Video II

Code:

VD502

Acronym:

VD 2

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Communication Design

Instance: 2015/2016 - 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	11	Licenciatura em Design de Comunicação	3	-	4,5	48	121,5
			4

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

Video II is a practical approach to the audiovisual and contemporary history of cinema and video It is intended to go deeper on learning technical and audiovisual technology, but also, secondly, to experiment in a broader sense the video and film culture, justifying complementary approaches, particularly in the approach to title credit design, motion graphics and institutional advertising. 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.

Working method

Presencial

Program

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 3. Analysis of film and video Shot sequence and the use of color and light in a dramatic sense Mise-en-scene in space and time Linear narrative and non-linear narrative, synchronous and asynchronous narrative 4. Film history, documentary and fiction (narrative in time and space). From classic film to avant-garde film-video: Silent films and classic cinema Motion Graphics.

Mandatory literature

ARIJON, Daniel; Grammar of the film language, Silman-James Press, 1976
BASILICO, Stefano; Cut: Film as Found Object in Contemporary Video, Milwaukee Art Museum, 2005
BAZIN, André et al.; A política dos autores, Assírio & Alvim, 1976
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
FERREIRA, Carlos Melo; As Poéticas do Cinema, Porto, Afrontamento, 2004
GRANT, Barry Keith & SLONIOWSKI, Jeannette; Documenting the documentary: close of documentary film and video, Wayne State University Press, 1998
MANOVICH, Lev; The Language of New Media, MIT Press, 2001
MASCELLI, Joseph; The five Cs of cinematography, Silman-James Press, 1998
REES, A. L.; A history of experimental film and video, BFI Publishing, 1992
RIESER, Martin; The New Screen Media: Cinema/Art/Narrative, BFI Publishing, 2002
WOLLMAN, Matt & BELLANTONI, Jeff; Type in Motion, Thames & Hudson, 1999
XAVIER, Ismael; A Experiência do Cinema, Edições Graal, Embrafilmes, 2003

Teaching methods and learning activities

Lectures on film grammar and film history. Practice film techniques: shooting, editing, writing, directing and production.

keywords

Humanities > Arts > Visual arts > Film studies

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Participação presencial	50,00
Trabalho laboratorial	50,00
Total:	100,00

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.