Tech Video III Video Editing and Motion Graphics

Division:  Upper School

Department: Fine and Performing Arts:  Visual Arts 

Course Title/Code:  Tech Video III    Art737, 738, 739

ART 737/738/739:  Tech Video III  - Video Editing and Motion Graphics                                     1/6 credit
(Fall/Winter/Spring /T & Th)
This video production course concentrates on one of the most demanding and complex jobs in video production:  video editing.  Students will use outside footage to learn the components of editing, continuity, sequences, timing and pacing, transitions, graphic relations and the montage.  Students will also be exposed to motion graphics and will learn the basics of After Effects.  Areas covered include 2D and 3D compositing, motion controls, masking and other tool to produce motion graphics and visual effects for video or the web.  Students will produce motion graphic projects for the campus news program and will have the opportunity to bring in independent projects of their own.  .  (See Tech V if you are interested in editing or After Effects 5 days a week)  May be repeated for credit.
Prerequisite:  Permission of the instructor

Grading is based on effort and completion on deadline and with attention to the details of the rubric. 

Resources

All of the CA equipment is available without addition cost to all students, both middle and upper school following a brief orientation to the multimedia center and training on the equipment to be used.  Students can sign equipment out overnight or on weekends with permission and a liability form signed by parents.   Students do not need to be enrolled in a class to use the facilities.  The multimedia center and video studio are the heart of video production on campus with 20 editing workstations and a full service control room and studio for live studio productions.  In addition to video editing, the computers have software for music editing, music synthesis, DVD production, and digital imaging. Tape is supplied for use in school and students are expected to purchase CD's or DVD's which they may want to use during the course of production. Students do not have to be enrolled in any Tech Video or Multimedia class in order to use the multimedia center--it is an open resource for all students from grades 6 through 12.

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