Lecture and Lab: Tuesday and Thursday 6-9pm Office
Hours: Monday and Wednesday 10am-12pm and by appt, Cloud 208A
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Course OverviewThis class
will provide students with an overview of DVD authoring, including planning
and production through a hands-on approach. Topics include an overview
of the production process, storyboarding, prototyping with Photoshop
and DV-editing with Final Cut, optimizing and developing a DVD interface
with DVD Studio Pro and producing a final DVD product.
Goals for the class: At the
end of this class, you should have a solid understanding of the five
stages of DVD development, including pre-production, gathering/creating
assets, encoding your movie in MPEG2 format, creating menus in a graphics
program and authoring and outputting your DVD project. You will also
understand how Photoshop, Premiere, Final Cut Pro, QuickTime Pro and
DVD Studio Pro work within the production process. I will also do a
presentation on Encore, a PC-based DVD authoring program.
Required supplies: 5-10 DVDs and 10-20 CDs discs for storage and final
burn CD discs for backup Note: Digital video takes up a lot of space
so you’ll need lots of CDs and/or DVDs for backup. Required text: Dropping the class: It’s your
responsibility to drop the class. You can do it in person or on the
phone and you don’t need my permission. However, if you miss more than
two classes in a row without an explanation, I will drop you if it’s
still during the withdrawal period. If you simply stop attending after
the withdrawal period without dropping the class you will receive an
“F” as a grade at the end of the semester.
Grading Policies-1000
Total Class Points |
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Attendance/participation |
Attendance and timely arrival to class is required. Each unexcused absence will
result in a drop of a grade. Two late arrivals (1/2 hour) will count
as one absence. |
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Assignments and presentations |
There will be assignments with each application.
At the beginning of each class, I would like someone from the class to
present a short demo of a DVD or multimedia project or talk about an article
that you’ve read about DVD. These presentations will contribute to your final
grade. |
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Mid-term presentation and test 250 points |
The mid-term project will be a presentation of your
work in-progress. There will also be a short test about the terms and
concepts that we've learned in the semester. |
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Final Project |
The final project will include a final DVD
project, including an encoded video with several interactive menus. You will
also hand in a cover sheet explaining your project and any aspects of the
process that you want to talk about. You will present your project to the
class on the last day of class. It’s required that you give me your DVD on
disc at the end of class. |
Computer
lab access:
Software police: You will
be expelled for copying software from any computer lab at City College.
Tips: Make sure
you save all your files in the Users>IDST133 folder. All other files
outside of that folder get deleted. Also, save often and backup after
every class.
Classroom atmosphere:Please do not engage in side conversations (or mouse
clicking) during lectures, demonstrations or presentations. Please turn
off any cell phones during class. Do not bring any food or drinks into
the lab. Also, please let me know if there’s anything more you need
to help understand the material I’m presenting. |
Schedule: The following
is the general outline for the class. The topics will remain flexible
and could change depending on the interests and experiences sof the
class and presentation opportunities. |
Week Date Topic Assignment
| 1 | 1/18 |
Class introductions Intro to class, talk about goals, class structure. What is DVD authoring? Examples of interesting DVDs. Explanation of final project. |
Plan your project. Start shooting and gathering video assets. |
| 2 | 1/23 | Overview of DVD Authoring: Dissecting some projects. Project planning: Flowchart and storyboarding |
Assignment #1: Find a DVD with an interesting interface and content to show to class (20 pts) |
| 2 | 1/25 | Gathering assets w/ FCP HD: Review: capturing video from an external tape and basic editing |
Assignment #2: Write description of your project and design a flowchart for it (20 pts) |
| 3 | 1/30 | Designing Menus: Still menus, Photoshop Basics |
Assignment #3a and b: Photoshop Layered menus (20 pts) |
| 3 | 2/1 | Designing Menus: Still menus |
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| 4 | 2/6 |
Designing Menus: Still menus | Assignment #4: Create overlay menu (20 pts) |
| 4 | 2/8 | Designing Menus: Still menus cont'd | Assignment #5 and 6: Create a Mask and Menu (20 pts) |
| 5 | 2/13 |
Designing Menus: Still menus cont'd | |
| 5 | 2/15 |
Designing Menus: Still menus cont'd | |
| 6 | 2/20 |
Designing Motion Menus: Using FCP and Photoshop to create motion menus. |
Assignment #7: Create motion menus from provided assets. (20 pts) |
| 6 | 2/22 |
Designing Motions Menus: Lab on Motion menus |
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| 7 | 2/27 | Designing Motions Menus: Lab on Motion menus |
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| 7 | 3/1 |
Designing Motions Menus Continued: Importing Motion menus into DVDSP |
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| 8 | 3/6 | Open Lab | |
| 8 | 3/8 | No Class | |
| 9 | 3/13 | Open lab | |
| 9 | 3/15 | Midterm test -- open lab | |
| 10 | 3/20 | Midterm Presentations | Present menus and edited footage of work in progress |
| 10 | 3/22 |
Authoring w/ DVD Studio Pro: Encoding Part 1: Encoding video. |
Assignment #8: Encode provided assets (20 pts) |
| 11 | 3/27 | Authoring w/ DVD Studio Pro Encoding Part 2: Encoding audio. |
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| 11 | 3/29 | Authoring w/ DVD Studio Pro: Tracks Part 1: Working with tracks. |
Assignment #9: Create a DVDSP project with menus and tracks with provided content. (20 pts) |
| 12 | 4/3 | SPRING BREAK | SPRING BREAK |
| 12 | 4/5 | SPRING BREAK | SPRING BREAK |
| 13 |
4/10 | Authoring w/ DVD Studio Pro: Tracks Part 2: Enhancing tracks with markers and stories. |
Assignment #10: Working with Markers and Stories (20 pts) |
| 13 | 4/12 |
Authoring w/ DVD Studio Pro: Tracks Part 2: Enhancing tracks with markers and stories |
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| 14 | 4/17 | Authoring w/ DVD Studio Pro: Slideshows |
Assignment #11: Create a slideshow in DVDSP with provided content. (20 pts) |
| 14 | 4/19 |
Authoring w/ DVD Studio Pro: Linking to the Internet |
Assignment #12: Create menus with links to the Internet with provided assets. (20 pts) |
| 15 | 4/24 |
Open lab | |
| 15 |
4/26 | Authoring w/ DVD Studio Pro: Adding subtitles |
Assignment #13 Create subtitles for the provided project. (20 pts) |
| 16 | 5/1 |
Authoring w/ DVD Studio Pro: |
Assignments #14: Write simple scripts for the provided project. (20 pts) |
| 16 |
5/3 | Authoring w/ DVD Studio Pro: Finishing the DVD/Build and Burn |
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| 17 | 5/8 | Open lab | |
| 17 |
5/10 |
Open Lab | |
| 18 | 5/15 |
Authoring w/ DVD Studio Pro: Distribution |
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| 18 | 5/17 | NO CLASS | |
| 19 | 5/22 | FINAL PRESENTATIONS/OPEN LAB | |
| 19 | 5/25 | FINAL PRESENTATIONS |