ANIM 103
Introduction to Video Art
Instructor: Ted Wyckoff
LRC 304, 269.965.3931, ext 2378
wyckofft@kellogg.edu
Class times: Wednesdays 5:30-8:30 PM; January 10, 2007-May 2, 2007
Location: Ohm 205
Course Description:In this video art course, students will learn basic video operation, cinematography, and non-linear editing. The primary tools will be MiniDV camcorders, tripods, Macintosh computers and video creation software. The emphasis of this course will be the creation of video productions that reflect an understanding of the art of the moving image. Students will be encouraged to develop their own ideas and to showcase skills and techniques.
Textbooks:
- Michael Rush, Video Art. Publisher: Thames & Hudson. ISBN 0500237980. Price: $45.00
- Jeff Carlson, Making a Movie in iMovieHD and iDVD. Publisher: Pearson. ISBN 03214330188
Supplies:
Mini DV videotapes, blank DVD-R disks (not DVD-RW or DVD+R or DVD+RW)
Program outcomes this course will help you accomplish
- The associate in Applied Science in Multimedia Art is designed to prepare graduates for entry-level positions in public and private multimedia, photography and production studios, web design studios, and graphic design firms.
General Education outcomes this course will help you accomplish
- Express ideas verbally in a coherent, organized and effective way.
- Demonstrate computer literacy in the retrieval, processing, and delivery of information.
- Demonstrate an understanding of a variety if non-verbal communication behaviors.
- Identify basic materials, techniques, compositional elements, or principles used in the production of creative works.
- Interpret the overall content and aesthetics of creative works.
- Evaluate the relationship between creative works and human experience including culture, society, and technology.
Core abilities this course will help you build
- Demonstrate knowledge of the creative process and the ability to appraise the significance of visual, literary, or performing arts.
- Demonstrate written, verbal, nonverbal, computer, and listening communication skills.
Competencies this course will help you build
- Demonstrate basic understanding of video art
- Demonstrate an understanding of the contemporary video art movement.
- Use video as a creative tool.
How your performance will be graded
- Two video projects
- Project one will demonstrate basic skills of planning, shooting and editing a video. 15%
- Project will be a capstone project that will demonstrate further development and polishing of the skills exhibited in the first project. This project can be all original or can build upon efforts from the first project. 45%
- Students will be required to successfully complete objective exams with a score of 80%. Students will be allowed to retake the exams in order to attain the score. The actual final score will be calculated in the final grade as 100% if the student successfully meets the minimal requirement. If the student doesn’t meet the 80% level of achievement, the grade will be calculated at its actual percentage. The percentage of the final grade determined by the exams will be 20%.
- Attendance and class participation. Students are expected to attend class and contribute to class activities. 20%
Weekly activities
Week |
Date |
Activity |
Assignment |
Week 1 |
1/10 |
Introductory Lecture & Demonstration |
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Week 2 |
1/17 |
Lecture on Video Production, Techniques and procedures |
Start planning $ shooting video for Assignment 1 |
Week 3 |
1/24 |
Introduction to iMovie |
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Week 4 |
1/31 |
Introduction to iDVD |
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Week 5 |
2/07 |
Viewing assignments |
Assignment #1 due |
Week 6 |
2/14 |
Demonstration of Final Cut Pro |
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Week 7 |
2/21 |
Open lab, individualized assistance |
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Week 8 |
2/28 |
Viewing assignments |
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Week 9 |
3/07 |
Video as Art, Writing a proposal |
Proposal for Final Project |
Week 10 |
3/14 |
Present final proposals and critique |
Proposal for final project due |
Week 11 |
3/21 |
Progress reports on final project |
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Week 12 |
3/28 |
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Week 13 |
4/04 |
Spring Break |
Spring Break |
Week 14 |
4/11 |
Open lab, individualized assistance |
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Week 15 |
4/18 |
Open lab, individualized assistance |
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Week 16 |
4/25 |
Viewing assignments |
Assignment #2 due |
Week 17 |
2/02 |
Viewing assignments |
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Attendance Policy
The student must complete all assignments on time. The student must take responsibility to make up missed assignments and missed classes.
Regular class attendance and participation is imperative. Important material is covered each class period and it is crucial that you attend all sessions. If you accumulate more than 4 absences you may be dropped from the course. If you reach four absences in the semester, a warning for excessive absences will be directed to Student Support Services. If you reach 6 absences, I will request that the administration remove you from the course. To avoid being dropped, you must contact me within two days of accumulating your 6th absence. In the event of school cancellation, the assignment due dates WILL NOT change. If you know in advance, that you will have a problem attending a class or in completing your assignment, you may notify your instructor in advance to avoid the full penalty. (You are still responsible for your missed class or assignment)
Evaluation Criteria:
A = Exceptional
B = Very Good
C = Average
D = Pass
F = Fail
(There is + and - for each grade. The highest final transcript grade at KCC is A)
All assignments must be handed in on a DVD.
Extra Credit: a variety of extra credit possibilities will be made available throughout the semester, ranging from contemporary fine art article report writings, written exhibition reviews, and additional “excellent” photographs (prints that do not fit the assignments but are of exceptional work) made throughout the semester. Print extra credit considerations must be handed in using formal matting and mounting presentation and handed in at specified times.
Academic honesty Students are expected to be honest in their dealings with faculty, staff, and students. Any work that is not the current product of the student’s own efforts is considered dishonest and plagiarism and will not be tolerated. The same work may not be submitted in more than one class. Students may be expelled for academic dishonesty.Safety
Classroom building and evacuation information:
It is important that the student familiarize him or herself with fire extinguisher locations and the most appropriate route to emergency exits in the classroom building. Emergency exits and procedures are indicated on the charts posted in classrooms, hallways, etc. Should a drill or emergency occur that would require evacuation, the class is to meet in a predetermined location away from the building. Attendance will be taken in an effort to account for all students.
Information contained in this syllabus was, to the best knowledge of the instructor, considered correct and complete when distributed for use at the beginning of the semester. However, this syllabus should not be considered a contract between Kellogg Community College and any student, nor between the instructor and student. The instructor reserves the right, acting within the policies and procedures of KCC, to make changes in the course content, instructional techniques and course assignments without notice.
