Course Overview
This course will concentrate on expanding the knowledge based gained in MDIA 1008. Students will focus on the basic techniques of digital video production, such as the technical aspects of shooting, creating, altering digital video, and compression methods for digital video. Various stages and aspects of the pre-production process will be touched on, including working in teams to create all documents for a short film. Students will explore some more advanced nonlinear digital video editing techniques, and will create QuickTime movies with video compression. Students will capture and shoot content from a digital video camera as well as record a video clip back to tape.
Prerequisite(s)
- No prerequisites are required for this course.
Credits
1.5
- Retired
- This course has been retired and is no longer offered. Find other Flexible Learning courses that may interest you.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, the student will be able to:
- Shoot, capture and export digital video files.
- Communicate with team members using the different video editing terminologies.
- Produce a short video from a camcorder to an electronic file.
- Demonstrate proper video & film lighting techniques.
- Understand basic DVcam operations such as focus, exposure and proper composition.
- Manipulate and create complex animated title elements.
- Work with professional colour correction tools.
- Work with and understand powerful video compression methods.
Effective as of Winter 2010
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