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DRAM 8650 - SPFX Special Effects


Effective Start Date: 03/01/2009
Explores advanced techniques in special effects and the materials used to create them. Laboratory assignments establish a basic proficiency in creating special effects using methods of the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries. Includes using a vacuum form machine, plastic foams, casting, mold making, pyrotechnics, blood, ghosts and illusions, using fire arms on stage, and atmospheric effects. Prerequisite: graduate standing M.F.A. program or instructor permission.

Credits: 3
Grading Basis: Student Option