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Dual Credit Competencies - PC3:
Communication Technologies I
Production Process

          Students will learn to use audio, video and mixing equipment through the production
          of various video generated graphics, tilting, lighting, and story boarding.

Course Outline

 Computer Skills
          ·   Network Basics
                         o   Servers
                         o   Storage Space
                         o   Student Accounts
          ·   Saving Work
                         o   Creating folders
                         o   Internal hard drive
                         o   Secondary drives
                         o   External hard drives
          ·   Scanning Photos
                         o   BITMAP vs. JPEG
          ·   Downloading Graphics
                         o   Copyright Laws
          ·   Ripping Audio Files  (CDEX)
 

Introduction to Adobe Premiere 6.5

          ·   Project settings
          ·   Overview of workspace
                         o   Monitors
                         o   Project window
                         o   Timeline (tracks)
          ·   Capturing video to a specific folder
          ·   Importing media sources (graphics, audio, photos etc.)
          ·   Trimming clips
          ·   Editing Tools
          ·   Video/Audio Effects (transitions, fades, filters)
          ·   Titling (using templates)
          ·   Introduce Tutorial CD-Rom
 

Begin Multimedia Biography Project

          ·   Importing/scanning photos
          ·   Transitions (cross-fades)
          ·   Titling
          ·   Rip Audio Track
          ·   Export to AVI file or record to VHS or DVD
 

Video Basics

          ·   Video formats ( VHS, S-VHS, 8mm, Hi-8, Dig-8, Mini DV)
          ·   Video Cables
                         o   RCA or Composite
                         o   1/8” to RCA
                         o   S-video (no audio)
                         o   USB
                         o   Fire Wire
                         o   Coax
          ·   Video Camera Basic Operation
                         o   Powering up the Camcorder
                         o   Battery Basics (charging, connecting)
                         o   Operating on AC power
          ·   Loading the tape
          ·   Focus Controls (auto vs. manual focus)
          ·   Display Settings
                         o   Turning off Time & Date 
          ·   Zoom Features ( manual vs. power zoom)
          ·   Special Effects ( fades, titling, filters)
 

Video Camera Shots

          ·   Three Elements to a camera shot
                         o   Camera position in relation to the object
                         o   Camera movement
                         o   Camera angle

          ·   Position- LS long shot, MS medium shot, CU close up, OTS over the shoulder
          ·   Movement- pan shot, follow pan, trucking shot, tilt, zoom-in/zoom-out
          ·   Angle- low angle, high angle, point of view,

 Continue Projects consisting of:
          ·   Movie Trailer
          ·   Music Video
          ·   Commercial
          ·   Newscast
 

Advanced Adobe Premiere features

          ·   Chroma-key (transparency features)
          ·   Exporting Timeline, frames etc.
          ·   Multi Track editing