Studio-Scale Production
Since Academic Year 111, we have promoted the “Studio-Scale Production” co-teaching course. By combining course structure with an industry apprenticeship model, students experience professional film/TV workflows on campus and strengthen their industry readiness. Centered on cross-disciplinary team collaboration, the training covers script development, pre-production, shooting, picture editing, and sound design. Students rotate through professional units—directing, producing, cinematography, art, sound, and post—mirroring a real production set.
Since AY111, five large-scale productions have been completed: Massalove, Game of Yearning, Trapped, Aria, and EVE. Genres span romance, supernatural, thriller, and sci-fi, showcasing ISU students’ creative range and technical strength. Beyond cuts and trailers, the course documents making-of materials—from directors and actors to each technical department—embodying the philosophy “learn through creation, realize through making,” and setting a new benchmark for ISU’s film education and industry collaboration.
Showcase of Major Productions
Massalove
Game of Yearning
Trapped
Deep-Bowl Course | “ISU Kitchen” Healthy Cooking Program
This course integrates the strengths of the College of Communication & Design, the College of Tourism & Hospitality, and the College of Medicine, offering hands-on modules in nutrition and health, culinary arts, film/TV production, and channel operations.
Its goal is to cultivate multi-skilled, practice-oriented talents capable of running a real channel. Students learn by doing—culinary techniques, recipe design, nutrition planning, video production, post-production, and subsequent channel management—producing tangible outputs (signature dishes, videos, and a channel) and operating the channel as the product platform.
Innovative Teaching | Set/Scene Practicum
This course tackles gaps in traditional art-direction training by embedding digital tools—SketchUp, Midjourney, AI illustration, and a virtual studio—into set design practice to enhance problem-solving in real production environments.
The pedagogy is structured in three parts: concept development, SketchUp visualization, and set execution integrated with the virtual studio—corresponding to ideation, visual design, and collaborative practical design.
Course Highlights
- SketchUp 3D modeling
- Midjourney AI illustration
- Virtual studio hands-on practice
- Cross-disciplinary collaborative design
Xplorer Project | Tech-Art Walks
A hands-on exploration of technology and art in Kaohsiung’s cutting-edge venues such as the “Dreams & Reality” MR Theater, VR motion theaters, and the TTXC Taiwan Cultural Technology Expo. Students experience immersive projection, AR interaction, virtual concerts, and more—often engaging with industry experts.
A course highlight is the integration of generative AI: students produce tech-art themed podcasts, using AI to generate interview transcripts and tools like Google NotebookLM and LLMs for outline design and content refinement—bridging cross-disciplinary reflection with practical creation.
Innovative Teaching | Film Mixing
An experimental course in film sound design that earned ISU’s 113 Innovative Teaching Popularity Award (3rd Place). Cutting-edge AI tools are fully integrated into mixing practice. Students use ElevenLabs for voice synthesis and cloning to handle ADR and casting tests, and employ Suno AI to generate background scores and theme songs following script emotion curves.
Beyond techniques for integrating AI outputs into professional editing software, the course delves into ethics—voice spoofing, copyright, and authorship—cultivating sound designers with critical thinking and forward-looking vision.
