IDST 144 Lessons and Syllabus                       
   Instructor: Beth Cataldo
   (Office hours: Mondays and Wednesday:
    10am -12 noon in Cloud 208a)

Spring 2004: Syllabus

DVD Resources

Film Festivals

OS X Handout

FINAL PROJECT DESCRIPTION

LESSON 1--Intro to the DVD Process

• Introduction to DVDs
  
  
• The Generic DVD Process
  
  
• A Complicated Flowchart
  
  
• A Simple Flowchart
  
  
• The DVD Studio Pro Workspace
  
  
• In-class project 1
  
  

• Introduction to the Final Cut Pro Interface
  
  
• Log and Capture with FCP
  
  
• In-class project 2
  

LESSON 3-- Basic Editing with Final Cut Pro

• Final Cut Pro Basic Editing
  
  
• FCP Toolbar
  
  
• Creating Chapter Markers
  
  
• Outputting an Encoded file

  
  
• In-class project 3

LESSON 4 -- Designing Still Menus

• Creating Still Menus with PhotoShop
  


• Setting Up Menus in DVDSP
  
  
• Adding Hotspots
  
  
• Programming button links/navigation
  
  
• Programming Layered Menus in DVDSP

• Assignment #4

• Creating Simple Highlight Menus
  
  
• Using Overlays with Highlights



• Motion Menus
  
  
• In-class project 5
  

• Encoding
  
  
• Creating and Linking Tracks
  
  
• Adding Markers
  
  
• In-class assignment #6
  

• Encoding Audio
  

• Creating Stories
  
  
• In-class assignment #7
  

• Creating Slideshows
  
  
• Checklist

• Finishing your disc
  
  
• Building and Burning
  

LESSON 10 -- Adding Links and Subtitles

• Adding links to the Internet or files
  
  
• Adding Subtitles (see Chapter 21 in Visual QuickPro Guide)

LESSON 11 -- Scripting

• Adding Scripts to your Project