies, and the influence of costume on body movement. The course continues with

modern dance and postmodern choreography. The last part of the course looks at viewpoints and

improvisational approaches to theatre movement. Workshops and research in biomechanics, commedia

dell’arte, Grotowski and composition.

TTFS 613: Lighting Design and Technology in Theatre Production

Advanced design theories and lighting practice for theatre and dance. Laboratory and production related

activities. Use of electrics for the stage. Lighting, and computer. Practical applications emphasized.

TTFS 614: Scene Writing Lab

The course will explore the art of writing scenes. Students will engage the study of scene through the practice,

the critical screenings of films and theatrical scenes, staged scene clinics, and dramatic enactments.

TTFS 615: Sound Design and Technology in Theatre Production

Theories and techniques of sound design and reinforcement for theatrical performance. Laboratory experience

in sound production. Use of electrics for the stage. Sound, and computer. Practical applications emphasized.

TTFS 616: The Business of Production

Course acquaints the student with the business of performing industries as well as the positions,

responsibilities, and best practices of those employed by the media.

TTFS 617: The Business of Acting

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Prepare actors for the business aspects of their careers: casting protocol, head shots, marketing a career, talent

representation, professional behaviour and unions.

TTFS 618: Genre Writing

Focus on the history, structure, and development of a selected genre of narrative scriptwriting including, but

not limited to, Romantic Comedy, Comedy, Action, Thriller, and Horror.

TTFS 619: Pitching Workshop

Developing and maintaining the skills of pitching script ideas to agents, managers, producers, directors, and

other industry representatives.

TTFS 620: The Business of Writing

The basics of the business of writing through lectures and discussion, providing strategies for marketing

theatre, television and film screenplays.

TTFS 621: Research methodology/Film/Television Analysis and Research

Study of methods of film analysis and research. Course covers the major approaches to film analysis, the tools

used in film research, and the problems and methods of film historiography.

TTFS 622: Narrative theory and practice for Screenwriting

Study and the practice of the fundamentals of narrative, the art of visual storytelling, and the elements of dramatic

writing for the screen. Narrative strategies for establishing structure, pacing, setting, characterization and dialogue will

be provided through model films and writing exercises.

TTFS 623: Television/Film Theory and Rhetoric

This course analyses film through classical theories developed by such formalists as Sergei Eisenstein and

Rudolf Arnheim, and realists such as Andre Brazin and Siegfried Kracauer. It also explores modern film

theories informed by structuralism, semiotics, psychoanalysis, narratology, et.al. in order to help students gain

an understanding of individual films, widespread filmmaking practices, important film movements, and the

cultural impact of cinema. This will enable students read films critically and understand the fact that there are

differing styles in film production and so better appreciate every film type they encounter in the world of film.

Films, like literary texts, can be decoded or “read” to uncover multiple levels of meaning. While cinema uses

language to communicate meaning, it also adds visual imagery, movement and sound. The rhetoric of film

becomes more complex than the rhetoric of literature; “figures of speech” become “figures of speech, image,

sound and movement”. Like literary texts, motion pictures employ different narrative styles and use

punctuation devices to create meaning by linking and separating parts of the film. Through screening and

discussion this class investigates techniques used by cinematic innovators.

Key issues: film theory, semiotics, film language and style

TTFS 624: Creative Producing and Development

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An introduction to the creative process of finding and developing material for film and television. The course

will examine evaluating and developing existing literary material; developing new stories from current events,

life issues and developing fictional material. Students will learn about the role of the producer in working with

writers, agents and studio/network executives during the development process.

TTFS 625: Marketing, Exhibition, Distribution and Reception

An overview of the entertainment marketplace, focusing on the capabilities of the major studios. This course offers an

application of advertising, marketing, and public relations principles to the motion picture and television industries

through the development of motion picture marketing plans, including positioning statements, media and promotional

plans, and synergistic activities. Learn Entrepreneurship qualities that will help the filmmaker sell their products to the

whole world.

TTFS 626: Advanced Dialogue Writing Workshop

Students discuss, criticize, and evaluate screenplays and plays in order to understand and improve their ability

to write dialogue. Students work within their chosen genre and form, and the guidelines of various genres and

forms are examined. Lecture and writing workshop combined.

TTFS 627: New Media Technology

Complementary course in New Media Technology and computing and how this impacts on the art of filmmaking and

how the student can use the computer and its components in preparing for their productions and in writing their end of

semester projects and their thesis. How the internet for instance could be used to propagate the filmmaker’s final

product.

In the ever-changing world of the motion picture industry, it is essential for a filmmaker to keep abreast of evolutions

in new media technology. New media trends are nearly impossible to predict. The climate changes so quickly that

often times, revolutionary new ideas face obsolescence within months of their inception. Screenwriting softwares and

other softwares for other film production processes will be looked at here. This class immerses students in this

maelstrom of technological developments.

It provides insight into the corporate world and the communication skills and techniques, including creating computer–

generated graphics, needed to be successful in today's business environment. A practical look at organizing and

creating visual communication for the board room, trade show, and business meeting is also scrutinised.

TTFS 628: Writing the Adaptation

A practical workshop in adapting to the big screen material from other media, such as novels, plays, short

stories, magazine articles and biographical materials, popular cultural performances as well as histories,

nonfiction and memoirs. Students would learn how to pick out material from the numerous stories and events

within their own cultures and turn these into exiting screen plays.

TTFS 629: Reception of Spectators

How do spectators react when they watch a show? What tools do they have to be able to discern a good show

from a bad one? Are there any universal parameters for such appraisals?

TTFS 630: Feature Screenwriting and Short Script Workshop

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This course would start with a workshop on screenwriting fundamentals building blocks upon which all film and

television writing are based: visualization, dialogue, scenes, sequences, and basic dramatic structure. Students begin

with writing exercises and proceed to the development of several short scripts. Film genre, type, style and format will

be treated within this course. They will then proceed to an initial study of the problems and possibilities presented by

the feature length screenplay. They will write three or more ideas for feature stories, develop one of these into a

treatment, then complete the first act, or thirty pages, of a feature screenplay based on the treatment.

Key issues: film language and style, dialogue and dramatic structure, treatment

TTFS 631: Media Arts, Theatre and Society

Historical and current relationship between media arts, theatre and society. Study scholars and practitioners

who address questions regarding contemporary roles, potentials and impacts of these arts and professions.

TTFS 632: Production Workshop

Production workshop is designed to demystify the craft of filmmaking. It is a hands-on class in which students

stage and shoot exercises under the supervision of the instructor. The technical aspects of filmmaking are seen

as tools to realize the story. Through this in-class practice, students learn to articulate the objective of a given

scene, which allows the necessary craft and techniques to follow. The rules and tools of mise-en-scene and

continuity are defined and practiced. This applies to the use of lenses, lighting, performance, and editing.

TTFS 633: Trends in Theatre, Television and Film Criticism

Research into the criticism of drama and theatre tends to be based on the use of symbols and signs and their

interpretation. The study of semiotics and signs of communication are a prerequisite. This is also application

to signs and their significations as elements of communication in film and television.

TTFS 634: Budgeting and Scheduling

This course teaches students how to break down a film script for budgeting and scheduling purposes. Students

learn how to use all the necessary forms in their own short films. The importance of having a finished script

before going into a shoot is stressed as it applies to creating realistic budgets and schedules.

TTFS 635: Creative Writing Seminar

Workshop course in which students further develop skills in the writing and analysis of narrative screenplays. Study of

methods of film analysis and research. This course covers the major approaches to film analysis, the tools used in

research.

TTFS 636: Acting for Directors

This course adheres to the philosophy that to direct actors one must understand and experience acting as art

and methodology. In these classes, directing students become actors. Students learn how to identify a

screenplay's emotional "beats" and "character objectives" to help them understand and improve their actors'

performances. Students are prepared to not only communicate and collaborate with their actors, but how to

actualize the best emotional outcome of a scene. Through exercises, students learn how an actor trains

him/herself physically and emotionally. Sensory work, emotional recall, and improvisations are the tools to

which students are exposed to teach them how an actor is able to live out a character's reality.

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TTFS 637: Writing a High Concept Screenplay

A high concept script could be defined as an original concept with mass-market appeal that can be sold via a pitch. The

goal of this course is twofold: to create an interactive environment with students through pitching and outlining/writing

about 30 pages of a “high concept” script. Regular out of class conferences with the instructor are essential.

TTFS 638: Script Supervision: Efficient Shooting

In this interactive course students learn how proper script supervision can help filmmakers effectively tell their

stories. Students break down their thesis scripts and learn an advanced and efficient approach to the

organization and management of the shooting day. Students are challenged to maximize the efficiency of

shooting schedules and learn practical techniques for creating and preserving spatial and temporal continuity

in their films.

TTFS 639: Rewrites

This is a course in which the students would develop one of the scripts written in the fourth year into a full screenplay.

During the process there will be a lot of rewriting taking place. Here emphasis will be on critique and applying that

criticism on the rewrite of the student’s screenplay. In an intensive classroom workshop environment they will examine

the basic three-act structures it applies to screenwriting; the development of film characters which fulfill those story

requirements; the need for a strong, identifiable theme and emotional through-line in their screenplays; tightening and

punching up the dialogue; and ways in which to sustain second acts.

TTFS 640: Pre-production, Production & Post-production

Students end the semester with a finished script of up to 15 pages. They continue to improve these scripts in

one-on-one consultations with their mentors and as they work with scenes from their scripts in their other

classes. During the instruction period they find locations, cast, and design their shoots. They continue to meet

with instructors in one-on-one advisement sessions to get feedback on their shooting script, casting,

storyboards, floor plans, schedules and budgets. Each student receives five shooting days, according to a

production schedule designed in class. Students work on their classmates' films in the principal crew roles.

Schedules are designed to allow for days off between productions and for last-minute preparations for the

subsequent shoot. The production period is as intense and demanding as a professional feature film shoot.

After the production period, students begin editing their films. They screen rough-cuts of their films for the

directing instructor and their mentors and receive feedback before presenting their finished films to an invited

audience at the end of the semester. Throughout the post-production period, the editing instructor is available

for consultation. They finish their films with a digital sound mix on the computer. Some students may choose

to do more elaborate sound work and take their films to a professional sound mixer.

TTFS 641: The Business of Writing

The basics of the business of writing through lectures and discussion, providing strategies for marketing

theatre, television and film screenplays.

TTFS 642: Cinematography and Lighting

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A study of video and motion picture photography as a means of aesthetic expression and communication.

Includes lecture and practical application on camera operation, lenses, filters, videotape, exposure,

composition, formats, location and studio techniques.

From the first week of the course, students are trained to use a camera and its accessories. On the second day,

they perform test shoots to learn how to get a correct exposure, the effect of different lenses, focusing, and in-

camera effects. In lighting class, they learn fundamental lighting techniques through shooting tests. As they

progress through the workshop, students learn how to support the mood of the story with lighting choices and

they experiment with expressive lighting styles. Students will get to learn and understand the duties of director

of photography, lighting director, gaffer, and electrician

TTFS 643: Film Aesthetics: Advanced Composition & Performance Design

This class further explores the aesthetic elements of mise-en-scene: shot choice, composition, setting, point-

of-view, action of the picture plane, and movement of the camera. Starting where the first semester directing

class left off, students learn how to cover a dialogue scene with a series of shots as well as more sophisticated

approaches to coverage including the use of dollies. Students practice different approaches to coverage by

breaking down scenes from their own scripts. They create floor plans and shot lists, and then discuss their

choices with the instructor.

TTFS 644: Sound, Stage, Scene Workshop

In this hands-on workshop, students gain the valuable experience of shooting on a sound stage. Working with

dollies, cranes, flats, standing sets, green screens, and the many other elements inherent to filmmaking on a

closed stage, students are exposed to a professional filming environment. Students shoot several in-class group

projects including a music video, and are encouraged to make use of all of the tools at their disposal.

TTFS 645: Location Synchronous Sound Recording and Sync-Sound Editing Workshop

This hands-on class teaches students how to record sync & sound for their projects. Location recording, sound

mixing and boom operation are practiced using scenes from the students' scripts. In a series of sync-sound

production exercises, students shoot scenes on DV or HD Through these exercises, students are able to make

any necessary adjustments to their scripts and shooting plans before their films go into production. These

practice scenes are fully pre-produced (storyboarded, cast, scouted, rehearsed and pre-lighted) and treated as

actual productions.

Students gain experience working together and fill all the key crew positions (Director, Director of

Photography, Sound Recordist, Gaffer, Grip, and Boom Operator). They spend a full production day shooting

each scene with the same lighting, sound, and camera support they will use on their own films. They work with

a grip equipment package (flags, nets, gels, stands, and clamps) and practice how to control light. Students

come out of a series of production workshops with practical producing, directing, lighting, shooting, and

location sound recording experience. Sound is recorded using digital harddrive recorders, portable mixers,

shotgun microphones, and wireless lavalier microphones.

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In this course also, film footage is imported to Final Cut Pro or the desired editing programme where students

learn to sync and edit with dialogue. This experience provides students with the hands-on technical training

they need to edit their own projects. An even greater benefit is the creative discoveries students make when

they compare the very different versions that are edited from the same material. With this hands-on practice in

sync-sound editing, students go into production on their own films with a full understanding of the challenge

that awaits them after the shoot.

TTFS 646: Lighting for Video

An introduction to the basic principles and concepts of lighting as used in motion picture and computer graphics and

how they relate to and differ from each other. Students will develop digital and physical lighting schemes for objects,

interiors and worlds. Topics covered will include the historical perspective, terms and concepts, physics of light,

lighting style, storytelling with light, and professional practice.

TTFS 647: Advanced Line Producing and Business Workshop

In this class, students analyse budgets and schedules of feature films in order to gain an understanding of these

two key elements in preparing a project for production. In later sessions, students prepare a budget and a

schedule for their own feature projects to be used in the production package.

As burgeoning film professionals, they learn the importance of balancing their artistic inclinations with a

thorough understanding of the business of filmmaking and the industry as a whole. Topics such as option

agreements, financing, licensing, film festivals, representation, distribution and marketing are covered.

An examination of the role of marketing, distribution and exhibition in the international motion picture and

television industries. Students will investigate domestic and major international marketing areas and learn how

publicity and advertising campaigns, distribution platforms, distributor-exhibitor relations, distribution deals,

release patterns and campaign design/implementation differ from area to area.

A study of the international legal and ethical issues facing creative producers as they seek to obtain the rights

to material and to protect the rights of individuals associated with their productions through contracts,

intellectual property, chain of title and copyright.

TTFS 648: Hands-on Camera and Lighting – Digital Video

This course is designed to help students to master digital video photography including white balance, shutter

speed, focus, video latitude, gels, and filters. Through hands-on exercises, students explore digital video and

learn how it differs from film. Working with boom-poles and external shotgun microphones, students learn

how to get the best quality sound recording. Emphasis will be on hands-on application and creative use of the

concepts of composition, lighting and camera movement as forms of expressing and emphasizing dramatic

content. Students will shoot, edit and analyse their own material

TTFS 649: Internship: Industry Perspective

Students undertake an internship with a TV production house or with a film crew. A 20 pages report is

presented at the end of the internship signed by the internship supervisor.

TTFS 650: Advanced Camera & Lighting

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Students are trained to operate DV, HD cameras, and accessories. Through hands-on practice they learn:

• Loading cassettes and lenses

• Use of battery and charger

• Use of tripod

• Testing and preventing problems

• Creating scene files on HD

• Shooting HD at 720 and 1080

• HD workflow

• Clapping

• Functions of all moving parts

• Eye-piece and zoom lens

• Marking focus pulls and zooms

• Labeling cassettes and cassette storage devices

• Focal lengths, filters, and apertures

• Use of dolly and track

TTFS 651: POV: Point of View

Each shot in a film expresses a point of view, and in narrative film, the point of view changes often, sometimes

with each new shot. For the most part, point of view-- which is often called narrative stance-- is largely invisible

to the audience, though the accumulated effect of the changes profoundly affects the way the audience

interprets any scene. Students will analyse different ways to create a point of view through visual means: POV

Shot Construction, Camera Placement and the 180 Degree Rule, Shot Size, Shot Constructions such as Over

the Shoulder Construction, In Depth and Linear Staging and Blocking, Lens choice, and Sound Design, etc.

The POV project is designed for students to explore the various techniques directors use to create a character's

point of view in a scene. Each student receives a scene from a feature script from their directing teacher that

features two characters. Each student will design and direct the scene from one's characters' point of view on

digital video.

TTFS 652: Advanced Cinematography I: Painting with Light

This class immerses students in the technical and creative demands of cinematography. The use of color

correcting filters and gels is practiced through shooting tests. Lighting and contrast ratios are reviewed. In

addition, students learn the most economical ways to light a scene by shooting set-ups from their own

storyboards. A special focus on lighting for and shooting with HD teaches students how to achieve a film look

and maximize possibilities of working with this format.

TTFS 653: Multi-Camera Field Production

Using multi–cameras, students will plan and produce a series of live–on–tape remote productions. The content

of the series may vary including live sports events, music concerts, and dramatic productions. As decided by

the master of the course, if it is offered as a drama emphasis course, students will plan and produce a series of

live–on–tape remote productions centered entirely live plays on the stage.

TTFS 654: Fundamentals of Editing

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The course gives students an insight into the theories of editing since Sergei Eisenstein, Rudolf Arnheim, Andre

Brazin, Siegfried Kracauer and Poduvkin. Provides students with an intensive hands-on experience editing projects

electronically. This course will introduce the student to the theory and practice of film-style editing on the computer

using a non-linear computer editing system

TTFS 655: Advanced Cinematography II

This hands-on study of the art and craft of motion picture photography provides the student with multiple

approaches towards intelligent and artistic ways of shooting. It is an in depth analysis of painting and sculpting

with light, cinematographic control of the aesthetic, and the emotional possibilities of a well designed and

executed photographic image. Students who wish to crew as Director of Photography on any Year Two thesis

films are strongly encouraged to do so.

TTFS 656: Audio Design

An advanced course in the art and science of post–production. Students will provide post–production audio design and

support for advanced film and video. Proper methods of studio recording, sound effects recording, SMPTE time code

systems, signal processing, multiple soundtrack construction, and mixing using a digital workstation are emphasized.

TTFS 658: Principals of Degital Editing

Students are taught multiple aesthetic approaches to editing film and video. They learn how to apply concepts

such as temporal continuity and spatial continuity, as well as less traditional discontinuous editing techniques

to their work. Students also discuss the psychological and emotional effects of editing on the overall story.

Additionally, students learn to operate the Final Cut Pro digital editing system. Each student edits his or her

own films. Classes are supplemented with individual consultations at the computer.

TTFS 659: Advanced Post Production

In a series of lectures, field trips, and hands-on demonstrations, students study the constantly evolving world

of high end digital Post-Production and finishing to film. Many aspects of Post- Production including datacine,

Efilm, color timing, sound editing, sound track mastering, effects compositing, ADR, foley, etc will be

explored.

TTFS 660: Motion Capture

Students will learn to use motion capture to create and manipulate motion in the 3–D environment and create

3–D animations and digital composites for the purposes of visual storytelling. Students will explore the art and

technique of creating visual effects for use in film and learn about industry standards.

TTFS 661: Intermediate Editing

This is the first of a two-part course which provides the student with advanced training in the theory and practice of

editing in the narrative, moving image form. Through work as an editor on advanced level projects, the student will

focus on the appropriate uses of both conventional and unconventional editing and sound design techniques to

effectively tell a story laying emphasis on:

Visual Narrative

The Language of Editing

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Non-linear Editing

Colour Correction

Motion Design

Combining footage appropriately

Compositing

Working flexibly with elements from 3D animation

Achieving quality objectives

Working in a tapeless environment

Quality, flexibility and cost issues; comparing film, HD, SD and DV

TTFS 662: Sync-Sound Editing

This hands-on class teaches students how to sync sound for their projects. In this course, film footage is

imported to Final Cut Pro or the desired editing programme where students learn to sync and edit with dialogue.

This experience provides students with the hands-on technical training they need to edit their own projects. An

even greater benefit is the creative discoveries students make when they compare the very different versions

that are edited from the same material.

TTFS 663: Music and Montage in Film

Students are introduced to the relationship between sound and film, as well as to narrative tools like montage

and jump cuts. Students are encouraged to explore a more personal form of visual storytelling. Working on a

film, students choose a piece of music. In the editing room, they cut their images to work in concert with, or

in counterpoint to, the music. Students should experiment with rhythm and pacing. Each student writes, directs,

shoots, edits, and screens a film of up to four minutes. In addition to storyboards, students may use a still

camera to plan their films. This assists them in their choice of locations, angles, and lighting.

TTFS 664: Master’s Seminar: Industry Perspectives

On a week-to-week basis, industry professionals address the PCI master’s students following a screening of their recent

work. A broad cross-section of the film community are represented in this lecture series, ranging from directors,

producers, editors, production designers, and special effects directors. Students are exposed to multiple avenues for

potential employment in the film industry. All lectures are followed by an extensive Question and Answer session.

TTFS 666: Scientific Writing I

This course is designed to help students succeed in writing tasks they might be given or will be faced as part of their

academic course. Topics to be treated include: Purpose of academic writing; various types of academic writing; the

format of long and short writing tasks; the features of academic writing; the writing process; elements of writing,

accuracy in writing, writing models.

TTFS 667: Scientific Writing II

This course is a continuation of scientific writing I. It further exposes students to techniques of scientific writing

in order to prepare them to dissertation writing. It will train students on techniques and approaches of writing

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different kinds of dissertation and research papers. It also trains students on methods of presentation of research

material.

TTFS 668: Genres

The question of genres in drama, theatre, film and television is the subject of this course. The student should

be able to distinguish between genres in drama, theatre and film; and to give the characteristics of each.

TTFS 669: Psychology of Theatre, Television and Film

Theatre, television and Film are approached from a psychological perspective. A look is also taken at the

psychoanalytical lens used in viewing the impact of a performance on its audience.

TTFS 670: Theatre and Film in Classroom

This course looks at methods of teaching theatre and film in primary and secondary schools. Emphasis on

pedagogy, organization of curriculum, play selection, and principles of producing plays in the classroom are

considered vital.

TTFS 671: Sociology of Theatre, Television and Film

Students are taught how to approach a theatre, television or film product from a sociological perspective. They

also look at the way these art forms influence society and how society in turn, influences them.

TTFS 672: Semiology of Spectacles

In this course the student is expected to present critical perspectives on his/her personal readings of theatre

productions and films from a semiotic angle.

TTFS 674: Single and Multiple Camera Directing and Production

This course focuses on the aesthetic, practical concerns, operational process, human and technological needs

of professional single camera film and video production. It also presents a hands-on approach to the production

of seven basic multiple camera television formats.

TTFS 675: Arts, Culture and Development

The arts are an emanation from culture. The question here is how do the arts and culture contribute to

development? In other words, what is the state of the entertainment industry in Cameroon? In these days of so

much talk about professionalism, can the entertainment industry find its place in the hearts of business men?

TTFS 680: MA Dissertation/Production

Students either write a dissertation or present a production in their area of specialization.