ART 208 - Video Techniques at Piedmont Community College
Course Description
Effective: 2017-01-01
Addresses the fundamentals of video technology and non-linear video editing. Focuses on the aesthetics of time-code editing using current industry software. Teaches a student to shoot and capture video and record and edit sound, and combine artwork, animation, video, and sound in the creation of professional-quality original video projects.
Lecture 2 hours. Laboratory 2-4 hours. Total 4-6 hours per week.
3-4 credits
General Course Purpose
Teaches students the principal concepts and techniques of video production. Includes techniques for sound editing and development of original video.
Course Objectives
- Transfer animated projects and other computer generated art work to video, incorporating sound and visual effects
- Utilize typographic design techniques for titles and captions
- Create an animation
- Incorporate original video into a multimedia product
- Identify and use video and sound formats
- Understand and use basic terminology regarding video techniques
- Edit various components into a multimedia video project
- Write a script treatment and final script
- Develop a plot/storyline and translate it to visual terms through the use of storyboards
Major Topics to be Included
- Critical analysis of various editing styles
- Examination of the relationship between sound and images
- Script progression and continuity
- Lighting
- Visual effects
- Use of real time, delayed time, and recorded time
- Video as document
- Video's relationship to other media and practices
- Critiques and work presentation