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FTR2010 Post Production and VFX

Semester 2, 2020 On-campus Springfield
Short Description: Post Production & VFX
Units : 1
Faculty or Section : Faculty of Business, Education, Law and Arts
School or Department : School of Creative Arts
Student contribution band : Band 1
ASCED code : 100701 - Audio Visual Studies
Grading basis : Graded

Staffing

Examiner:

Requisites

Pre-requisite: FTR1000

Rationale

Through a series of workshops students are introduced to skills and practices involved with post-production techniques for the broadcast medium, particularly the processes involved in designing and integrating style and effects into the production process relevant to the broadcast industries.

Synopsis

A comprehensive, specialist course designed to develop professional skills for digital artists through post production learning environments. Students will develop a solid understanding of the processes involved in creating and integrating techniques into their production pipelines. This will include digital motion graphics, visual effects and compositing techniques to name a few.

Objectives

On completion of this course students should be able to:

  1. identify and apply theoretical and practical aspects used in post-production;
  2. produce work that effectively communicates with an intended audience;
  3. work independently to produce production quality material that reflects on social, cultural and ethical issues;
  4. research concepts and processes involved in post-production to produce industry standard outcomes.

Topics

Description Weighting(%)
1. Understanding VFX elements 30.00
2. Motion Tracking and Compositing 30.00
3. VFX techniques and practices 40.00

Text and materials required to be purchased or accessed

ALL textbooks and materials available to be purchased can be sourced from (unless otherwise stated). (https://omnia.usq.edu.au/textbooks/?year=2020&sem=02&subject1=FTR2010)

Please for alternative purchase options from USQ Bookshop. (https://omnia.usq.edu.au/info/contact/)

There are no texts or materials required for this course however students must have access to Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and After Effects CS6 or later.

Reference materials

Reference materials are materials that, if accessed by students, may improve their knowledge and understanding of the material in the course and enrich their learning experience.

Student workload expectations

Activity Hours
Directed ¾«¶«´«Ã½app 100.00
Independent ¾«¶«´«Ã½app 65.00

Assessment details

Description Marks out of Wtg (%) Due Date Notes
CREATIVE PORTFOLIO A 100 40 24 Aug 2020
CREATIVE PORTFOLIO B 100 60 23 Oct 2020

Important assessment information

  1. Attendance requirements:
    Students must attend and complete the requirements of the Workplace Health and Safety training program for this course where required.

    External and Online: There are no attendance requirements for this course. However, it is the students’ responsibility to study all material provided to them or required to be accessed by them to maximise their chance of meeting the objectives of the course and to be informed of course-related activities and administration.

    On-campus: It is the students’ responsibility to attend and participate appropriately in all activities (such as lectures, tutorials, laboratories and practical work) scheduled for them, and to study all material provided to them or required to be accessed by them to maximise their chance of meeting the objectives of the course and to be informed of course-related activities and administration.

  2. Requirements for students to complete each assessment item satisfactorily:
    To satisfactorily complete an individual assessment item a student must achieve at least 50% of the marks.

  3. Penalties for late submission of required work:
    Students should refer to the Assessment Procedure (point 4.2.4)

  4. Requirements for student to be awarded a passing grade in the course:
    To be assured of receiving a passing grade a student must achieve at least 50% of the total weighted marks available for the course

  5. Method used to combine assessment results to attain final grade:
    The final grades for students will be assigned on the basis of the aggregate of the weighted marks obtained for each of the summative assessment items in the course.

  6. Examination information:
    There is no examination for this course.

  7. Examination period when Deferred/Supplementary examinations will be held:
    There is no examination in this course, there will be no deferred or supplementary examinations.

  8. ¾«¶«´«Ã½app Student Policies:
    Students should read the USQ policies: Definitions, Assessment and Student Academic Misconduct to avoid actions which might contravene ¾«¶«´«Ã½app policies and practices. These policies can be found at .

Other requirements

  1. Students can expect that questions in assessment items in this course may draw upon knowledge and skills that they can reasonably be expected to have acquired before enrolling in the course. This includes knowledge contained in pre-requisite courses and appropriate communication, information literacy, analytical, critical thinking, problem solving or numeracy skills. Students who do not possess such knowledge and skills should not expect to achieve the same grades as those students who do possess them.

Date printed 6 November 2020