STUDY PROGRAMME
Creative Technologies

AFAM CODE
ABTEC43

DISCIPLINARY AREA
Audiovisual languages and techniques

DISCIPLINARY FIELD
Digital video

CREDITS
6

APPROACH
Theoretical/project based

The course focuses on theoretical-practical fundamentals of digital video. The goal is for the students to reach awareness and maturity in identifying suitable technical solutions on a movie set as VFX supervisors.

The programme consists of one single module, which grants 6 CFA credits.

Successful students will be able to:

• Evaluate the most suitable photographic technique for a take

• Identify different kinds of lights and their use

• Use their light engineering and tracking knowledge to obtain the desired effects

• A general, introductory section is devoted to the understanding of the workflow related to digital video production (shooting, editing, post-production direction)

• The following section aims at developing the broadest possible knowledge of all the roles connected to digital video, through targeted group practice

• The final section is based on the production of a series of greenscreen shots

This is a theoretical/project based course.

Students will take part in the following activities, which may vary depending on the development of different projects:

• Classroom lectures

• Use of tutorials, videos or other media tools

• Exercises and revisions

• Workshops

• Individual or group projects

• Individual or group study and research

Assessment tools may include:

• Completion of a project

• Oral exam

Further details about the exams will be provided by the professors.

Books and resources might be requested or suggested by the professors.