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Degree Applicable
Glendale Community College October 2014
COURSE OUTLINE Media Arts 112 Motion Picture Editing I.
Catalog Statement Media Arts 112 is an intermediate-level media production class. Emphasis is on editing techniques and aesthetics for motion picture productions using professional applications. Topics include system set-up, footage importing, append and insert editing, dialog and multi-clip editing, media management, pace, continuity, format workflow, effects, titling and compression. Students output their projects to professional-level deliverable digital video files. . Total Lecture Units: 2.0 Total Laboratory Units: 1.0 Total Course Units: 3.0 Total Lecture Hours: 32.0 Total Laboratory Hours: 64.0 Total Faculty Contact Hours: 96.0 Prerequisite: MEDIA 103 or equivalent.
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Course Entry Expectations Prior to enrolling in the course, the student should be able to: 1. define basic cinematographic terms, concepts and aesthetic principles; 2. recognize and understand the application of various digital motion picture formats; 3. perform a variety of camera compositions, movements, and lens adjustments and understand their value and ethical application in the craft of cinematic storytelling; 4. operate a digital motion picture camera; 5. demonstrate critical thinking as a member of a functional production team; 6. shoot a short on-location cinematic continuity scene; 7. edit a short cinematic continuity scene.
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Course Exit Standards Upon successful completion of the required coursework, the student will be able to: 1. open and set up a functioning digital video editing project; 2. import motion footage from camera cards or camcorder into an editing project; 3. perform non-linear video editing; 4. create computer-generated video effects, titles and graphics;
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5. transcode a variety of digital video compression formats; 6. output a finished editing project to a professional digital motion picture format. IV.
Course Content
Total Faculty Contact Hours = 96
A. Interface and Set-Up 1. Overview of professional editing applications 2. Creating a Final Cut Pro library 3. Final Cut Pro events and projects 4. Format options 5. User preferences settings 6. Working with keyword collections 7. Saving, backing up and quitting
Lecture 4 hours Lab 8 hours
B. Importing Footage 1. Video source options and connection 2. Previewing source footage 3. Pre-organizing footage 4. Footage format settings 5. Import options and preferences
Lecture 2 hours Lab 4 hours
C. Editing Practices 1. Working with master clips 2. Marking in and out points 3. Working with audio clips 4. Creating append edits 5. Creating insert edits 6. Creating connected edits 7. Making favorites 8. Replacing edits 9. Storyboard editing 10. Creating composite clips
Lecture 4 hours Lab 8 hours
D. Timeline Editing 1. Targeting and dragging clips to the timeline 2. Manipulating edits in the timeline 3. Setting and deleting markers 4. Selecting tracks 5. Deleting clips and gaps 6. Importing clips into a project 7. Linking clips 8. Cutaways and b-roll material
Lecture 4 hours Lab 8 hours
E. Trimming and Adjusting Edit Points 1. Trimming in the timeline 2. The precision edit window
Lecture 4 hours Lab 8 hours
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Roll and ripple edits Slip and slide edits Using the razor blade tool The snap tool and extending edit points Three-point editing
F. Applying Transitions and Filters 1. Understanding transitions 2. Using video transitions 3. Using audio transitions 4. Using the transition editor 5. Previewing and rendering effects 6. Applying video filters 7. Viewing and modifying filter parameters 8. Applying audio filters 9. Compositing clips 10. Animating filters with keyframes
Lecture 4 hours Lab 8 hours
G. Motion Properties 1. Retiming, slow and fast motion 2. Creating a freeze-frame 3. Changing and animating motion parameters 4. Creating a variable speed change
Lecture 2 hours Lab 4 hours
H. Multicam Editing 1. Organizing a multiclip editing workflow 2. Synchronizing camera angles 3. Creating, viewing and modifying mulitclips 4. Editing with multiclips 5. Switching angles with effects 6. Collapsing a multiclip
Lecture 2 hours Lab 4 hours
I. Titles and Graphics 1. Text generators 2. Adding color mattes 3. Working with graphics 4. Adding motion effects to text
Lecture 2 hours Lab 4 hours
J. Finishing and Outputting 1. Reconnecting media 2. Exporting to deliverable digital formats 3. Exporting to social media 4. Output to digital video disc (DVD) and Blu-ray discs 5. Using compressor in output 6. Managing project media 7. Backing up projects
Lecture 4 hours Lab 8 hours
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Methods of Instruction The following instructional methodologies may be used in the course: 1. classroom lecture and demonstration; 2. analysis of professional examples; 3. peer analysis of student projects; 4. individual instructor-to-student assistance in the Media Arts studio; 5. self-paced individual work in the Media Arts studio.
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Out of Class Assignments The following out of class assignments may be used in the course: 1. work on editing projects; 2. practicing editing techniques using video tutorials.
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Methods of Evaluation The following methods of evaluation may be used in the course: 1. presentation of work in-progress to the instructor for formative evaluation; 2. production assignments; 3. peer and instructor critique of work; 4. attendance and participation; 5. final exam.
VIII. Textbook Weynand, Diana. Apple Pro Training Series: Final Cut Pro X. 2nd ed. Berkeley: Peachpit, 2013. Print. 10th Grade Textbook Reading Level. ISBN: 978-0321918673. IX.
Student Learning Outcomes Upon successful completion of the required coursework, students will be able to: 1. open and set up a functioning digital video editing project; 2. perform non-linear video editing; 3. export a finished editing project to a professional digital motion picture format.
