Course Outline

GCMW 165 - Digital Video Design

Fall Semester 2019

Basic Course Information

Courses numbered 1 - 49 are remedial or college preparatory courses which do not apply toward an A. A. Degree and are not intended for transfer. Courses numbered 50-99 apply toward an AA Degree, but are not intended for transfer. Courses numbered 100 and higher apply toward an AA Degree and/or are intended for transfer to a four-year college or university.

CB04 Course Credit Status D - Credit - Degree Applicable

Discipline GCMW

Title Digital Video Design

This course is part of the following cross listing

Units and Hours

Min Unit

Max Unit

Grade Option Grade/Pass/No Pass

Min Semester Hours Calculated

Hour Type	Units	Weekly Hours	Semester Hours x 16 Weeks	Semester Hours x 18 Weeks
Lecture Category -	1.50	1.50	x 16 Weeks - 24.00	x 18 Weeks - 27.00
Lab Category -	1.50	4.50	x 16 Weeks - 72.00	x 18 Weeks - 81.00
Subtotal -		6.00	x 16 Weeks - 96.00	x 18 Weeks - 108.00
Out of Class Hour -		3.00	x 16 Weeks - 48.00	x 18 Weeks - 54.00
Totals -		9.00	x 16 Weeks - 144.00	x 18 Weeks - 162.00

Max Semester Hours Calculated

Hour Type	Units	Weekly Hours	Semester Hours x 16 Weeks	Semester Hours x 18 Weeks
Lecture Category -	1.50	1.50	x 16 Weeks - 24.00	x 18 Weeks - 27.00
Lab Category -	1.50	4.50	x 16 Weeks - 72.00	x 18 Weeks - 81.00
Subtotal -		6.00	x 16 Weeks - 96.00	x 18 Weeks - 108.00
Out of Class Hour -		3.00	x 16 Weeks - 48.00	x 18 Weeks - 54.00
Totals -		9.00	x 16 Weeks - 144.00	x 18 Weeks - 162.00

Basic Skills Requirements: Appropriate Language and/or Computational Skills.

Catalog Description

Explores project planning, set-up, editing, and output of digital video. Incorporates sound, graphics, 2D animation, video, and text for full-screen, web, and DVD playback. Projects and assignments utilize transitions, superimposing, transparency and keying, video, audio, and other special effects.

Student Learning Outcomes

Outcome

1. The student will be able to work with still images and animate them. 2. The student will be able to use and apply video transitions. 3. The student will be able to identify and create alpha channels. 4. The student will be able to set up a green screen and use a color key to composite it. 5. The student will be able to shoot and capture video from a tape or hard drive. 6. The student will be able to create video for podcasting, internet broadcast, broadcast and DVD production.

The student will be able to shoot and edit from a Point of view camera, including time lapse, high speed, and 4K shots.

Specific Course Objectives

Objective

Upon successful completion of the course, the student will be able to:

Demonstrate and explain the functions of the user interface;
Incorporate Digital Video, sound, graphics, and text into a project and edit them into a final movie that solves a media communication problem;
Design a project and edit it down to a final version that conforms to the appropriate settings based on the desired playback medium;
Describe a Digital Video Editing problem and author a project using multiple applications that solves the problem;
Edit and animate with still images and sound using keyframes.

Methods of Instruction

Methods of Instruction may include, but are not limited to, the following:

Demonstration

Discussion

Group Projects/Activities

Lab

Learning Modules

Lecture

Videos/Film

Content in Terms of Specific Body of Knowledge

Getting Familiar with the User Interface
1. Starting the application
2. Setting up a workspace
3. Working with the Project, Timeline, and Monitor windows
4. Navigating to a specific time
5. Using pallets
6. Keyboard shortcuts
Digital Video Editing Concepts
1. Video time
2. Frame size and resolution
3. Understanding compression
4. Capturing
5. Understanding transparency and superimposing
6. Using audio in a video
7. Creating a final video
Basic Editing Concepts
1. Importing clips
2. Adding clips to the
3. Developing a storyboard
4. Previewing
5. Using automate-to-timeline functions
6. Trimming clips in the timeline
7. Pre-trimming clips in the source window
8. Fine-tuning edits in the timeline
9. Exporting a movie
Adding Transitions
1. About transitions
2. Transition palette
3. Inserting a transition
4. Previewing transitions
5. Pre-trimming a clip and adding a transition
6. Adding a transition using transition palette
7. Changing transitions
8. Adding multiple transitions
Adding Audio
1. Creating an L-cut
2. Using markers to synchronize clips
3. Overlaying video with sound
4. Adding audio clips
5. Becoming familiar with the audio workspace
6. Adjusting audio levels in the timeline
7. Automating the mixing process
Titles
1. About titles
2. The title window
3. Creating basic titles
4. Adding graphics for placement
5. Using shape and drawing tools
6. Rolling and crawling titles and previewing
7. Adding titles to the timeline
Superimposing
1. Superimposition basics
2. Applying transparency and keying
3. Applying track matte transparency
4. Fading clips
Adding Motion
1. Creating 2D animation
2. Creating a traveling matte
Applying Video and Audio Effects
1. Applying effects
2. Copying effects, key frames, and settings
3. Changing effects over time
4. Adding an illustration
5. Applying effects to specific areas of an image
6. Applying audio effects
Nesting Clips and Exporting
1. Nesting clips
2. Exporting for web
3. Exporting for handheld devices
4. Exporting for DVD/Broadcast

Textbooks/Resources

Textbook

Author Maxim Jago

Title Adobe Premiere Classroom in a Book 2018

Edition 1st

City San Francisco, Ca

Publisher Peach Pit press

Year 2018

Assignments

Students are expected to research projects and solutions as dictated by specific assignments. Students are expected to spend a minimum of three hours per unit per week in class and on outside assignments, prorated for short-term classes.

Required Reading

Adobe Premiere Pro CC Classroom in a Book