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This course introduces you to the moving image to develop creative ideas with video. The focus will be on the fundamentals of moving image and time-based media, together with digital video editing. The course covers developing concepts using storyboarding, capturing and importing video, creating a rough-cut edit, fine-tuning the edit, working with effects and transitions, working with sound, and exporting a short video piece. You will also have the opportunity to view and discuss a range of contemporary artists’ video and short films.
Please note - this is a credit course and has an integrated digital component. All students enrolled on credit courses are required to matriculate through the university student system EUCLID. If you do not do so you will not be able to access information provided by your tutor nor will you be able to submit work for assessment. Please read our Studying for Credit Guide, Rules and Regulations for more information.
No previous digital video experience necessary. Some experience in any art discipline will be useful. You will require your own means of shooting basic digital video, such as a smart phone, digital SLR camera or digital video camera.
Essential materials you will need to bring to the first class:
* USB Stick 8gb minimum
* Basic writing/ drawing materials
* Smart phone/digital camera and means to connect to computer to access files.
Materials and equipment provided for students as part of the course and included in course fee:
* Access to special digital editing computer lab
* Access to external hard drive for editing
Materials and equipment available for purchase during the course:
N/A
Essentials materials and equipment students will need to provide themselves:
* Digital Video Camera or smart phone
* Firewire cable, USB2 cable, or card reader for capturing or downloading video footage as appropriate to camera type.
* Notebook and pen for storyboard drawings, notes and developing project ideas
Additional recommended materials and equipment students can provide:
* Optional: tripod
* Optional: headphones
* Optional: audio recording device or microphone as appropriate to camera type
The course teaching is delivered over weekly class sessions totalling 30 hours. Depending on the specific timetable of the occurrence of the course, this will either be delivered over ten weeks of 3 hour class sessions, eleven weeks of 2.5 hour class sessions or five weeks of 5.5 hour class sessions. Over the class sessions the course will cover:
This course will be based and delivered in specialist art studios or workshops and will typically include a range of practical exercises, introductions to techniques, processes and concepts, and set projects which lead to more focused and personal exploration. Each week, students’ progress will be monitored and supported by the tutor who will negotiate and agree a ‘directed study plan’ for work to be undertaken out with the class hours each week. This will include researching a range of suggested artists or designers and their associated movements to engender a contextual awareness of the discipline being taught as well as how to annotate and evidence this within a sketchbook and practical outcomes. Teaching will include practical demonstrations, one to one tuition, group discussions and critiques.
By the end of the course, through attending classes and engaging in directed and independent study, students should be able to:
RESEARCH
PRACTICE
PRESENT
Rush, M., 2007. Video Art. London: Thames and Hudson.
Elwes, C., 2005. Video Art: A Guided Tour. London; New York: I.B. Tauris.
Figgis, M., 2007. Digital Film-making. London: Faber and Faber.
Specific Web resources will be determined by course tutors.
Handouts will be provided.
Details of the Art and Design assessment requirements can be found on the short course website. Please click on the following link for more information: Submission and Assessment Information
If you choose to study for credit you will need to allocate significant time outwith classes for coursework and assessment preparation. Credit points gained from this course can count towards the Certificate of Higher Education.
If you have questions regarding the course or enrolment, please contact COL Reception at Paterson's Land by email COL@ed.ac.uk or by phone 0131 650 4400.
If you have a disability, learning difficulty or health condition which may affect your studies, please let us know by ticking the 'specific support needs' box on your course application form. This will allow us to make appropriate adjustments in advance and in accordance with your rights under the Equality Act 2010. For more information please visit the Student Support section of our website.