Course Title: Edit screen content for fast turnaround

Part B: Course Detail

Teaching Period: Term1 2009

Course Code: VART5930C

Course Title: Edit screen content for fast turnaround

School: 345T Creative Media

Campus: City Campus

Program: C5216 - Diploma of Screen and Media

Course Contact : Adam Lovell

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4976

Course Contact Email:adam.lovell@rmit.edu.au


Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff

Trewlea Peters

trewlea.peters@rmit.edu.au

Nominal Hours: 30

Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.

Pre-requisites and Co-requisites

None.

Course Description

This course covers the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to edit screen content for fast turnaround using non-linear editing facilities.


National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria

National Element Code & Title:

CUFPOS401A Edit screen content for fast turnaround

Element:

1 Prepare for edit.

Performance Criteria:

1.1 Clarify editing requirements in consultation with
relevant production personnel and with reference
to documentation as required.
1.2 Check operation of editing equipment and
software, and ensure sufficient supplies of
consumables are available.
1.3 Identify and prepare source materials for off-line
and online editing.
1.4 Assess materials to be edited for required technical
and creative criteria in consultation with relevant
production personnel.
1.5 Endeavour to visualise completed edit with
reference to available materials.

Element:

2 Commence editing process.

Performance Criteria:

2.1 Digitise and transfer materials to suitable format,
ensuring compatibility with editing equipment and
monitoring capture for sound and image quality.
2.2 Where appropriate, create an edit decision list
(EDL) subject to time constraints, noting accurately
in and out points for each edit.
2.3 Maintain accurate documentation of editing
instructions for use in all stages of post-production
as required.
2.4 Prioritise and select materials in terms of their
relevance to meet production requirements.
2.5 Arrange and present selected material to retain the
intended meaning of words and images.
2.6 Analyse and plan how preselected additional materials are to be used to clarify and enhance final
edit.

Element:

3 Assemble vision and sound.

Performance Criteria:

3.1 Check technical and creative criteria with relevant
production personnel to ensure integrity of edit.
3.2 Assemble content in a way that produces coherent
images and sound according to standard editing
conventions.
3.3 Ensure that assembled materials meet time
requirements for productions, as well as technical
and creative criteria for transmission.
3.4 Insert transitions, special effects and preselected
additional materials as required.
3.5 Make appropriate compromise between content and
quality in order to meet time restrictions.
3.6 Review assembled online or off-line edit with
relevant production personnel.
3.7 Implement changes as specified and finalise edit to
meet deadlines.

Element:

4 Finalise edits

Performance Criteria:

4.1 Complete necessary documentation and file/archive
source materials according to enterprise
procedures
4.2 Report problems in completing edits to meet
production requirements.
4.3 Provide information required for successful
transmission of edited material.
4.4 Evaluate own performance against technical and
creative criteria and discuss with colleagues where
appropriate.

Learning Outcomes


NA


Details of Learning Activities

Students will receive a range of practical and theory exercises to cover the elements of competency.


Teaching Schedule

EDITING WEEKLY BREAKDOWN 2009

9th February – Principles of Editing, Introduction to Final Cut Pro.

16th February – Storyboarding & framing for edit: Breakdown a script and storyboard exercise.

23rd February – Importing and exporting files, editing a sequence, basic sound adjustments and editing. Editing to voice over: Commercial exercise.

2nd March – FCP Preferences, System settings and A/V settings. Visual Language and montage: Documentary exercise.

9th March – LABOUR DAY

16th March – Codecs, sound levels, generators and the file manager. Rhythm and Timing: Sequence exercise. Timing & Edit Techniques: Dialogue exercise.

23rd March – Fine Tuning a rough edit – Filters, tools and the master sound controller.

30th March – Log and batch capture, print to video and exporting.

6th April – Building and burning a DVD in DVD Studio Pro. 

Submit all in class exercises.


13th April – EASTER

20th April – SHOOTING FOR EDIT
27th April – SHOOTING FOR EDIT

4th May – Log and batch capture. Begin structuring a rough cut.

11th May – Structuring a rough cut – Individual consultations about sequence structure.

18th May – Fine Tuning a rough edit.

25th May – Print to Video.

Submit Assignment One (Mini DV Version) for all courses.

1st June – DVD Studio Pro DVD burning session.

Submit Assignment One (DVD Version) for Editing.


Learning Resources

Prescribed Texts


References


Other Resources

Students are expected to purchase an external hard drive which will be specified by the teacher in week one.


Overview of Assessment

A range of assessment methods will be used to assess practical skills and knowledge.

  • In class exercises - 25%
  • Major Assignment #1 - 35%
  • Major Assignment #2 - 40%


Assessment Tasks

In class exercises = 15% of total mark (3 marks each)
•    Breakdown a script and storyboard exercise
•    Commercial exercise
•    Documentary exercise
•    Sequence exercise
•    Dialogue exercise
DUE 6TH OF APRIL

Select one of the above exercises to fine tune, print to video, export and build and burn a DVD = 10% of total marks
DUE 6TH OF APRIL

Edit Interview (part of the integrated assessment) = 35% of total marks
Submit Final Edit of Assignment One (Mini DV Version) for all courses.
DUE 25th OF MAY
Submit Assignment One (DVD Version) for Editing.
DUE 1ST OF JUNE

Edit Drama Production (part of the integrated assessment) = 40% of total marks
Submit Final Edit of Assignment Two (Mini DV Version) for all courses.
DUE 19th OF OCTOBER
Submit Assignment Two (DVD Version) for Editing.
DUE 26th OF OCTOBER


Assessment Matrix

NA

Other Information

  

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