Download - Video communications 01 msj 301 final syllabus spring 2011

University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB)

Media Studies and Journalism Department

COURSE SYLLABUS

SPRING 2011

VIDEO COMMUNICATION 01

MSJ 301

2 MSJ 301 VIDEO COMMUNICATIONS 01

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Course Code: MSJ 301

Course Title: Video Communications 01

Course Overview:

The course is one of the ten major concentration courses in Digital Production under Media Studies and Journalism Department. This course aims to provide students with the knowledge of aesthetics of video as well as technical tools used in video communication. We will explore how video is used in various social settings to communicate a message.


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Course Objective:

- Understand the process of making a short digital movie - Create an experimental, short fiction, or music video. - Operate a camera (including setting manual exposure, white balance, and focus) and put footage onto a computer - Write a short script - Learn and use the language of cinema (shot sizes, composition, camera movements, audio, and lighting) - Edit with beats, rhythm, reaction shots, intercutting, visual logic, and style - Work in teams—the entire professional world is about working with other people in teams; projects will provide you with professional team-work skills that can be applied to all aspects of the professional world. This will be assessed through peer review of your team members in the creation of your film projects.


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GRADING

ATTENDANCE 10%

Attendance in this course is a mandatory requirement. You are expected to attend every class and stay for the entire duration. Tardiness, early departures, lack of being prepared, or lack of awareness or attention during class will count as absences--two incidents of any of previously stated will equal one absence. A student may be absent from class maximum of five times during the semester with the deduction of his or her attendance marks. There are no excused absences beyond those five. Any further absences (without the permission of Department Head) – the 6th absence the student will receive a failing grade.

***An attendance includes the classes and seminars related to the course curriculum integration programs.

TEAM WORK 10%

Filmmaking is about teamwork. Working in the professional world is about teamwork. If one person fails to do their job or does it poorly, the film will suffer. You will be graded on the quality of the specific tasks in the role you are assigned. You will perform different roles in the fiction project. With that said, the film must get done, so if someone isn’t doing their work or fails to show up, you will need to cover for each other.

QUIZZES 5%

There will be several reading quizzes to prove your knowledge of course content.

EXERCISES 10%

There will be several exercises to prove your knowledge of course content.

ASSIGNMENTS 10%

There will be one written assignment to prove your knowledge of video production analysis.

MID TERM EXAMINATION 20%

There will be MCQ questions for Mid Term to recall your knowledge of video technology.

ORAL REPORT 10%

There will be several oral reports to prove your knowledge about the course.


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FINAL PROJECT Short FICTION Film 25%

In a team of 3-4, create a 3-5 minute short with multiple scenes (3-5 page script; 30-50 shots).

Each person will write a script and then pitch that script to the class. Teams will be selected and each team will choose one script to produce.

The script must reveal a character’s discovery, some form of revelation—however minor—that changes the character. That discovery requires a decision. The story must not be imitative—it must come from you—your life experiences and vision of the world. If any of these three elements are missing, then the project will not be considered for production.

Production Book must include:

- Names of each team member and their role on the film - Vision or artist statement about the film - Script - Character descriptions and their objectives (what does each want) and casting needs - Description of the discoveries and decisions in the script for your main character - Scout out a location and draw floor plan of each scene, include blocking notes as well as lighting plot (camera and lighting placements for each shot) - Storyboard - Shot list that includes: - camera angle, shot size - camera movement - blocking (movement of performers) that tells the story visually - Schedule of the shoot: noting cast and crew, scene to be shot, location, and times - Release contracts for locations and performers

You cannot shoot until I have approved the Production Book.

When the project is completed, each person must write a self-evaluation of their work on the film as well as a peer evaluation of their teammates. Your grade will be dependent on yourself and peer evaluations.


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Grade Chart

ATTENDANCE 10% TEAM WORK 10% QUIZZES 5%

EXERCISES 10% ASSIGNMENTS 10% MID TERM EXAMINATION 20% ORAL REPORT 10% FINAL PROJECT Short FICTION Film 25% Total marks 100

TEAMS

Filmmaking is about teamwork. Working in the professional world is about teamwork. If one person fails to do their job or does it poorly, the film will suffer. You will be graded on the quality of the specific tasks in the role you are assigned. You will perform different roles in the fiction and documentary projects. With that said, the film must get done, so if someone isn’t doing their work or fails to show up, you will need to cover for each other.

Teams of four must have the following assignments:

1) Producer/post-production supervisor. Work with the director and cinematographer on the production book. Working with the other producers, hold auditions; schedule actors and crew; draw up contracts; get location permissions; attain music rights; market the film; work with the other producers in the class and put together and announce a public screening; put together a festival package (with the director); working with the cinematographer (who will log shots) schedule re-shoots; write daily production and post-production reports—must be emailed to the entire team and the professor; make sure that DVDs and webfilm is delivered (one DVD per team member, one to professor; coordinate with other producers to create one DVD with all class movies on it).

2) Director. With the assistance of the producer and cinematographer, write the production book; Work with the cinematographer to develop the look of the film; check out equipment; direct the film; reshoot any shots or scenes requested by the producer; working with the editor, deliver a final cut of the film; create a festival package (work with the producer).

3) Editor/Boom op/Sound designer (boom operator during production; picture and sound editor; post-production sound design). Responsible for holding boom mic and getting good sound; edit rough cut; work with director on final cut; sound design; final sound mix; render and create a DVD and web film.

4) Cinematographer/assistant editor (lighting and camera op). Post-production color correction; light all scenes, operate camera on shoots; responsible for logging shots the day after each


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shoot; also responsible for color correction during post production; create website for film (coordinating with the director and producer with a festival package).

GENERAL INFORMATION Equipment The use of all ULAB equipment, outside classroom exercises, will require a signed request and policy form. You are responsible for replacement and repair costs of all damaged or lost equipment.

Emails Communication will occur through email. Be sure to check your email daily. You are responsible for emails sent by the faculty.

Late Assignments Plan ahead for this intensive class, there will be no late assignments accepted (unless I have given you permission beforehand).

Plagiarism Plagiarism is the intended or unintended use of someone else's language and/or ideas without revealing the source of that material, leading the audience to believe that the work is original. So attribute all your sources. Minimum penalty for plagiarism is a zero on the assignment (and possible course failure); I will also follow University rules and report any instances of plagiarism to the administration.

Accommodations If you need course adaptation or accommodation because of a disability (physical, learning, psychiatric, vision, hearing, etc.), please make an appointment with me as soon as possible.


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Course Content:

The content of the course will be as follow:

1. Introduction to the Course: What is Video Communication? 2. Moving Image: Breaking the line (Shot, Scene, Sequence & Story) 1. Film to Video: Technological Transformation 2. Characteristics of Video:

• Electrical Capturing (Analog and Digital signal)

• Recording and Storing formats (Tape and Digit)

• Aspect Ratio

• Video Display Standards (PAL-NTSC-SECAM)

3. Understanding the Camera:

• The CCD

• Shutter, Aperture, Focus, Lens & View Finder

• White Balance

• Camera Movements

• Camera Angles (180 degree rules)

4. Aesthetics of Video

• Compositions & Framings

• The human Eye & the picture

• The use of color, light & shape

5. Light And Lighting 6. Editing Theory

• Manipulating the flow of time

• The Art of Story telling

• The Use & Effects of Transition

• Editing jargon


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• The Audio

7. The Production Processes

• Pre Production

• Production

• Post Production

8. The Final Project

• Developing the Idea

• The Team

• Script Writing

• Structuring the Idea

• Developing the Project: Set, Light, Actors, Scheduling.

• Filming the Term Project

• Editing the Term Project


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Introduction to the Course

Class 1

SESSION METHODOLOGY: Active Learning

IN THIS SESSION:

Ø Course Overview

Ø Course Objective

Ø Grading Criteria

Ø General Information

Ø Team

Drawing in a team

Story Making

Film Screening


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SESSION METHODOLOGY:

Ø Short quizzes

Ø Film Show

Ø Discussion

T h e Po w er o f V id eo

IN THIS SESSION:

Ø TVC screening

Ø PSA screening

Ø Short movie screening

Ø Home video screening

Ø And the use of video technology


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Video as a technology: How Video Works?

Class 3


Ø Lecture

Ø Film Show

Ø Discussion

IN THIS SESSION:

Video is the technology of electronically capturing, recording, processing, storing, transmitting, and reconstructing a sequence of still images representing scenes in motion.

Ø History and development of Video Technology

Ø Characteristics and formats

Ø Bit rate and frame rate

Ø Analog Vs Digital


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Characteristics of Video Understanding the Camera

Class 4


Ø Practical Demonstrations

Ø Film Show

Ø Discussion

IN THIS SESSION:

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• Electrical Capturing (Analog and Digital signal)

• Recording and Storing formats (Tape and Digit)

• Aspect Ratio

• Video Display Standards (PAL-NTSC-SECAM)

• The CCD


• White Balance




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Understanding the Camera

Class 5


Ø Students Practical exercise

Ø Discussion

IN THIS SESSION:

• The CCD


• White Balance




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Aesthetics of Video Class 6

SESSION METHODOLOGY: ACTIVE LEARNING

Ø IMAGINARY DRAWING

Ø STORY MAKING

Ø Discussion

IN THIS SESSION:

• Compositions & Framings

• The human Eye & the picture

• The use of color, light & shape


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Class 7

Light and Lighting


Ø Practical Demonstrations

Ø Film show

Ø Discussion

IN THIS SESSION:

• Quality of light

• Quantity of Light

• Direction of Light

• Distributions of Light


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Class 8 Editing Theory


Ø Practical Exercise

Ø Film Show

Ø Discussion

IN THIS SESSION:

• Manipulating the flow of time

• The Art of Story telling

• The Use & Effects of Transition

• Editing jargon

• The Audio


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Class 9 The Production Processes

SESSION METHODOLOGY: Active Learning

Ø Games

Ø Student’s Oral Presentations

Ø Film Show

Ø Discussion

IN THIS SESSION:

• Pre Production

• Production

• Post Production


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Class 10

The Final Project


Ø Group Presentation

Ø Film Show

Ø Discussion

IN THIS SESSION:

• Developing the Idea

• The Team


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Class 11

The Final Project



Ø Film Show

Ø Discussion

IN THIS SESSION:

• Script writing

• Structuring the Idea


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The Final Project Class 12



Ø Film Show

Ø Discussion

IN THIS SESSION: Developing the Project

• Set

• Light

• Actors

• Scheduling


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Class 13 The Final Project



Ø Film Show

Ø Discussion

IN THIS SESSION: Developing the Project

• Short Division

• Shooting Script

• Filming techniques


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The Final Project



Ø Film Show

Ø Discussion

IN THIS SESSION: Submission of Production Book

- Names of each team member and their role on the film - Vision or artist statement about the film - Script - Character descriptions and their objectives (what does each want) and casting needs - Description of the discoveries and decisions in the script for your main character - Scout out a location and draw floor plan of each scene, include blocking notes as well as lighting plot (camera and lighting placements for each shot) - Storyboard - Shot list that includes: - camera angle, shot size - camera movement - blocking (movement of performers) that tells the story visually - Schedule of the shoot: noting cast and crew, scene to be shot, location, and times - Release contracts for locations and performers


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Class 14

SHOOTING ONE DAY


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The Final Project The Final Project

EDITING 3days (half shift each: either morning of evening)

1 day (half shift For subtitle)


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Submission of Film

Ø DVD

Ø Quick Time / AVI

Ø Self Evolution


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Book of References:

1. Video Production Handbook by Gerald Millarson and Jim Owens

2. Writing the Short Film by Pat Cooper and Ken Dancyger

3. The Five C’s of Cinematography by Joseph V. Masscelli

4. Film Makings for Dummies by Bryan Mishael Stoller

5. THE DIGITAL WORLD BY ANANDA MITRA

Faculty

Razibul Hossain Khondoker

Senior Lecturer

Media Studies and Journalism Department

University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB)


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Video Communications 01 (MSJ 301) Course Goals

The Video Communications 01 Course designed to be an exciting, hands-on, professional experience in the Video productions. The students are important representatives of the University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh on the campus and in the community. To participate in this course, students must demonstrate vital employability skills that apply to all work environments, i.e. public relations, teamwork, time management, problem solving. Students should be actively involved in classroom activities and video production at all times. The expectations outlined in this course syllabus are a guide to help create a safe, productive, and creative environment for all students. Feel free to contact me at any time if you have any questions. Please turn this sheet in with the signed student and parent agreements the 2

nd day

of class. I look forward to working with you to create some amazing productions in the classes.

Sincerely,

Razibul Hossain, Senior Lecturer Media Studies and Journalism University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB). Student Agreement

By signing the following, you are agreeing that you have read and understand all before stated classroom guidelines and policies, and that you will behave accordingly while in Advanced TV Production class.

Your Name Your Signature Date

Parent Agreement

By signing the following, you are agreeing that you have read and understand all before stated classroom guidelines and policies to which your student will be accountable. In addition, you are agreeing that you are aware that by taking this course, your student will be exposed to TV with a wide variety of content including that, which was previously described. (see above)

___________________________________________________________________________ Guardian Name Guardian Signature Date