Course Objectives

Digital Video and Animation (15 ECTS)

It is assumed that the students are familiar with the principles of digital image editing.

The students will:

• develop skills in the use of relevant hardware and software solutions for multimedia production.
• be able to plan and work creatively in designing multimedia presentations.
• acquire skills in, and a basic understanding of media design.
• gain insight into the use of narrative technique in multimedia production.
• be able to evaluate and analyse multimedia productions with respect to the use of visual techniques.
• have insight into how power and media are related and the state of the media today.
• learn how images communicate with their surrounding environments through various media and acquire a basic understanding and insight into communication theory.

Course Description

Course units

1. Multimedia Theory and History

2. Digital Video: Working with Digital Video Cameras, Filming and Editing

3. Digital Sound: Recording and Editing Digital Sound

4. Animation: Working with Two-Dimensional Animation Techniques

5. Multimedia Production and Analysis

Equipment and software:

• Digital video cameras
• An image editing programme such as Adobe Photoshop, or the equivalent
• A multi-media programme such as Mediator, or the equivalent
• A video editing programme such as Windows Movie-Maker or the equivalent
• A sound editing programme such as Audacity, or the equivalent.

Learning Methods

The course is organised as internet-based instruction with workshops.

It will require about 380 work-hours, including around 80 hours of workshops, lectures and guidance sessions. Chat-rooms and net-meetings will be used, where students and teachers may publish images, replies and other documents. These will contain links to other Internet addresses. Students will be taught how to use the learning platform.

Communication between the students and the university college will take place through ordinary e-mail and chat rooms on Internet. Students must have access to computers with word processers, e-mail, Internet and specific programmes.

The subject material covered in the course is divided into 5 course units. There will be training, lectures or lecture notes for each of these course units. There will be specific requirements for participation and assignments which must be submitted for course unit. Three exercises are individual and two will be done in groups. The assignments must be submitted to the subject teachers before specified deadlines for approval/comments. Students are encouraged to form groups in connection with the course. The university college will help them to organise appropriate groups. The course will be characterised by alternation between practical creative activities, theoretical orientation and reflection.

Assessment Methods

Informal guidance and evaluation will be part of both the learning process and a means by which the individual student may acquire increased insight into his/her own professional qualifications for advanced studies and future professional prospects.

All course units must be passed in order to receive a certificate.

The examination consists of an individual project assignment with a grade which will be entered on the course certificate. The grades will range from A to F, with E as the lowest passing mark. The grade will be assigned in accordance with Telemark University College examination regulations.

Minor adjustments may occur during the academic year, subject to the decision of the Dean