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DAC 308Cinematic Art and Practice

Units
0.50
Faculty
Arts
Subject
Digital Arts Communication

When it runs

  1. F24
  2. W25
  3. S25
  4. F25
  5. W26
  6. S26
  7. F26
  8. W27
  9. S27

Ran in 3 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: scheduled, 2 lecture sections. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.

This course explores cinematic representation from an audio-visual production perspective. Students will learn different approaches to analyzing cinematic technique in a variety of contexts and genres. As a production-oriented course students will create videographic essays or other formal film project in order to analyze, interrogate, and extend forms of cinematic representation.

Prerequisites

  • Earned at least 0.50 units from DAC

Antirequisites

None listed.

Notes

  • No prior experience of audio, film, or video production is required.

Leads to

No course lists it as a requisite.

Winter 2027 sections

Enrolment from UW Open Data, which can trail Quest by up to two days. Instructors and rooms: Schedule of Classes.
SectionClassEnrolledMeets
LEC 00184190 / 25TTh 13:00–14:20
LEC 701842022 / 9999Online or by arrangement

Reviewed on UW Flow

100% liked it25% easy75% useful

From 2 ratings and 1 comment on UW Flow. The most helpful comments, quoted as written, without names. Read them all on UW Flow.

  • I am only saying this course is difficult because of the effort that it takes to make 2 short films (2 mins) and the final film (10 mins long). Otherwise the class is super chill and fun! We had to do film journals weekly, and then a film analysis which was easy too. The textbook chapters are SUPER long but I just skipped through them. Only complaint is that grades don't come out on time, so you don't really know what grade you are getting until the very end of the term. Overall would recommend, especially if you've taken videography. You do need some editing and film knowledge beforehand but if you've never done it you just need to spend extra time learning editing.

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Discussed on r/uwaterloo

4 posts and comments in 4 threads mention DAC 308, December 2014 to December 2024. Quoted word for word, newest first; each reply sits under the post and the comment that started its branch. Search r/uwaterloo for newer posts.

Spring 2020

DAC 308 4 points, 1 comment

u/Killooa: “Anyone taken DAC 308 Cinematic Art and Practice? - no info or ratings on uwflow, course sounds interesting though. Just trying to get a feel if it is actually good/enjoyable and the difficulty of the course. The class size is pretty small which I have never had experience with.”

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Fall 2017

Any way to disable UWCourseLinker from posting? 16 points, 26 comments

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Fall 2015

Fall 2014

Check it elsewhere for Fall 2026

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