Maricopa Community Colleges  BPC120DK   20082-99999 

Official Course Description: MCCCD Approval: 2-26-2008

BPC120DK  2008 Spring – 2011 Fall

L+L  3.0 Credit(s)  4.0 Period(s)  3.7 Load  Occ

Introduction to Digital Video Editing

Introduction to digital video editing comprises of a foundation for video import, export, and editing functions. Includes parts and function of a video camera, preproduction and production, incorporating photographs, titles, graphics, animation and audio, capturing, editing, rendering and outputting digital video.

Prerequisites: None.

Cross-References: CIS120DK

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MCCCD Official Course Competencies:

 

BPC120DK  2008 Spring – 2011 Fall

Introduction to Digital Video Editing

 

1.

Describe the general characteristics of video editing on a computer. (I)

2.

Illustrate the stages of preproduction. (II)

3.

Evaluate digital video cameras and tape formats. (III)

4.

Configure a digital video computer editing system. (IV)

5.

Edit digital video using the timeline and other development tools create a video. (V)

6.

Create and integrate audio from multiple sources. (VI)

7.

Incorporate graphics, text and special effects to enhance digital (VII, VIII, IX)

8.

Produce digital videos. (X)

9.

Capture video. (XI)

10.

Render digital video for various output devices. (XII)

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MCCCD Official Course Outline:

 

BPC120DK  2008 Spring – 2011 Fall

Introduction to Digital Video Editing

 

I. Introduction

A. Terminology

B. Overview of digital and analog video technology

C. Evolution and influence of digital video on various mediums such television, filmmaking, multimedia, and the Internet

D. File size factors

E. Import, open and save files

II. Digital Video Preproduction

A. Principles of scriptwriting for film and video

B. Create a storyboard

C. Frame basic camera shots

D. Production schedules

E. Legal considerations

III. Digital Video Cameras and Tape Formats

A. Consumer, prosumer and professional videotape formats

B. Primary components of a digital video camera

C. Evaluate features of a digital video camera

IV. A Digital Video Computer Editing System

A. Research a computer purchase evaluating industry standard hardware

B. Understand rendering

C. Backing up digital video files

V. Edit digital video

A. Compare multiple video editing software applications

B. Discuss the software application interface

C. Clip collections and working with clips

D. Overlapping, trimming and nudging clips in a timeline

E. Basics of transitions, effects and layers

VI. Incorporating Audio

A. Collecting and creating audio files from various sources in different formats

B. Adding music, sound effects, and other audio

C. Narrating a video

D. Trimming, adjusting and transitioning audio

VII. Titles, Credits, Transitions and Effects

A. Creating titles and credits

B. Creating transitions and fades

C. Using standard and other effects and transitions

VIII. Graphics and Animation

A. Prepare a photograph for digital video

B. File formats

C. Two-dimensional and three-dimensional graphics

D. Animation

IX. Adding Motion to Digital Video

A. Motion overview

B. Scale, position, rotation, distortion, cropping, and keyframes

C. Points and coordinates

X. Digital Video Production

A. Video production equipment

B. Video composition and framing

C. Lighting hardware and techniques

D. Shooting and producing bluescreen or greenscreen video

XI. Capturing Video

A. Connecting various digital video input and output devices

B. Capturing video from multiple digital and analog devices

C. Video presets, capture settings and device control

D. Adjusting color and audio levels

E. In and out points and timecode

XII. Outputting Video

A. Video and audio rendering

B. Converting a video to various file formats

C. Output to physical media

D. Deliver video via the Internet

 

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