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IAT202-1-2012.pdf
Credit Hours: 3
Instructors:
Michael Filimowicz
Location: SFU Surrey, Room 2740
Semester: Spring 2012
Course Description:
New Media Images, IAT 202, is an introduction to historical, aesthetic, theoretical and practical issues in digital video production. In this course, students will simultaneously develop technical ability and creative awareness through the combination of lectures, tutorials, projects and hands-on practice. Project planning and conceptualization will be emphasized. Image composition, the basics of soundtrack design, visual effects and editing grammars will be explored toward the aim of creating a final video project.
Course Objectives:
- Students will develop core skills in moving image composition
- Students will begin to construct nuanced sound-image relationships
- Students will learn how to plan, shoot and edit an audiovisual sequence
- Cinema, broadly inclusive of video and film, will be related to new media contexts
- Students will begin to develop an understanding of montage and continuity editing
- Students will begin to explore the plasticity of the digital media through image and sound manipulation
Learning Outcomes:
Students will have achieved a beginning proficiency in creating audiovisual sequences, including preproduction (treatment and storyboard), production (video shooting and production sound) and post-production (editing, visual effects and motion graphics).
Delivery Method:
Lecture (LEC) and Studio Lab (STL)
Learning Activities + Evaluation:
Learning Activities:
- Lectures, Lab Tutorials, Readings, Exercises and Projects
- All assignments/projects may include public showing, written component and critique
Evaluation:
Weekly Exercises (individual): 30%
Project One (individual): 30%
Final Video: 30% (teams)
Participation (lecture and lab attendance): 10%
Texts, Resources + Materials:
Required:
Course pack – available at the SFU Bookstore.
i-Clicker: student response system - available at the SFU Bookstore.
Materials:
This list is to give students a general idea of course requirements. Students should see individual instructors for a precise list.
- several blank DVDs for submitting assignments
- mini digital video cassettes
- headphones (the lab computers do not have speakers)
- external storage device (suitable for video transfer)
- individual instructors may have requirements not on this list
Recommended Resources:
- PC or Mac computer that is capable of working with multi-media, including video\
- image, video and sound editing software
Software in Labs (used extensively):
- Audacity (freeware)
- Adobe Photoshop CS
- Adobe Final Cut Pro
- Adobe After Effects
- Adobe Soundbooth
Prerequisites:
Prerequisite: Minimum of 18 credits. Students with credit for IAT 101, TECH 121, TECH 122 or TECH 123 may not take this course for further credit. Students who have taken TECH 124 before January 2008 may not take this course for further credit. Recommended Course: IAT 100.
Last Updated: October 3, 2011
These course outlines are drafts and are subject to change.
