Module Descriptors
FILM AND TELEVISION TECHNICAL SPECIALISM - 2
XXET50211
Key Facts
Faculty of Arts and Creative Technologies
Level 5
15 credits
Contact
Leader:
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Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 36
Independent Study Hours: 114
Total Learning Hours: 150
Assessment
  • COURSEWORK weighted at 100%
Module Details
Module Learning Strategies
All aspects of the module will be facilitated through workshops, tutorials, problem solving exercises and practical participation in the production of major collaborative projects using labatory equipment and editing facilities.
Module Indicative Content
This module requires students to demonstrate the technical video editing and audio production skills through undertaking appropriate roles in the production of collaborative projects and reporting on them.

In the course they will gain knowledge of,
1. Advanced editing techniques
2. In depth audio functions
3. Nesting effects
4.Transitions
5. Film Styles
6. Montage editing and Chroma key
7. Working to a client brief

Module Additional Assessment Details
A Coursework length 1200 words weighted at 70% and a second coursework weighted at 30%

Coursework is an evaluation (70%) 1200 words - addressing outcomes 2 and 3
Coursework is an employer/tutor report weighted at 30% - addressing outcome 1 and 3
Module Resources
Non linear editing suite (Premiere Pro or Avid)
Adobe Production Suite
Audition
DV Cameras
Lighting Equipment
Ancillary Camera Equipment
Word Processing Facilities

Module Special Admissions Requirements
Successful completion of module CE00806-1 Film and TV Practical Skills Technology or equivalent
Disqualified combination - CE00760-2 Video Editing Technology 1 and CE00758-2 Film Technology 2
Module Texts
Film Technology in Post Production, 2001, Elsevier Science and Technology (United Kingdom), ISBN: 9780240516509
Avid Editing: A Guide for Beginning and Intermediate Users, Sam Kauffmann, 2003, ISBN: 0-240-80541-0
The Technique of Film and Video Editing; History, Theory and Practice, Ken Dancyger (2007) Focal Press, ISBN-10: 0240807650
Digital Image Processing using MATALM, Gonzalez, Wood and Eddins (2004) Prentice Hall, ISBN 013008519
Digital Image Processing with Applicaiton to Digital Cameras, KS Thyagarajan (2006), Focal Press, ISBN 0-240-80729-4
Sound for Film and Television, HOLMAN T. (2002) Focal Press, ISBN: 0240804538
Practical Art of Motion Picture Sound, YEWDALL, D (1999) Focal Press, ISBN: 024082888
Sound Theory Sound Practice, ALTMAN R (1992) Routledge, ISBN:L 0415904560
Audio for Television, WATKINSON John (1997) Focal Press, ISBN: 0240514645
The Sound Studio, NESBITT Alec, (1995) Focal Press ISBN 0240519116
Multiskilling for Television Production, WARD P (2000) Focal Press ISBN: 0240515579