CE00081-4 Interactive Media Technology or CE00013-4 Film Technology or equivalent.

Non-linear editing suite (Media 100 or Avid)
Adobe Encore, Photoshop and a video editing package
Word Processing facilities

The module will be taught by lectures and laboratory sessions. A lecture and one hour lab will be run weekly over the twelve week period.
(1:n)1 (1:30)1 + half hour surgery

Key Information Set:
20% scheduled learning and teaching activities
80% guided independent learning

Students will learn:
1. Skills in DVD technology and support equipment.
2. Technical skills in production of authoring interactive DVD's and Blu-Ray across multiple authoring tools.
3. Further develop skills in graphics technology and motion graphics.
4. Introduction to the relevant mathematical theories such as information theory, coding (PCM, DPCM, RLE, Huffman) and frequency transforms (FFT and DCT).
5. Study into video compression codecs of MPEG-2, MPEG-4 (H.264, VC-1)

Consisting of:-
A practical DVD production (50%) will assess learning outcomes 2 and 3.
A report of 2000 words (50%) will assess learning outcomes 1 and 4.

Key Information Set:
100% coursework

Lancie & Ely (2002) DVD Production, McGraw Hill, ISBN 0-0240-51611-7
Taylor, J. (2003) The Official DVD FAQ, McGraw Hill, ISBN: 007142038X
Symes, P.D. (2000) Video Compression Demystified, McGraw-Hill Professional, ISBN: 0-07-136326-4
Waggoner, B. (2002) Compression for Great Digital Video: Power Tips, Techniques and Common Sense, CMP Books, ISBN 10: 157820111X
Wickerhauser, M.V. (2001) Mathematics for Multimedia, , Academic Press, ISBN: 9780127484518