Department of Computer Graphics

CGT 346 Digital Video & Audio

Coordinator: C.R. Morales morales@purdue.edu   Office Hours: See MyPurdue Class Times and Location

Course Description

Covers the use of digital technologies for video and audio focused toward use in multimedia, hypermedia, and animation products.  Students examine the methods for creating, sampling, and storing digital video and digital audio and the constraints placed on these media assets when used for media based products.  Emphasis is placed upon the technology of digital video and audio including formats, data rates, compressors, and the advantages and disadvantages of the different technologies..

Course Objectives

1.    Demonstrate understanding of the principles editing.
2.    Solve video compositing problem by using masking, tracking, color correcting, and animation.
3.    Properly compress a digital video when given a set of constraints.
4.    Author interactive video disks (DVD-Vide, Bluray) using standard authoring tools.
5.    Setup a solution to stream video.

Texts

• Required
• Digital Video: A Technical Primer of Digital Video Techniques. Available from http://www.eacademicbooks.com/dvbook.asp
• Any reference book on your choice of composting package such as Meyer, T., Meyer C. (2000). Creating Motion Graphics with After Effects, CMP Books; ISBN: 0879306068.
• Access to a Digital Video camera.
  • If you do not have a digital video camera, you get check out cameras from the DLC. A few limited cameras are available from Knoy 346.

Material Submittal:

• Projects:
• Projects are to be turned in via the NAS into the turn in folder.  You are responsible for the security of your files. You should have multiple copies on multiple sources  at all times.  All files turned in should include your lastname and first initial in the filename.  Example: Morales_C_Project1.WMV
• For projects the class will be divided into approximately 6 groups.
• Presentations
• Along with each project, you will be required to perform a series of presentations that approximate real-world interactions with a client. The main purpose of these presentations is to provide you feedback. Thus, you will be graded on your presentation skills, content, and feedback that you provide other groups.
• Homeowork Assignments:
• Homework assignments from the Ballinger book are to be turned in through the eAcademicBooks site by 9:00 PM Wednesday of the week in which the assignments are given. For example, the first day of class will be Tuesday, August 26, 2007. The first set of assignments will be due by 9:00 PM on Wednesday, August 27, 2008. The readings and assignments are typically separate from the materials covered in class. This arrangement allows us to discuss any problems during the Thursday class meetings.
  
  The eAcademicBooks site allows you to continuously resubmit your assignment (to yourself) until you get a 100%. Take advantage of this feature. At 9:01 PM, on Wednesdays the site will send a report and a copy of all of the assignments to your TA and professor. Do not send them your Ballinger-assignments directly, as they will not be considered for a grade. Please take into account that the server may be busy close to the turn-in time. If you hit the submit button at 8:58 PM and the server does not process your assignment until 9:01 PM, you will not get credit. Plan accordingly. Do your work early.

Equipment

·        Media (DV tapes, CD-R's, DVD-R, removable Hard drive, etc.)

·       Firewire cable

·       Ballinger Book

·       Digital Video Camera

Grade Distribution

Points	Assignment
100	Presentations (concept pitch, storyboards, animatics, update, etc).
140	Project 1: Oddvertising Project
150	Project 2: Animated Intro (Motion Graphics)
200	Project 3: 30-sec Commercial
210	Homework Assignments
200	Final Examination
1000	Total Points

In addition to the assignments above, you are required to participate in at least three research studies conducted in connection with this course.

 Grading Philosophy:

Superior work, professional	A
Above average student work	B
Average student work	C
Below average student work	D
Failure	F

Student Conduct and Policies

• Follow all of the rules stated in the Purdue University Student Handbook to include: not cheating, coming to class, etc.
• Committing any of the following infractions will result in an automatic F in the course:

• Failure to return camera at assigned time
• Not clearing out old files on the NAS
• Deleting another student's files

Course Schedule:

Week	Lecture - 1	Lecture - 2	Out of Class Project	On-Line Homework
1   8/25	Introduction to Course  Compositing Intro Concept Pitch Scene Construction: Maltesse Falcon, Time to Kill	Project 1 Concept Presentation Groups 1-3	Oddvertising Project Assigned	ebook Chapter 1
2    9/1	Compositing Masking Editing for Time & Space Potemkin, The Gift	Project 1 Concept Presentation Groups 4-6		ebook Chapter 7
3   9/8	Compositing Masking Continuity Principles Match cutting, 180, Jump cuts, leading audio, camera motion	Project 1 Rough Draft Presentation Groups 1-3		ebook Chapter 2
4 9/15	Compositing Role of Camera: Objective vs. Subjective Power Issues	Project 1 Rough Draft Presentation Groups 4-6		ebook Chapter 3
5  9/22	Compositing Principles of Cinematogaphy, Exposure, Color Temperature	Project 1 Final Presentation All Groups	Oddvertising Project Due Opening Animation Assigned	ebook Chapter 4
6   9/29	Compositing	Project 2 Concept Presentation Groups 1-3		ebook Chapter 5
7    10/6	Compositing	Project 2 Concept Presentation Groups 4-6		ebook Chapter 6
8  10/13	October Break	October Break	October Break	October Break
9    10/20	Technical Compositing	Project 2 Rough Draft Presentation Groups -6
10   10/27	Compression	Project 3 Concept Presentation Groups 4-6	Opening Animation Due 30-sec Commercial Assigned
11 11/3	Spring Break	Spring Break	Spring Break	Spring Break
12   11/10	Compression	Project 3 Rough Draft Presentation Groups 1-3
13 11/17	Web Video Delivery	Project 3 Rough Draft Presentation Groups 4-6
14   11/24	Thanksgiving break	Thanksgiving break
15   12/1	DVD Production	Project 3 Final Presentation Groups 1-3
16  12/8	HD-DVD / Bueray Production	Project 3 Final Presentation Groups 4-6	30-sec Commercial Due
17 12/15	Final Exam

Films:
Battleship Potemkin [Odessa Step Sequence]
Trip to the Moon
Ladies Man [Nun Sequence]
Maltese Falcon [Scenes 1 and 5]
The Gift [Body Discovery Sequence]
Merlin
+ numerous commercials

For information contact: Carlos R. Morales.

CGT 346