Module Descriptors
VIDEO EDITING TECHNOLOGY 1
FVFX50333
Key Facts
Faculty of Arts and Creative Technologies
Level 5
15 credits
Contact
Leader: Anne Ramsden
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 36
Independent Study Hours: 114
Total Learning Hours: 150
Assessment
  • EXAMINATION - UNSEEN IN EXAMINATION CONDITIONS weighted at 40%
  • PRACTICAL NOT IN EXAMINATION CONDITIONS weighted at 60%
Module Details
Module Resources
Non-linear editing suite (Media 100 or Avid)
Adobe Production Suite
Audition
Word Processing facilities
Module Special Admissions Requirements
CE00013-1 Film Technology or equivalent
Module Additional Assessment Details
Exam 1 hour weighted at 40%, assessing learning outcome 3
A practical assignment weighted at 60%, assessing learning outcomes 1, 2 and 4 comprising of a short film and a presentation.

Module Learning Strategies
Lectures and tutorials sessions
(1:n)1 (1:30)2
Learning on all aspects of the module will be facilitated by lectures and tutorials, problem solving exercises and student centred learning.
Practical assignments using laboratory equipment and editing facilities will support the learning.
Module Indicative Content
- In-depth audio functions
- Effects
- Nesting effects
- Transitions
- Film styles
- Montage editing
- Chroma-keying

Compression, codecs and exporting footage will studied in depth together with an introduction to the relevant mathematical theories (algebra, calculus, multi-dimensional matrices, transforms and calculations)
Module Texts
Avid Editing: A Guide for Beginning and Intermediate Users. Sam Kauffmann . ISBN: 0-240-80541-0 (2003)
Ken Dancyger (2007) The technique of film and video editing: history, theory and practice. Focal Press ISBN-10: 0240807650
Digital Image Processing using MATLAB, Gonzalez, Wood & Eddins (2004), Prentice Hall, ISBN 013008519
Digital Image Processing with Applications to Digital Cameras, KS Thyagarajan (2006), Focal Press, ISBN 0-240-80729-4