Contact: Chris Holley, City of Chattanooga

Telephone: 423.855.9474

Email: holley_c@chattanooga.gov

Now in its third year at Chattanooga State, the Professional Film & Television Training Curriculum is known for its success in graduating skilled professionals, many of whom are now working film craft workers in the growing motion picture industry of the southeastern region.

Past classes, or “advanced practicums”, as they are called, have specialized in film craft areas as diverse as film lighting & gripping, camera assisting, production management, location scouting, and field sound production.

The latest offering, Art Direction for Film, adds the all‐important role of the Production Designer to the mix. In consultation with the director and the cinematographer, it is the production designer, and their collaborative partner the art director, who are largely responsible for the “look” of a feature film. With the advent of digital technology and computer-generated imagery,the art department is coming to the fore not only in its traditional role of pre‐production, but of generating much of the action actually seen onscreen.

The class will be taught by Kris Jones, who has served as the film program’s teaching assistant and social marketing arm for the past two years in the recognizable role of “Cameraman Conrad”. Kris holds two technical degrees in media technology and is currently enrolled in the Interior Design program at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.

Subjects covered in the class will include such areas as set design, traditional and electronic storyboarding (“pre‐vis”), and the history and use of both traditional and digital special effects in modern cinematic storytelling.

Students interested in the class should co‐enroll in: PFTT 249 (“Special Topics” -‐ Art Direction)(CRN: 12207) and PFTT 299 (“Advanced Practicum”).

The Advanced Practicum is the internship component of the class. Students will be placed with one of 63 local production entities to earn their 90 hours of on‐the‐set training. In addition, all students successfully completing the class will be awarded a certificate by the Chattanooga Southeast Tennessee Film Commission and listed in the local production directory database. Access to the directory is provided to visiting production companies who decide to use Chattanooga as their primary location, and it is from such local production directories that visiting film companies fill their crew needs for entry-level positions.

The first session of class is on Wednesday, January 18th from 5:30 -‐ 8:30 p.m. Students can register online until Wednesday, January 11 without a late fee at: Chattanoogastate.edu

Traditional credit students as well as those enrolling via Continuing Education are encouraged to take the class.

Should students need assistance in registering for the class, they are asked to contact Assistant

Professor Chris Willis via any of the following:

Office: MTC-107 (old Channel 45 television station on campus)

Chattanooga State Community College

4501 Amnicola Highway, Chattanooga, TN 37406‐1097

Phone: 423.697.3151 Fax: 423.697.2539

chris.willis@chattanoogastate.edu