Video and Audio Editing
Module: Platforms
Matter: Edición de audio y video
Main language of instruction: Spanish
"Editing Audio and Video", together with the previous course of 1st year 'Plató' and the upcoming television courses, will help students to reach the tecnhical and teorethical basis of the audiovisual curriculum. The course focuses on how to edit raw material.
Introduce the basis of technical and narrative skills needed to develop an audiovisual product.
The objective of the course is to train students with maximum knowledge concerning the assembly of a story and a reportage.
MODULE 1. The audivisual industry in Catalonia
1.1. Media diffusion in Catalonia
1.2. National TV
1.3. Catalan TV
1.4. Local TV
1.5. TV audiences: channels and programs
MODULE 2. Introduction to Audio-visual Journalism's Techniques
2.1. Specificities of audiovisual media: thinking on images and writing for the ears.
2.2. Reception specificities of written and audiovisual texts: characteristics and limitations.
2.3. The elements of the audiovisual message. How to mix different codes.
2.4. Street team, study team
MODULE 3. News programmes
3.1. The preliminary stage: Pre-production, planning and documentation.
3.2. What is an ENG? Functions and tools of the television journalist.
3.3. Shots, camera movements and golden rules.
3.4. Shooting recommendations
MODULE 4. Technical concepts: video and sound
4.1. Diaphragm, iris, focus and depth of field
4.2. White balance and Color Temperature.
4.3. Neutral density filters.
4.4. Gain.MODULE 1. Script and narration
MODULE 5. Script and narration
5.1. View & select
5.2. News structure
5.3. Script and Text
5.4. The speech of video editing
MODULE 6. Types of video editing
6.1. Double coding theory. What comes first, the image or text?
6.2. Types of video editing
MODULE 7. Digital editing and postproduction.
7.1. Transitions
7.2. Voice-image correspondance
MODULE 8. Narrative problems on video
8.1. Angle
8.2. Shot
8.3. Raccord
8.4. Axis
MODULE 9. The sound into a news video
9.1. Off voice
9.2. Environmental sound
9.3. Street interviews
9.4. Synchronisation
MODULE 10. The text in the image
10.1. Who is who
10.2. Overprints
TRAINING ACTIVITY | ECTS CREDITS |
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Focused Praxis. Handing in occasional exercises to learn theory through practice. | 0,5 |
Lectures. In lectures, lecturers/professors not only transmit content or knowledge, but also, and above all else, attitudes, motivation, skills and values, etc. They also ensure that participants can express their opinions and arguments to the other students. | 1 |
Practical workshop. A highly practical working activity, where students can acquire skills that are practical or also theoretical (intellectual skills, logical skills, critical skills, intellectual learning skills, study skills, quoting skills, etc). | 1,5 |
The evaluation will be continuated and class attendance is mandatory.
Students must submit several weekly video pieces that will be recorded and edited by the student. The work will be individual and groupal as well. Attitude, teamwork, fulfilment of deadlines, creativity and content will be also evaluated.
Summary assessment:
*A voluntary visit to a professional communication medium will be scheduled which will help to round off the final grade of the subject.
To take over the course (2nd call) the student must pass the following assessment activities:
EVALUATION SYSTEM | PERCENTAGE |
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Groupal Work Individual Work | 100% |
Basic bibliography:
Complementary bibliography:
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