Onaclov - Teachings - Digital Video Design and Production right DESC9125 The objectives of this unit are to acquire digital production skills demonstrated by a final project. This unit of study presents the student with the foundational perspective of the art and technology of digital video. At the completion of this unit students will: emerge with a video clip demonstrating the stages of digital video production, capturing, composting, editing and rendering of digital video and accrue knowledge and understanding of essential processes, practices and formats used in digital video design and production. images/dvdp.jpg Unit of study PDF. As a result of successfully completing this unit of study, students will be able to design and produce a digital video production. Students will acquire theoretical knowledge of genre and literary theory. These theoretical and conceptual skills will enhance development in concept and design for digital media and design computing units of study. Through producing a digital video, students will learn to understand issues associated with video quality and compression; develop knowledge of output formats (codecs) for digital video; understand the steps involved in digital video production. Students will develop skills for filming digital video by learning to operate digital video cameras and tripods. Through practical exercises, the student will learn about core technologies associated with digital video production: video compression, audio synchronisation, interfacing and capturing. Students will gain knowledge of digital editing, transitions, digital video effects and batch rendering. As a result of successfully completing this unit, students will develop an important understanding, respect and insight into the indigenous community situated in the Redfern district close to the University of Sydney. 29 July 2008 Constructing Documentary Guest Lecture with Donald Enoch from The Sydney University Settlement. Equipment Borrowing 5 August 2008 Guest Lecture by Documentary Filmmaker Ande Maddox Guest Lecture by Documentary Filmmaker Iffjenia Ratcliffe 12 August 2008 Image Control: Composition and Framing Filming Techniques/Filming exercise 19 August 2008 Presentation: Pitching Documentary 10% Individual Student Presentations Individual Student Presentations: Form a Working Group 26 August 2008 Reflections on Genre: What is Genre? Introduction to Final Cut Pro: Video Editing in FCP, Capturing, Logging and Creating Bins 2 September 2008 The Genre of Documentary: Representing Reality Boundaries Between Fiction and Non-Fiction Film Digital Video Editing in FCP: Transitions, Rendering and Working in the Timeline 9 September 2008 Group Critique: Preparing your one Minute Video Clip Group Critique: Preparing your one Minute Video Clip 16 September 2008 Group Presentation: Assessment 20% Group Presentations, Discussion and Critique Group Presentations, Discussion and Critique 23 September 2008 Documentary Transformations in Digital Media: Theories of Intertextuality and Detournement Follow up Critique: Fine Tuning Editing or re-Capturing Footage 30 September Non Teaching Week: No Lecture 7 October 2008 Digital Video Editing in Final Cut Pro Studio, Video Filters and Effects Digital Video Editing in Final Cut Pro Studio, Video Filters and Effects 14 October 2008 Quiz 20% Quiz 21 October 2008 Quiz Results and Student Consultations Exporting your Final Digital Video Projects 28 October 2008 Digital Video and Sound Assignment 40%