Video I

Code:

V201

Acronym:

V 1

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
CNAEF	Design

Instance: 2021/2022 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Design
Course/CS Responsible:	Communication Design

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
DC	58	Plano Oficial do ano letivo 2017	2	-	4,5	45	121,5

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

Introduction to filmmaking practice and theory in the director perspective. First introduction to film history, narrative, gender, conventions, film grammar, and motion design. The learning practice of film and video covers the three stages that mainly define filmmaking: pre-production, production and post-production. The student's should prove a creative attitude, critical consciousness of the potential and limits of the media used and the components of the video-cinematography.

Learning outcomes and competences

Be able to understand and work though the three key stages of film and video production: pre-production, production and direction, and post-production, with greater emphasis on the last two.

Working method

Presencial

Program

Introduction on the main aspects of audiovisual approach. Video and film defined as a blend of visual, sound and verbal arts. Fiction and documentary as main perspectives of reality and imaginary approachs.
1. Conception and film production Pre-production, production and post production. Film writing, film grammar, montage and continuity
2. Technical and technological aspects Camera work, recording sound, editing video and audio. Editing as a film narrative technique. Analysis of film and video Shot.
3. Motion Design: Introduction to the development of animated graphics, their contexts and applications. Introduction applied to the concepts of compositing, cross animated image with real image and kinetic typography.

Mandatory literature

Abel, Richard; Encyclopedia of Early Film, New York, Routledge, 2005
ARIJON, Daniel; Grammar of the film language, Silman-James Press, 1976
AUMONT, Jacques & MARIE, Michel; Dicionário Teórico e Crítico do Cinema, Lisboa, Texto & Grafia, 2008
BASILICO, Stefano; Cut: Film as Found Object in Contemporary Video, Milwaukee Art Museum, 2005
BORDWELL, David & THOMPSON, Kristin; Film Art: An Introduction, New York, Mcgraw-Hill, 2008
CARDULLO, Bert; Soundings on Cinema: Speaking to Film and Film Artists, State University of New York Press, 2008
CUBBIT, Sean; The Cinema Effect, Massachussetts, MIT Press, 2004
FERREIRA, Carlos Melo; As Poéticas do Cinema, Porto, Afrontamento, 2004
Grant, Barry Keith & SLONIOWSKI, Jeanette; Grant, Barry Keith Documenting the documentary: close of documentary film and video, Wayne State University Press, 1998
MASCELLI, Joseph; The five Cs of cinematography, Silman-James Press, 1998
Marie-France Briselance, Jean-Claude Morin ; Gramática do Cinema, Texto & Grafia, 2012
SHAW, AUSTIN; Design for Motion: Fundamentals and Techniques of Motion Design, Routledge, 2nd Edition, 2019
WILLIAMS, Richard; The Animator's Survival Kit, Faber & Faber, 2002
XAVIER, Ismael; A Experiência do Cinema, Edições Graal, Embrafilmes, 2003

Teaching methods and learning activities

Lectures on audiovisual grammar and history. Practice audiovisual techniques: shooting, editing, writing, directing and production, and post-production.

keywords

Humanities > Arts > Visual arts > Film studies

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Participação presencial	15,00
Trabalho laboratorial	25,00
Trabalho prático ou de projeto	60,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Elaboração de projeto	30,50
Frequência das aulas	45,00
Trabalho laboratorial	46,00
Total:	121,50

Eligibility for exams

Effective participation in individual and team. Production of video and film work (and script).

Calculation formula of final grade

Estimated average of all work undertaken. Effective participation.