Students should have studied CE00020-5 Visual Media Applications or equivalent

Autodesk Compositor or equivalent
Discreet 3D Studio Max
Autodesk Maya

Lectures and laboratory sessions
(1:n) (1:30)1 + half hour surgery
Learning on all aspects of the module will be facilitated by lectures, tutorials, problem solving exercises and student centred learning.
Practical assignments using laboratory equipment and post production facilities will support the learning.

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

- Mattes (Creation, Correction)
- Light Matching
- Green-screen lighting.
- Green-screen post processing.
- Integration of 3D elements into 2D environments.
- Compositing for Film footage (Academic)
- Compositing for Video Footage (Practical + Academic)
- Working with Video (Interlace Flicker, Footage Degradation, etc)
- Film to Video Transfer
- Integration of elements and plates to create a final composite.
- Colour Correction.
- Develop an aptitude for fixing production errors in post (eg. Sky replacement/enhancement)

Autodesk (2005) Combustion 4 Fundamentals Courseware, Focal Press Pap/Cdr edition
Brinkman, R. (1999) The Art & Science of Digital Compositing, Academic Press Inc.,U.S, Har/Cdr edition
Gonzalez, Woods & Eddins (2004) Digital Image Processing Using MATLAB, Prentice Hall
Wright, S. (2006) Digital Compositing for Film & Video, Focal Press ; 2Rev Ed edition

Comprising of a practical and a written reflection [Learning Outcomes 1-4]

Key Information Set:
100% coursework