VIDEO POST PRODUCTION

Catalog description

This course focuses on the fundamental techniques, skills, and theories of editing as well as the technical requirements for assembling digital video projects. Through a series of hands-on projects, students will put traditional theories of picture and sound editing into practice. The course will also cover the history of non-linear editing and provide an overview of the post production process. Students use the computer to create digital presentations that synthesize photography, graphics, video, sound, and animation. This introductory course familiarizes students with the fundamental aspects of digital video production. Covering acquisition formats, authoring formats and delivery formats, the class provides a strong foundation for working with digital picture (both motion picture and still pictures) and digital sound in non-linear digital video post production. Topics will include digital vs. analog, time code, frame rates, frame size, frame aspect ratio, pixel aspect ratio, data transfer rates, key frames, NTSC and PAL television standards, image composition and acquisition, video capture, compression and output.