Overview

This unit expands students’ knowledge and skills in digital video compositing, developing students’ commercial digital video compositing skills. There will be a focus on developing creative outcomes based on an understanding of the audience and development of an appropriate conceptual strategy. Students will extend their digital video compositing techniques, and work to achieve completed productions. They will be given the opportunity to explore various techniques using digital tools and encouraged to develop independent study, investigation and development skills.

Teaching periods
Location
Start and end dates
Last self-enrolment date
Census date
Last withdraw without fail date
Results released date
Semester 2
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
29-July-2024
27-October-2024
Last self-enrolment date
11-August-2024
Census date
31-August-2024
Last withdraw without fail date
13-September-2024
Results released date
03-December-2024
Semester 1
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
03-March-2025
01-June-2025
Last self-enrolment date
16-March-2025
Census date
31-March-2025
Last withdraw without fail date
24-April-2025
Results released date
08-July-2025
Semester 2
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
04-August-2025
02-November-2025
Last self-enrolment date
17-August-2025
Census date
31-August-2025
Last withdraw without fail date
19-September-2025
Results released date
09-December-2025

Learning outcomes

Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:

  • Plan, manage and produce a post-production proposal for a sequence of digital video, including the analysis of reference material, audience, appropriate resources and processes
  • Use compositing techniques to illustrate meaning and mood to a digital video sequence
  • Apply a range of commercial compositing techniques, tools, principles and options to convincingly manipulate digital video
  • Apply post production, design principles, sound and editing skills to produce a resolved digital video outcome

Teaching methods

Hawthorn

Type Hours per week Number of weeks Total (number of hours)
On-campus
Studio		3.00 12 weeks 36
Online
Directed Online Learning and Independent Learning		2.00 12 weeks 24
Unspecified Activities
Independent Learning		7.50 12 weeks 90
TOTAL150

Sarawak

Type Hours per week Number of weeks Total (number of hours)
Online
Directed Online Learning and Independent Learning		12.50 12 weeks 150
TOTAL150

Assessment

Type Task Weighting ULO's
Design BriefIndividual 50% 1,2,3 
Design BriefIndividual 50% 1,2,3,4 

Content

  • Influence of digital video compositing on contemporary design and communication
  • Illustrating meaning and mood
  • Non-linear editing
  • Non-destructive editing practices
  • Creating special effects
  • Colour grading to alter / enhance the colour of images
  • Music and sound
  • Audience theory

Study resources

Reading materials

A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.