School: Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Edit dialogue
  • Unit Code

    CUASOU408
  • Year

    2017
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    1
  • Nominal Hours

    40
  • Full Year Unit

    Y
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Mr Laurance Bruce SINAGRA

Description

This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to edit dialogue for a range of screen productions.
It applies to individuals who work collaboratively as part of a production team to make post-production dialogue edits that are free of uneven sound.
No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.

Elements

  • 1. Clarify project requirements
  • 2. Prepare to edit dialogue
  • 3. Clean up dialogue
  • 4. Complete work operations
  • 5. Evaluate work

Performance Evidence

Evidence of the ability to:
- edit dialogue and sound for screen productions in collaboration with a production team
- review the quality of edited material against production requirements
- use the features of a range of industry standard sound editing software and equipment in line with production requirements and industry standards.

Note: If a specific volume or frequency is not stated, then evidence must be provided at least once.

Knowledge Evidence

To complete the unit requirements safely and effectively, the individual must:
- describe the information that is typically found in production documentation and requirements
- explain the main techniques and methods of dialogue and sound editing
- explain the basic principles of synchronisation and how it is used in dialogue and sound editing
- explain how sound is locked to picture
- explain the issues and challenges that typically arise when editing dialogue and sound, and how to address them
- explain the work health and safety (WHS) procedures and principles that relate to sound editing.

Assessment

Assessment must be conducted in a safe environment where evidence gathered demonstrates consistent performance of typical activities experienced in creative arts industry environments. The assessment environment must include access to:
- sound editing software and equipment
- screen productions where dialogue and sound editing are required
- production documentation
- interaction with others.

Assessors of this unit must satisfy the requirements for assessors in applicable vocational educational and training legislation, frameworks and/or standards.

Assessment

GS5 VET GRADING SCHEMA Used for WAAPA VET only

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.


Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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School: Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Edit dialogue
  • Unit Code

    CUASOU408
  • Year

    2017
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    1
  • Nominal Hours

    40
  • Full Year Unit

    Y
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Mr Laurance Bruce SINAGRA

Description

This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to edit dialogue for a range of screen productions.
It applies to individuals who work collaboratively as part of a production team to make post-production dialogue edits that are free of uneven sound.
No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.

Elements

  • 1. Clarify project requirements
  • 2. Prepare to edit dialogue
  • 3. Clean up dialogue
  • 4. Complete work operations
  • 5. Evaluate work

Performance Evidence

Evidence of the ability to:
- edit dialogue and sound for screen productions in collaboration with a production team
- review the quality of edited material against production requirements
- use the features of a range of industry standard sound editing software and equipment in line with production requirements and industry standards.

Note: If a specific volume or frequency is not stated, then evidence must be provided at least once.

Knowledge Evidence

To complete the unit requirements safely and effectively, the individual must:
- describe the information that is typically found in production documentation and requirements
- explain the main techniques and methods of dialogue and sound editing
- explain the basic principles of synchronisation and how it is used in dialogue and sound editing
- explain how sound is locked to picture
- explain the issues and challenges that typically arise when editing dialogue and sound, and how to address them
- explain the work health and safety (WHS) procedures and principles that relate to sound editing.

Assessment

Assessment must be conducted in a safe environment where evidence gathered demonstrates consistent performance of typical activities experienced in creative arts industry environments. The assessment environment must include access to:
- sound editing software and equipment
- screen productions where dialogue and sound editing are required
- production documentation
- interaction with others.

Assessors of this unit must satisfy the requirements for assessors in applicable vocational educational and training legislation, frameworks and/or standards.

Assessment

GS5 VET GRADING SCHEMA Used for WAAPA VET only

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.


Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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